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Pararescueman Tech. Sgt. William Posch assigned to the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., earned the 2013 Air Force Noncommissioned Officer of the Year Award. Throughout the year Posch went above and beyond the call of duty, he was credited with more than 140 combat rescues additionally he led the evacuation of 126 Americans from the U.S. Embassy in Juba during a violent Southern Sudan uprising. Posch also planned and executed upgrade training for 18 fellow PJs 90 days ahead of schedule. (Courtesy photo)


Pararescueman named Air Force 2013 Outstanding NCO of the Year

Pararescueman Tech. Sgt. William Posch assigned to the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., earned the 2013 Air Force Noncommissioned Officer of the Year Award. Throughout the year Posch went above and beyond the call of duty, he was credited with more than 140 combat rescues additionally he led the evacuation of 126 Americans from the U.S. Embassy in Juba during a violent Southern Sudan uprising. Posch also planned and executed upgrade training for 18 fellow PJs 90 days ahead of schedule. (Courtesy photo)

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Thirty-three 920th Rescue Wing Reserve Citizen Airmen are being honored Saturday, May 5 with the 2017 Jolly Green Association Rescue Mission of the Year Award for their actions July 7, 2017 in saving two German sailors stranded in the Atlantic Ocean approximately 500 miles off Cape Canaveral, Florida. The unique and intricate mission, which involved more than 30 hours of collective flying between the unit’s HH-60 Pave Hawks and HC-130N Kings, eight air refuelings transferring 16,600 pounds of fuel, a precisely executed open-ocean rescue insertion, and a highly technical nighttime shipboard patient exfil resulting in two lives saved, led to it being deemed the most significant rescue mission of the year
920th Rescue Wing maintenance team prepares for Red Flag Rescue
Melbourne, Florida photographer Michael Seeley spends a ton of time looking at the moon, but says it's the first time he happened to catch an airplane-lunar transit early in April 2018. After capturing the shot, he got in touch with the 920th Rescue Wing public affairs office to share the photo. Upon close inspection you can see the loading ramp was open while the Reserve Citizen Airmen piloting the HC-130N on a local training mission crossed the moon. (Photo courtesy Michael Seeley)
920th Rescue Wing long-range rescue at sea
920th Rescue Wing long-range, open-water rescue
920th Rescue Wing long-range, open-water rescue
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launching out of Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, April 18. (Courtesy SpaceX)
Col. Leo J. Kamphaus, Jr., commander of the 920th Maintenance Group and Maj. Chad P. Fuentes, commander of the 920th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS) both hold the 920th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron guidon during the 920th AMXS assumption of command ceremony.
Col. Leo J. Kamphaus, Jr., commander of the 920th Maintenance Group and Maj. Chad P. Fuentes, commander of the 920th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron stand at attention during the 920th AMXS assumption of command ceremony.
Col. Leo J. Kamphaus, Jr., commander of the 920th Maintenance Group and Maj. Catherine Correa both hold the 920th Maintenance Squadron guidon during the 920th MXS assumption of command ceremony.
Lt. Col. Robyn Caudle accepts the 920th Aerospace Medicine Squadron (AMDS) guidon from Col. Ian Chase, 920th Rescue Wing vice commander during an assumption of command ceremony on Sunday, April 8 at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia.
The Patrick Air Force Base community came out in full force to honor Master Sgt. William Posch upon his dignified arrival and transfer at Patrick Air Force Base, Florida April 4. He was killed in a helicopter crash last month in Iraq. Both civilian and military personnel stood shoulder-to-shoulder lining the streets during Posch's dignified transfer to honor an American hero and his family for their ultimate sacrifice. As his motorcade passed by, those in uniform rendered a salute while civilians placed their hand over their heart. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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