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  • The June Angel's Wings Newsletter is now available online. For a look at what Rescue Warriors are up to, there are plenty of stories about their latest exploits. Content ranges from imagery of the recent medical exercise our Airmen participated in from a Memorial Day ceremony where our Wing Commander honored three fallen 920th heroes and their gold-star families. Please feel free submit stories, story ideas, commentaries or imagery of happenings within the 920th, as well as temporary duties or Air Force involvement by you or your fellow Airmen, at any time by emailing the 920th Rescue Wing Public Affairs Office at 920RQWPA@us.af.mil.

    June Angel's Wings online

    The June Angel's Wings Newsletter is now available online. For a look at what Rescue Warriors are up to, there are plenty of stories about their latest exploits. Content ranges from imagery of the recent medical exercise our Airmen participated in at Patrick Air Force Base, to a field exercise that our security forces Airmen participated in off
  • Lt. Col. Michael LoForti, 920th Operations Group commander, passes the unit’s guidon to the new 920th Operations Support Squadron Maj. Ricardo Montana during a change of command ceremony at Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, Oct. 13, 2018. During the ceremony the squadron’s Airmen sent off Lt. Col. Scott Nichols, the previous 920th OSS, to the 301st Rescue Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jared Trimarchi)

    Operations Support Squadron welcomes new commander

    Change of command ceremonies are part of military tradition, which signify the transfer of leadership from one commander to the next. The 920th Operations Support Squadron hailed their new commander as they sent off Lt. Col. Scott Nichols to the 301st Rescue Squadron. The 920th Operations Group commander, Col. Michael LoForti, passed the unit’s
  • Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 920th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Patrick AFB, Fla. load an HH-60G Pave Hawk onto a C-17 as part of Red Flag-Rescue 18-2 near Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., on May 3, 2018. Red Flag-Rescue gives joint service personnel an opportunity to build fundamental combat search and rescue skills to fight in and out of contested environments. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Jonathan Foster)

    Reserve Citizen Airmen hone combat rescue skills with large-scale training

    Airmen from 920th Rescue Wing honed their rescue skills at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in the first iteration of Red Flag Rescue in May.
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    Memorial Day rescue by Portland Air Force Reserve Guardian Angels

    The 304th Rescue Squadron combined forces with local authorities and the Oregon National Guard to rescue three climbers who fell on Mount Hood this Memorial Day.The motto of the Guardian Angels is “These things we do, that others may live,” and this credo has no limits. Within an hour of notification these Citizen Airmen were at the Squadron,
  • On Sept. 20, 2017, the Honorable Matthew P. Donovan, the Under Secretary of the Air Force and General Stephen W. Wilson, the Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force, thanked several hundred 920th Rescue Wing Airmen in an aircraft hangar at Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, thanking them for their relief efforts after two major hurricanes battered Texas then Florida, back-to-back. The 920th RQW sent a contingent of 95 wing Airmen and 5 rescue aircraft to conduct rescues from Eastern Airport, College Station, Texas August 27, 2017. With little time to spare, the 920th begin responding to Texans in need within 45 minutes of their arrival. A week later they were getting ready to do the same thing at home in response to Hurricane Irma. (U.S. Air Force photo/Matthew Jurgens)

    Top Air Force leaders visit Florida Reserve Airmen to say thanks for hurricane relief efforts

    When the CEO sends top management to visit workers, it’s either because they did something very wrong, or they did something very right. On Sept. 20, 2017, top Air Force leadership visited the Airmen of the 920th Rescue Wing to thank them for their Herculean efforts over the past few weeks providing hurricane relief. On Sept. 20, 2017, the
  • Col. Michael LoForti, 920th Operations Group commander, presents Master Sgt. Isabelle Klier-Graham, 920th Rescue Wing Equal Opportunity advisor, with his commander's coin July 9, 2017 to thank her for her assistance in the long-range rescue of two German citizens whose vessel caught fire approximately 500 nautical miles east of the Florida coastline in the Bermuda Triangle. Klier-Graham, a Bayreuth, Germany, native, worked as a German translator on the mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Brandon Kalloo-Sanes)

    Office worker turns rescue hero

    On July 7, 2017, approximately 80 reservists and four aircraft from the 920th Rescue Wing geared up for a long-range rescue of two German citizens whose vessel caught fire approximately 500 nautical miles east of the Florida coastline in the Bermuda Triangle.Those 80 Airmen consisted of four aircraft aircrews as well as maintenance and operations
  • Members of the 304th Rescue Squadron drive all-terrain vehicles onto a C-5 Galaxy in preparation for the unit’s largest deployment in its 60-year history, May 27, 2017, Portland, Oregon. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Schaeffer Bonner)

    Rescue warriors head downrange

    This summer, Guardian Angel Airmen and support personnel from the 304th Rescue Squadron, Portland, Oregon, embarked on the largest deployment in the history of the squadron. Their extended deployment to an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia in support of Operation Inherent Resolve is unprecedented for three reasons.First, the 304th RQS is an
  • Lt. Col. Mary Murphy (right), 920th Aeromedical Staging Squadron, and her son get to know their new puppy Crackers after adopting it in May 2017 from Afghanistan. Its mother was shot and killed, according to No Buddy Left Behind, a non-profit organization geared toward helping deployed servicemembers rescue animals from neglectful and abusive situations. (Courtesy photo)

    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 new puppy that was left to die in the desert after
  • Air Force Reserve Guardian Angel members from the 304th Rescue Squadron, Portland, Oregon, combined forces with a U.S. Army Reserve CH-47 Chinook helicopter unit, out of Joint Base Lewis McCord, Washington, to rescue a stranded climber on Mount Rainier June 1, 2017. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo)

    Guardian Angel team aids in high-altitude rescue in Washington State

    Air Force Reserve Guardian Angel members from the 304th Rescue Squadron, Portland, Oregon, combined forces with a U.S. Army Reserve CH-47 Chinook helicopter unit, out of Joint Base Lewis McCord to rescue a stranded climber June 1, 2017.According to the National Park Service, the experienced mountaineer, who is also a member of Canada’s national
  • A Pararescueman from the 920th Rescue Wing out of Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., enters the water from an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter during the National Salute to America’s Heroes Air and Sea Show, May 27, 2017, at Miami Beach, Fla. Top tier U.S. military assets assembled in Miami to showcase air superiority while honoring those who have made the ultimate sacrifice during the Memorial Day weekend. The 920th Rescue Wing, the Air Force Reserve’s only rescue wing, headlined the airshow, demonstrating combat-search-and-rescue capabilities, by teaming up with a HC-130P/N Combat King and four A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Brandon Kalloo Sanes)

    Rescue heroes headline Miami Beach air show

    Citizen Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, joined top tier U.S. military assets from around the world in Miami Beach to demonstrate a cumulative show of air power at the National Salute to America’s Heroes Air and Sea Show May 27-28.  Military personnel from active, guard and reserve units performed numerous
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