Content was removed to align with the President's executive orders and DoD priorities in accordance with DoD Instruction 5400.17, "Official Use of Social Media for Public Affairs Purposes."

  • Rescue Airmen enhance wartime readiness skills

    Rescue Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing here continue their training for a wartime skills inspection in November.The 920th RQW routinely trains and ensures unit readiness by participating in periodic exercises, evaluations and inspections. The exercise, called a Combined Unit Inspection - Phase II,

  • Reserve Airmen remember, honor fallen comrade

    Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing gathered to honor and remember their fallen comrade, Maj. Kevin Wilkins, at a memorial service on base Oct. 14. Wilkins, a critical care nurse with the 920th Aeromedical Staging Squadron, died from a brain tumor in 2008. "Kevin was an extremely hardworking,

  • Congressional staffers experience a taste of rescue

    The 920th Rescue Wing recently hosted a congressional staffer's visit that included numerous congressional staffers that traveled here from Washington DC for a first-hand look at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., and its mission. While with the 920th RQW, Wing Commander Col. Jeffrey Macrander greeted

  • Rescue Airmen aid in successful commercial rocket launch

    Air Force Reserve combat-search-and-rescue Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., supported the successful night time launch of the Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) Falcon 9 Dragon rocket, a commercial resupply craft destined for the International Space Station, Oct.

  • Rescue Wing Airmen clear range for Delta 4 rocket

    Air Force Reserve combat-search-and-rescue Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., supported the successful launch of the United Launch Alliance Delta 5 rocket carrying a Global Positioning System 2F-3 satellite in the early morning hours of Oct. 4.The Reserve Airmen work

  • Electronic payments required for TRICARE reserve premiums

    To avoid losing coverage, beneficiaries enrolled in TRICARE Reserve Select or TRICARE Retired Reserve who pay monthly premiums by check need to switch to an electronic form of payment before Jan. 1, 2013. Starting next year, TRICARE will only accept TRS and TRR monthly premium payments using

  • Base newspaper the Missileer is no more

    Today's issue of the weekly Patrick Air Force Base newspaper the Missileer will be the last.Due to manning cuts and the changing communications environment, the focus will be more web-based communications, including social media, according to Mr. Brad Swezey, chief of 45th Space Wing Public