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  • 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,

  • PJ earns combat mission ready status preparing for space shuttle launch

    The rescue wing mantra ‘these things we do that others may live' employs vast skills that take pararescuemen (PJs) through a whirlwind journey of intense physical and mental demands; a typical day's training for the 308th Rescue Squadron. This day, June 20th, in typical PJ fashion, Pararescueman

  • Rescue crews showcase skills

    A contingent of combat rescue Airmen journeyed to Ft. Lauderdale airport by land and air to participate in the McDonald's Air and Sea Show May 6-7. Two crews from the 301st Rescue Squadron each piloted an HH-60 Pavehawk helicopter, known as Jollys, into the show's air space midway through both days

  • First rescue wing command chief signs off

    Signing off as the first 920th Rescue Wing command chief is Chief Master Sgt. Michael Schooley (Ret.). A man whose personality matches his hearty stereotypical radio announcer's voice -- robust, hearty and mellifluous. Command Chief Schooley, the first man to represent the combat enlisted Airman

  • Loadmaster brings balance to rescue wing enlisted force

    Precision computation of weight, balance and cargo distribution on HC-130 cargo aircraft is attributed to the aircraft loadmaster; vital to the plane's ability to take off and fly right. In a ceremony held here May 7, one 920th Rescue Wing loadmaster will be carrying over these duties to the

  • 920th Rescue Wing trailers spearhead pararescumen recruitment effort

    Ever thought about jumping out of an airplane head first over enemy territory? To the Air Force Reserve pararescuemen, or PJs, of the 308th Rescue Squadron, this is just part of the job. The adventurous duties of a pararescuemen don’t always appeal to everyone, which is why the 308th Rescue Squadron

  • ASTS Airman provides award winning medical, community service

    Master Sgt. Angela J. Woods from the 920th Aeromedical Staging Squadron was selected as the winner of the Brigadier General Sarah P. Wells Outstanding Medical Health Services Management Senior Noncommissioned Officer of the Year for 2005. The award, named after former chief of the Air Force Nurse

  • 920th Rescue Wing soars in league with aviation giants

    The 920th Rescue Wing is soaring in a league with aviation giants today after being presented wtih the Jimmy Doolittle Historical Fellow for best exemplifying the Reserve Component Air Search and Rescue mission at the Air Force Associations' 22nd annual Air Warfare Symposium gala Feb 3. Gen. Ronald