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  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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,