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  • Reserve rescue wing photos of 2011

    The 920th Rescue Wing Public Affairs team selected the best photos of 2011 that showcases the wing here and around the globe, involved in activities, supporting expeditionary operations and defending America.View slideshow. To learn more about the 920th RQW follow them on Facebook and Twitter.

  • AFRC holds largest Yellow Ribbon event in Orlando

    More than 800 Reservists and their families gathered in Orlando, Fla., Dec. 16-18 to participate in Air Force Reserve Command's Yellow Ribbon Program. The Yellow Ribbon Program was initiated by the Secretary of Defense and mandated by Congress in 2008 to provide information, services, referral and

  • AF's top cyber general visits AFRC

    Lt. Gen. William T. Lord, Air Force chief of Warfighting Integration and Chief Information Officer, visited Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command and the 689th Combat Communications Wing here, Jan. 6-7, 2012. During the visit, he conducted a video teleconference with Air Force Reserve

  • Maintenance Monday

    The 920th Rescue Wing fleet of HC-130P/N King aircraft line the Patrick Air Force Base flightline Jan. 9 as maintenance Airmen prepare to go to work on them. During weekend drill training Jan. 6-7, aircrew Airmen exercised their flying muscles on local training flights to keep their flight

  • Security Forces Squadron conducts combat training

    Senior Airman Ashley Rodriguez was feeling the burn."That was rough!" she exclaimed, hands her knees, gasping for air.Rodriguez, a member of the 931st Air Refueling Group Security Forces Squadron, had just completed the Marine Corps Combat Fitness Test. The test was part of a rigorous, two-day

  • Ramping up: exercise prepares wing for major inspection

    For the first time in nearly two decades tankers from the 916th Air Refueling Wing lined up back-to-back on the ramp here as part of an exercise scenario held on January 7-8, 2012.The exercise tested the wing's ability to scramble jets and air crews quickly in the event of a real world

  • Former special operations navigator takes command of 920th Operations Group

    Col. Mark C. Blalock assumed command of the 920th Operations Group at a ceremony held at the Base Theater here Jan. 7. The 920th Rescue Wing Commander,Col. Jeffrey L. Macrander, presided over at the ceremony.The Operations Group falls under the 920th Rescue Wing, which is a combat-search-and-rescue

  • 910th Communication Flight becomes a squadron

    Air Force Reserve Lt. Col. Pete Milkovich took the helm as the first commander of the 910th Communications Squadron in a ceremony held at the communications building here, Jan. 7, 2012.910th Airlift Wing Commander Col. Reinhard Schmidt, 910th Mission Support Group Commander Col. Teresa Hams and

  • Grissom Airmen return from deployment, celebrate belated holidays

    Oh there's no place like home for the holidays, and that never rang truer than for a group of Grissom Airmen fresh off their jets from a recent deployment. Two KC-135R Stratotanker crews flew in formation over Grissom before touching down on Hoosier ground Jan. 5 after spending over two months on a