 
Hard to say goodbye
PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. - Air Force reservist Master Sgt. Tom Robinson, 920th Rescue Wing maintenance scheduler, comforts his 19-year-old daughter Jasmine, before he heads off to Afghanistan for a seven-month deployment to support rescue services the wing will provide for personnel injured in the theater of war. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Cathleen Snow)
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Posted: 8/24/2008
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Rescue Wing weathers the storm
PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. - Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing here reported for duty Friday, Aug. 22 after being directed to shelter at home most of the week while Tropical Storm Fay drenched the base and surrounding area with record-breaking rainfalls. Weather officials from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station said Patrick AFB received an off-the-charts 23.81 inches of rain. Rescue wing Airmen were affected in more ways than one because in addition to their military positions as Air Force Reservists here, they hold regular civilian jobs and live in and around the local community. At one point during the week, the storm stalled overhead causing flooding which delaying approximately 70 Air Force Reservists who were scheduled to deploy to Afghanistan Thursday. Standing water remains in many areas throughout the base especially around the tarmac as rescue wing maintainers unmoored the HC-130P/N Hercules aircraft Friday morning to prepare them for their missions. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Capt. Cathleen Snow)
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Posted: 8/22/2008
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Air Force reservists train in Arizona for deployment to Afghanistan
A 920th Rescue Wing HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter pierces the desert sky over the mountains in southern Arizona. Air Force Reserve Command aircrews and maintainers from Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., worked day and night July 12-25, 2008, at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., to gain high-altitude experience prior to their upcoming deployment to Afghanistan. The country is known for having the roughest terrain with some of the highest mountains in the world. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Cathleen Snow)
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Posted: 8/18/2008
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920th folds its wings for Afghanistan mobilization
CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla., -- Air Force Reservists from the 920th Rescue Wing at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., prepare two HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters by folding various moving parts for transport onto a C-5 Galaxy aircraft. The C-5 airlifted the helos to the southern Arizona desert where helicopter aircrews and maintenance personnel trained July 12-25 for the toughest flying conditions in the world - Afghanistan. Not only is the country notorious for craggy terrain, but its known for impromptu dust storms, no cultural lighting and some of the highest mountains and steepest valleys. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Allen)
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Posted: 8/15/2008
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First AF Reserve turbine-engine helicopter
The crew of an Air Force Reserve HH-1H Iroquois conducts search and rescue training. The HH-1H was the first turbine engine Air Force Reserve helicopter. (Photo/National Archives 1983)
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Posted: 3/13/2007
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Reserve Jolly Green Giant inflight refuels
An air-to-air right side view of an HH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicopter being refueled by an HC-130 Hercules aircraft, in flight, during a reserve rescue exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Ernest H. Sealing)
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Posted: 3/13/2007
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Reserve helicopters save 61 at Mount Saint Helens
A UH-IN Iroquois helicopter from the AF Reserve's 304th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron flies near the peak of Mount saint Helens several days after a large eruption. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Robert Leach)
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Posted: 3/13/2007
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First AF Reserve rescue helicopter
An Air Force Reserve HH-34J Choctaw from the 304th ARS Portland, Ore. The 304th ARS was the first operational helicopter squadron in the Air Force Reserve. Former Navy anti-submarine warfare helicopters were initially put to good use as interim rescue airframes. (Photo courtesy/Ron Olsen)
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Posted: 3/13/2007
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First Reserve rescue bird
The Grumman SA-16B Albatross (designated HU-16B in 1962) was the first type of aircraft used by Reserve rescue crews in 1956 (Courtesy photo/Ron Olsen)
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Posted: 3/13/2007
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Operation Iraqi Freedom
A pair of Air Forec Reserve HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters from the 301st Rescue Squadron, Patrick AFB, Fla., take part in the initial combat phase of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The reservists operated out of Tallil Air Base, Iraq, immediately after the base was secured by coalition ground forces. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Shane Cuomo)
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Posted: 3/13/2007
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IRAQI FREEDOM
A US Air Force Reserve HH-60G Pave Hawk search and rescue helicopter assigned to the 301st Rescue Squadron, conducts in-flight refueling with a Air Force Reserve Command HC-130 Hercules tanker aircraft from the 39th Rescue Squadron, during a mission over Tallil Air Base, Iraq, during Operation Iraqi Freedom (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Shane Cuomo)
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Posted: 3/13/2007
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IRAQI FREEDOM
US Air Force Reserve Pararescuemen assigned to the 301st Rescue Squadron, perform a high altitude low opening parachute jump over Tallil Air Base, Iraq, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Shane Cuomo)
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Posted: 3/13/2007
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