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  • Rescue Wing Airmen clap and wave in admiration for the nearly 70 fellow Air Force reservists from the 920th Rescue Wing here who deployed to Afghanistan March 4 from Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. The deploying Airmen are scheduled to be gone for various durations of time in support of OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. Some Airmen will be gone as long as four months.

    Rescue Reservists embrace heavy deployment schedule

    Another month in 2007, another round of deployments for Air Force Reservists of the 920th Rescue Wing. Since the beginning of 2007 Rescue Airmen have deployed monthly.On April 1 approximately 45 Airmen deployed to Afghanistan to join rescue forces with the nearly 70 Airmen who deployed there from the 920th last month. The contingent consists of
  • Rescue Wing Reservists SrA Ron Arroyo, and Tech Sgt. Dean Peterson, both helicopter maintenance crew chiefs with the 920th Maintenance Squadron service a rotor blade dampiner on an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter during a preflight inspection while deployed to Afghanistan as part of an Air Force Aerospace Expeditionary Force rotation. The 920th Rescue Wing‘s primary mission is to provide combat search and rescue operations anywhere in the world as directed.

    Combat Maintenance keep Pave Hawks flying in Afghanistan

  • Senior Master Sgt. Rene Rubiella, 920th Rescue Wing member, along wiht many community partners, have set the 920th Rescue Wing flightline as the stage for the 2007 Operation NOW event held to help reduce the number of teen driving deaths due to distracted driving. Sergeant Rubiella lost his only daughter at age 18 two years ago in an automobile accident. He is now an advocate for educating teenagers against the dangers of distracted driving and is the Rescue Wing coordinator for its annual Operation NOW event.

    Rescue Wing sets the stage to help reduce teen driving deaths

    "Your life is that little dash between eight numbers; The year you were born and the year that you will die. It's up to you to make that dash longer. Not on Our Watch!," Said 920th Rescue Wing member Senior Master Sgt. Rene Rubiella at last year's teen driver safety program event dubbed Operation Not on Our Watch, which he coordinated from
  • Within minutes of notification March 16, Air Force Rescue rescue crews launched two aircraft; an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter and an extended range HC-130P/N Hercules aircraft. Two pararescuemen equipped with dive gear and medical equipment are aboard the Pave Hawk ready to rescue and prepared to administer medical treatment, if needed. The HC-130P/N Hercules is capable of extending the range of the Pavehawk through air refueling as shown in this photo.

    Air Force Reservists Ready to Rescue

    The 920th Rescue Wing is answering the call to aid the Coast Guard and Navy in the search for a missing fisherman off the coast of Jacksonville, Fla. Within minutes of notification today, 920th Rescue crews launched two aircraft: an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter and an extended range HC-130P/N Hercules aircraft. Two pararescuemen equipped with dive
  • Baseball fans cheered and expressed their appreciation as the 920th Rescue Wing opened a March 8 Washington Nationals Spring Training Game by landing on the field and dropping off the wing commander, Col. Steve Kirkpatrick escorted by two pararescuemen, to throw out the first pitch. After the pitch, Col. Kirkpatrick and the two PJs were greeted by the pitcher then walked off the field to a flurry a "military fans" who cheered them on.

    Baseball fans honor the military

  • Staff Sgt. Ken Chapman, a Rescue Wing electrician with the 920th Maintenance Squadron, and his young son talk to the media prior to leaving for a deployment to Afghanistan. In addition to aircraft maintainers, pararescuemen from the 308th Rescue Squadron as well as aircrew members from the 301st Rescue Squadron make up a large portion of the deployers. Also included in the deployment are life support, safety and administrative support personnel.

    Rescue Reservists begin deployment

    Nearly 70 members of the 920th Rescue Wing here are scheduled to deploy to Afghanistan Sunday, March 4.Deploying Airmen are scheduled to be gone for various durations of time in support of OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. Some Airmen will be gone as long as four months. Pararescuemen from the 308th Rescue Squadron as well as aircrew members from the
  • Dr. (Capt.) Karen Mackenzie, 920th aeromedical staging squadron trauma surgeon was instrumental in saving the lives of the 11 of the 14 survivors from the crash of an Army MH-47 special operations helicopter in Afghanistan February 18.

    Air Force Reserve medical professionals make a critical difference

    Within hours of an Army MH-47 special operations helicopter crashing in Afghanistan February 18, two medical professionals from the 920th ASTS, were instrumental in saving the lives of the 11 of the 14 survivors from the crash. Captains Karen Mackenzie, a trauma surgeon and Kevin Wilkens, a critical care nurse, both members of a critical care air
  • A 920th Rescue Wing Airman hugs his daughter while his wife looks on prior to deploying to the Horn of Africa

    Rescue Wing Airmen deploy to Africa

    Approximately 13 Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing deployed to Africa Feb. 22 in support of the Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa. CJTF - HOA works to prevent conflict, promote regional stability and protect Coalition interests in east Africa and Yemen through humanitarian assistance, disaster relief, consequence management and civic
  • Air Force Reserve pararescuemen from the 920th Rescue Wing treat astronauts injured in a NASA orbiter crash during a Mode 7 Exercise at Cape Canaveral February 13th. The exercise provided training in the event the Space Shuttle would veer off the runway during a landing into a remote area of Cape Canaveral. NASA firefighters and Air Force Reserve pararescuemen were airlifted by rescue wing Pave Hawk helicopter aircrews to the remote site to exercise their egress and medical skills.

    NASA Emergency Exercise

    A NASA Emergency Exercise put Airmen from the Air Force Reserve's 920th Rescue Wing out of Patrick Air Force, Fla. to the test February 13 as they exercised their emergency response skills in the event the space shuttle encounters any difficulty.  The exercise is called a Mode 7 because it is one of eight different emergency scenarios that rescue
  • Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing have earned the Outstanding Unit Award for the 3rd year in a row.

    Local Rescue Wing wins Outstanding Unit Award 3X

    The Air Force Reserve wing here has won the service's outstanding unit award for actions in 2006, the Air Force has announced. The 920th Rescue Wing is a combat search and rescue unit which trains and equips approximately 1200 reserve personnel to search for, locate and recover U.S. Armed Forces personnel during military operations. The unit was
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