The Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) is a major command (MAJCOM) of the U.S. Air Force with its headquarters at Robins AFB, Georgia. It stood up as a major command of the Air Force on 17 February 1999. Previously, the Air Force Reserve (AFRES) was a Field Operating Agency (FOA).
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—Kurt Neumann (1906–1958)
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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—Edward Hoagland (b. 1932)
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