Oct. 26, 2023 HARB member takes first place in Air Force art contest Recently, it was announced that the 482d Fighter Wing’s own Ms. Linda Zorichak took first place in the 2023 Air Force Art Contest.Zorichak, who serves as a unit program coordinator for the 93rd Fighter Squadron, won in the “Adult, Accomplished, 3D” category. This category is for artists who are over
Oct. 18, 2023 AFRC, 10th Air Force leaders visit HARB Lt. Gen. John P. Healy, Chief of the Air Force Reserve and Air Force Reserve Command Commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Israel Nuñez, Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chief of the Air Force Reserve and Command Chief Master Sgt. of AFRC, visited Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida, Oct. 14 and 15. Brig.
June 2, 2023 Civil engineers survey their mettle, build esprit de corps during 2-week annual tour Approximately 50 members from the 908th Civil Engineer Squadron came together for more than two weeks of annual training split between Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida, and Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, from April 22, 2023, to May 7, 2023. The training covered everything from Air Force
Aug. 24, 2022 Hurricane Andrew’s 30th anniversary Built in 1942, Homestead Army Airfield was destroyed three years later, on Sept. 15, 1945, by a hurricane with winds of 145 miles per hour.HAAF was officially abandoned three months later. In the three years it was open, the airfield trained hundreds of Air Force pilots who then went on to fly the
Aug. 10, 2018 Homestead civil engineers fortify neighboring bonds The 482nd Civil Engineering Squadron, along with the city of Homestead Public Services Energy, launched an innovative partnership involving local infrastructure engineers and base CE technicians.
April 14, 2017 Immigrant joins Air Force to give back People have many reasons for joining the military. Some might join to follow a family tradition of military service, while others might join to see the world. Whatever the reason is, people enlist in the military to change their lives and to become a part of something greater than themselves. One
Jan. 20, 2017 HARB Reservist runs F-35 training devices program The program manager for the F-35 Maintenance Training Devices Program for Lockheed Martin Corporation was once an F-16 maintainer at the 482nd Fighter Wing here.1st Lt. Benito Avendano, a personnel officer with the 482nd Force Support Squadron, began his military career as fuels systems maintainer,
Nov. 15, 2016 Base level cyber squadron takes flight It’s commonly understood that Airmen operate now in a cyber contested environment. Cyber attacks and persistent malware have become so frequent, widespread, and advanced that they now pose a threat to Air Force core missions beyond what national level cyber protection teams can cover and defend
Oct. 5, 2016 Hurricane Matthew forces Homestead jets to relocate Sailors marshal eight F-16 Fighting Falcons from Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., Oct. 5, 2016 at Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Texas. Twelve aircraft relocated here due to Hurricane Matthew's anticipated landfall. The base serves as a safe haven for military aircraft that are in
Aug. 7, 2016 Homestead in battle to combat Zika Team Homestead is now among the entities combating the Zika Virus that is infecting areas in South Florida.Savannah Hawes, the 482nd Fighter Wing installation public health administrator, is setting out traps to catch mosquitoes around Homestead Air Reserve Base (HARB) and is on the lookout for the