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  • Patrick welcomes home second group of rescue Airmen

    Loud cheers, whistles, claps and shouts signified the end of a four-month deployment for about 40 reservists from the 920th Rescue Wing as a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft touched down at 1:30 p.m. here today.About 100 family, friends, co-workers and leadership were present as the Airmen departed the

  • Grissom remembers 'Gus' during rededication ceremony

    Fifty years ago a Hoosier hero strapped himself into a rocket and blasted off becoming the second American to travel in space. This year, Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., took a moment to remember that man, Lt. Col. Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, during a special rededication ceremony held here in newly

  • Migrating birds increase risk to aircraft

    As summer fades into fall, birds begin to migrate south to their wintering grounds. That migration means one thing to pilots and airfield managers: a dramatic increase in the risk of bird strikes. Monthly trends recorded from 1995 - 2010 by the Air Force Safety Center Aviation Safety Division

  • Air Force Reserve Commander visits Rescue Airmen

    In Col. Jeffrey L. Macrander's first month of leadership as the 920th Rescue Wing's Commander, he's had two groups of Airmen deploy to war and one group return home, and now, a visit from Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner, Jr., Air Force Reserve Commander.General Stenner is making his way down the Eastern

  • 20 rescue reservists return from Afghanistan

    As an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft touched down here in the dark October 3 at 8:15 p.m., the roar of its engines roused a crowd nearby as they waited for the return of its cargo.A burst of cheer surpassed the jet noise as the combat craft landed carrying two HH-60G Pave Hawk

  • Airmen share concerns with Stenner during East Coast tour

    For the first time since he became the commander of Air Force Reserve Command, Lt. Gen. Charles Stenner made a visit to the Airmen of the 916th Air Refueling Wing.On Monday, Oct. 3, Stenner, the Air Force Reserve Command's highest ranking officer, spent a little more than four hours visiting the

  • Total force space team wins AF chief of staff award

    A total force team received an Air Force Chief of Staff Team Excellence Award Sept. 20 for work in launching the first Global Position System IIF satellite last year.Gen. Norton Schwartz presented the award to members of Schriever's 19th and 2nd Space Operations Squadrons, the Space and Missile

  • Second rotation of rescue wing Airmen depart for war

    Helicopter aviators, aircraft maintainers and support Airmen from the Air Force Reserve's 920th Rescue Wing departed here Sept. 28 en route to replacing rescue Airmen who have been in Afghanistan since  May. This is the second rotation for the yearlong deployment in support of Operation Enduring

  • Homestead reservist, employer honored by AFA

    A reservists here and his civilian employer received a prestigious award Sept. 19 during the Air Force Association's 2011 Air and Space Technology Exposition in Washington D.C. Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey Lafreniere, 482nd Civil Engineering Squadron and Mr. Kevin O'Shea, AT&T in Coral Springs, Fla., were

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