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  • Reserve rescue group Airmen excel at Angel Thunder 2011

    The surrounding mountain and desert terrain around the greater Tucson Ariz. area set the stage for the fifth-annual Angel Thunder Personnel Recovery and Rescue exercise. Angel Thunder is a two-week exercise where military rescue personnel from around the world conduct hands-on emergency response

  • Rescue Reserve Airmen return home from 120-day deployment

    "These things we do, that others may live." For the 920th Rescue Wing, Air Force Reserve Command's only rescue wing, this isn't just a motto--it's a mission both at their home station and abroad.Approximately 60 members of the 920th RQW, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., were assigned to the 26th

  • Trade winds, trade secrets bring Canadian, American rescue forces together

    At a time of year when Canadian Geese fly south for the winter, 30 Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., flew north to a place that harnesses the wind for energy like the propeller-driven WC-130 Hercules that took them there.Modern steel windmills built upon rolling

  • A loud welcome home for Rescue Airmen deployed to Afghanistan

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

  • 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

  • A hero's welcome for Rescue Warriors deployed to 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

  • Pararescueman promoted to chief master sergeant

    With only one percent of the enlisted force holding the distinguished rank of chief master sergeant, Airmen from the 943rd Rescue Group witnessed a rare promotion ceremony to the highest rank an enlisted Airman can reach.Chief Master Sgt. Chris Tellsworth with the 306th Rescue Squadron was promoted

  • Rescue group receives new security forces squadron

    The Air Force Reserve's premier rescue group added another weapon to its already impressive arsenal of combat ready search-and-rescue Airmen. The 943rd Rescue Group received a new security force squadron October 1 which is called Detachment One 943rd RQG Security Forces. The new squadron will

  • Medical warriors hone skills, harness horsepower to save lives

    If you run from home plate to first base you'll have nearly covered the length of the 98-foot propeller-driven  aircraft parked on the flight line here. A gray coat of paint gives it an unassuming exterior, but if you were to look inside September 10, 2011, you'd see men and women wearing Air Force