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  • Air Force Reserve Pararescuemen MSgt. Chad Evans and Staff Sgt. Joel Corbett, of the 308th Rescue Squadron, transload a boater who they rescued 15 miles off the coast of Jacksonville, Fla. Oct. 1 to a Life Flight team for further treatment.

    Air Force Reserve rescue crews find, save final survivor

    Crews from the 920th Rescue Wing rescued the 5th and final missing boater today from a pleasure craft that capsized Sept. 29 at 7 p.m. approximately 15 miles off the coast of Jacksonville, Fla. After surviving 18 hours in the Atlantic Ocean, the missing boater was reported to have been severely dehydrated and sun burnt when found and rescued by two
  • Staff Sgt. Kacee Holmes (left), pararescueman, Capt. John Fish, combat rescue officer, and Staff Sgt. Rusty Drake, pararescueman, all with the 308th Rescure Squadron, Patrick AFB, Fla., treck toward cameramen during a recruiting PSA shoot , Sept. 21, to promote Air Force Reserve membership and membership in the Pararescueman (PJ) Program. The 920th Rescue wing is the only Air Force Reserve wing equipped with PJs. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Robert Grande).

    PJs marching on

  • Maj. Keith Treesh, an HC-130 P/N Navigator with the 920th Rescue Wing found his way back home to Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. The major was bortn September 18, 1956, nine years to the day the Air Force become a branch of the military. Ironically Maj. Treesh's long military career has brought him full circle back to to his birthplace.

    Navigator shares birthday with Air Force

    Maj. Keith Treesh, an HC-130 P/N Navigator with the 39th Rescue Squadron here has found his way back home. It all started September 18, 1956, when Wilma Treesh gave birth to a baby boy at Patrick Air Force Base Hospital on the same day, but nine years after the Air Force became a new branch of the military. Ever since, Maj. Treesh's destiny has
  • Capt. Greg Lowdermilk, 920th Combat Rescue Officer, dons his rescue gear prior to boarding an HH-60G Pavehawk in support of astronaut recovery efforts prior to Space Shuttle Atlantis launch.

    Rescue crews prepared for astronaut recovery

  • Rescue wing gears up for Ernesto

    The 920th Rescue Wing is taking measures to prepare for Tropical Storm Ernesto as it heads toward Central Florida. The wing is evacuating its aircraft to Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga. Tuesday morning. Crews will fly the wing's HH-60Gs Pavehawk helicopters and HC-130P/N Hercules aircraft to the designated base located near Atlanta. In the mean time,
  • Staff Sgt. Jason Evans administers a vaccination to a 920th Rescue Wing member during the June UTA. A member of the 920th RQW Aeromedical Staging Squadron, Sergeant Evans faithfully performs his duty during drill weekends despite being diagnosed with stage four Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma cancer. The 920th Combat Rescue Top Three recently held a fundraiser in his name. (U.S. Air Force Photo/2nd Lt. Jaime Pinto.)

    Dedication - event during tough times

    As reservists, sometimes the call to duty interferes with a member's personal life. Sometimes it is just easier to reschedule. For traditional reservist Staff Sgt. Jason Evans however, the call to duty is a priority, even during tough times. A few months ago, the thirty-one-year-old member of the 920th Rescue Wing Aeromedical Staging Squadron was
  • Retired Chief Master Sgt. Richard A. Ortega speaks to Civil Air Patrol cadets about the D-Day Invasion. Chief Ortega was on the first American assault wave at the beaches of Normandy, France. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Raymond F. Padgett)

    D-Day recount becomes personal for CAP cadets

    The classroom was hot and packed when Florida Civil Air Patrol Unit FL-209 Group 4 began their weekly Wednesday night meeting. The cadet's eyes were focused on the thirteen rows of ribbons on the guest speaker's Air Force uniform. Sixty-two years and one day earlier, retired Chief Master Sgt. Richard A. Ortega was a nineteen-year-old private in the
  • Tech. Sgt. Ken Harbart received the first Save of the Month award. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Cathleen Snow)

    920th MXG awards first "Save of the Month"

    What is a "Save of the Month"? The Save of the Month is a new recognition program for the 920th Maintenance Group that recognizes outstanding Airmen on a monthly basis. Congratulations to Tech. Sgt. Ken Harbart, the first Save of the Month recipient. Also known as, "Mr. Fix It," Sergeant Harbart has been in the unit for three years and works in the
  • Mrs. Andrea Potts with her dog, Lucille Bald who recently competed in the World's Ugliest Dog Competition and Capt. Mike Brasher with Katrina, a rescue dog from Hurricane Katrina. (U.S. Air Force Photo by 1st Lt. Cathleen Snow)

    The Contender: A rescue story

    With one look she can stop a man dead in his tracks. Her hair, a silky shock of chocolate; her eyes, a misty grey; her golden skin, covered in age spots and patches of whiskers and fur. At first glance, Lucille Bald may not win any beauty pageants, but she has won the hearts of 920th Rescue Wing members and the local community. The Chinese Crested
  • Air Force Reserve aircrews and pararescuemen from the 305 Rescue Squadron teamed up with active duty pararescueman assigned to the 48th rescue squadron to save a civilian sailor in distress.

    Total force rescue warriors save man at sea

    A man aboard a cargo ship, suffering from a near fatal health condition in the middle of the Pacific Ocean would have never believed he could be saved and survive. But he was — and he did. In the early morning of July 1, a man aboard the Horizon Pacific, more than 500 miles off the California coast, suffered from what doctors believed were stroke
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