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  • Air Force Reservists clear a path to space for largest rocket

    While many people enjoyed a day of rest on an overcast Sunday on Florida's Space Coast, 920th Rescue Wing Airmen from Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., cut a path through the thick-cloud layer that hung along the coast, and went to work securing the Eastern Range prior to the launch of the largest

  • Signed, SEAL'd, delivered, courtesy of the King

    Although the Air Force Reserve Command's 920th Rescue Wing calls the Florida beachside base here home, as a small search-and-rescue unit that deploys worldwide its Airmen tend to spend a lot of time whipping up foreign sand in their turbo-prop and rotor-wing aircraft to bring home service members

  • A Veteran's Day story: Hell's Guest campaigns for remembrance

    While pundits all over the nation recently ended frenzied campaigns in races for political office, one man continues at a slow, but steady pace on his campaign for America. One that's taken years, which he hopes will never end.His campaign: remembrance."I came here to talk about what happened to me

  • Rodeo builds pararescue camaraderie, skills in the Tucson desert

    For the first time, the highly coveted pararescue (PJ) rodeo was hosted in the Tucson desert at Davis- Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. Oct 4-10. The desert rodeo united both active duty and Reserve PJs for some skill building and friendly competition among their peers."My favorite part was getting to

  • Survivalist, Alaska native, teaches students life lessons

    An avid outdoorsman who grew up on the banks of majestic Alaska, and a dedicated member of the U.S. Air Force Reserve's 943rd Rescue Group here, trained in aircraft flight equipment and survival tactics, Senior Master Sergeant Jeffrey Ginther has picked up plenty of useful and interesting skills

  • Chief of Staff recognizes Chief of Air Force Week, hometown heroes

    The Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Gen. Norton A. Schwartz, recognized Air Force Reservist, Lt. Col. John Brodeur, director of Cocoa Beach Air Force Week 2010, among many, during a capstone senior leader dinner at the historic Cocoa Beach Pier, Oct. 30, 2010. With well over 35,000 Airmen currently

  • Making waves at Air Force Week

    Beachcombers enjoyed the waves Air Force assets kicked up during Air Force Week at a not-so-typical day at the beach.The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds Demonstration Team, the F-15 Strike Eagle and the 920th Rescue Wing, were among some of the military displays of air power over the sea Oct. 29.The

  • Men in black showcase astronaut rescue techniques in multiple-aircraft demo

    What do Pave Hawks and pelicans have in common?Nothing, but they both performed fly bys during the 2010 Cocoa Beach Air Force Week at the Cocoa Beach Pier, Oct. 27. The aerial spectacle drew onlookers from near and far as they peered with amazement as four Air Force Reserve pararescuemen, or PJs,

  • Air Force reign in Cocoa Beach forecast

    With a quiet hurricane season coming to an end in the sunshine state, one major blast is being predicted and it's happening this week through Halloween.The City of Orlando, Known as America's playground and the endless summer sanctuary that is Cocoa Beach, have become staging spots for Air Force