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  • Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing support the successful launch of SpaceX's Falcon 9 Heavy launch February 7, 2018.

    Reserve Citizen Airman support successful SpaceX Falcon Heavy milestone launch

    Reserve Citizen Airmen are used to supporting milestone rocket launches, and have supported manned spaceflight launches through the years; however, they have never supported a rocket toting a car.SpaceX’s CEO Elon Musk’s cherry red Roadster from Tesla, his electric car company, was the payload on the Falcon Heavy demonstration mission from Launch

  • Citizen Airmen assist in successful rocket launch

    Citizen Airmen of the 920th Rescue Wing assisted in another successful launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Dec. 15, 2017 from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.Aircrew aboard an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter worked diligently to clear the Test Range and ensure the coastline beneath the rocket’s path was clear of sea craft
  • Citizen Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, support a SpaceX launch from Kennedy Space Center (Courtesy photo)

    Citizen Airmen support milestone recycled rocket launch

    SpaceX made history March 30, 2017 with the successful launch of a reused Falcon 9 rocket, marking the first time a commercial company has been able to send a previously-launched rocket into space a second time.   SpaceX launched SES-10 from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 6:27 p.m. EDT. One hour prior to
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