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  • Reserve Rescue crews join search for missing boaters, NFL players

    Air Force Reserve Rescue crews from the 920th Rescue Wing (RQW) here took off in an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter March 1 at 5:00 p.m. to join the Coast Guard in a search for four missing boaters in the Gulf of Mexico. Among the missing are, Detroit Lions defensive end Corey Smith and Oakland Raiders

  • 943rd Reservists salute hospitalized veterans

    Twelve Reservists from the 943rd Rescue Group visited with hospitalized veterans Feb. 11, 2009 at the Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, Tucson, Ariz. to celebrate the National Salute to Hospitalized Veterans. These Reservists and family members visited the veterans in their hospital rooms and

  • Rescue Wing dominates command media contest

    In the 2008 version of the annual competition that singles out the best writers, photographers and graphic artists in the Air Force Reserve, one wing stood head-and-shoulders above the rest.Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing here walked away with nearly half of the 2008 Air Force Reserve Command

  • Reservists help joint command win rescue award

    When Maj. Gen. Hank Morrow received the National Institute for Urban Search and Rescue's (NIUSR) Eagle award recently, 920th Rescue Wing Airmen were there to help him lift it, in spirit if not in person.General Morrow, commander of 1st Air Force (AFNORTH), accepted the award on behalf of U.S.

  • Nothing up their sleeves

    Reservists honored by local basketball teamA raucous, sellout crowd was on hand Jan. 9 to root for their hometown heroes on the court. More importantly, Orlando Magic players had a chance to pay tribute to their heroes in the stands--the thousands of military men, women and families who were in

  • Wing commander honored for Hurricane Ike service

    The commander of the Air Force Reserve's 920th Rescue Wing was recognized during a ceremony held here Jan. 11 for superior performance while leading the Hurricane Ike relief mission. Col. Steve W. Kirkpatrick received a Meritorious Service Medal for his role as commander of the 331st Air

  • Into the great white north

    Each year, the Canadian search and rescue community conducts an international exercise to develop rescue cooperation and cross-train in procedures and techniques in the event of a large-scale search and rescue operation. This year, members of the 920th Rescue Wing represented the United States in

  • Reserve unit honors fallen Airman

    The 920th Rescue Wing paid tribute to a pararescueman who died in the line of duty by naming a new building here in his memory during a ceremony at the Base Theater today. Staff Sgt. Douglas Eccleston was killed Dec. 7, 2001, during a rescue mission off Bermuda when his inflatable raft capsized