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  • Reserve Citizen Airmen helicopter crews train with military working dogs

    Beta, a military working dog with the 45th Space Wing Security Force Squadron, is trained to smell anything from money to explosives and can even recognize hostile actions. He added a new skill Jan. 23 with the help of Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing who familiarized the K9 with

  • Citizen Airman nurse adopts refugee puppy from Afghanistan

    Flagler Beach resident and Citizen Airman Lt. Col. Mary Murphy knows something about caring for others. Not only has she served as a nurse practitioner for 22 years in the civilian world, but she serves as an Air Force Reserve nurse in the 920th Rescue Wing. Last month, Murphy opened her arms to a

  • A lesson in resiliency; Airman shares journey after combat injury takes leg

    Difficult and challenging things happen to everyone, but having resiliency is the ability to bounce back after facing diversity, said the 45th Space Wing Interim Command Chief Master Sgt. Alexander Hall as he addressed Airmen during Wingman Day.  The command chief then turned the floor over to Staff

  • Wing hosts 4th Annual Rescue Feeds Food Drive

    The 920th Rescue Wing's 4th Annual Rescue Feeds Food Drive is aiming to collect more than 3,000 pounds of nonperishable food and toiletries for the South Brevard Sharing Center Inc. by April 7.The unit has donated approximately 5,200 pounds of food and supplies since 2014 in an effort to support the

  • Brevard Reservists land in Horn of Africa and Afghanistan

    Two groups of Citizen Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing deployed to two different overseas locations to provide personnel recovery support to ongoing operations.  A group of fixed-wing aviator, maintenance and support personnel landed in Africa for four months as part of Combined Joint Task Force -

  • Aircraft maintenance crews swap out rescue choppers for combat ops

    Combat is hard on the body; it’s especially hard on the body of military choppers flown over Afghanistan’s jagged mountains and through its never-ending dust.  To ensure the flying safety of Air Force choppers used to save lives in combat, maintenance crews from the 920th Rescue Wing swapped out an

  • Medal of Honor Recipient visits Patrick AFB

    It's not everyday you get to meet someone who's been featured on a postage stamp. On Jan. 31, 2017, personnel from Patrick Air Force base gathered to hear from a special visitor whose likeness was placed on the top right-hand corner of millions of envelopes sent through the U.S. postal system, Medal

  • Citizen Airmen from Patrick earn CCAF degrees

    Twenty-one Reserve Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing here received their Associate of Applied Science degrees from the Community College of the Air Force Dec. 4 during a ceremony at the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute here. During the ceremony, Col. Brett Howard, the 920th RQW vice

  • Patrick Guardian Angel Team to host Pararescue Rodeo, Reunion Sept 19-25

    The 920th Rescue Wing's Guardian Angel Team from its 308th Rescue Squadron will host the annual Pararescue Rodeo here Sept. 19-23.   The week-long competition will test these elite special operators and many of the skills they employ to serve as first responders on the battlefield – saving the lives