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  • Rescue Airmen support successful rocket launch

    Air Force Reserve combat-search-and-rescue Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., supported the successful classified launch of an United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the U.S. military's X-37B orbital space plane, Tuesday at 1:03 p.m. from launch Complex 41 Cape

  • Thrift savings plan contribution limits increase in 2013

    The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board has announced the 2013 elective deferral limit for regular Thrift Savings Plan contributions increased from $17,000 to $17,500 for 2013, Air Force Personnel Center officials said. The TSP catch-up plan contribution limit will remain at $5,500. TSP is a

  • Calling all enlisted: Rescue chiefs mentor wing Airmen

    During the December unit training assembly, the top enlisted Airmen of the 920th Rescue Wing wrapped up the year with an enlisted call, sharing with the rest of the enlisted ranks, their thoughts, wisdom and encouragement.Command Chief Master Sgt. Timothy Bianchi, opened his first enlisted call with

  • Rescue Airman named top weapons safety NCO

    Air Force Reserve Commander Lt. Gen. James Jackson announced AFRC's safety award winners for fiscal 2012 in a memorandum Nov. 19. Among them is the 920th Rescue Wing's very own Senior Master Sgt. George Caprioli here. Caprioli was named the Command's Weapons Safety Noncommissioned Officer of the

  • Rescue wing hosts Atlanta-area civic leaders

    The 920th Rescue Wing showcased their rescue mission to leadership of the 94th Airlift Wing, Dobbins Air Force Base, Ga. and selected civic leaders from the Atlanta Ga. area. In the early morning hours of Oct. 24 the group boarded a 94th Airlift Wing C-130 Hercules aircraft for the hour-long flight

  • Final Endeavor

    After a 48-hour delay due to bad weather, NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour took off from Kennedy Space Center at sunrise for its ferry flight out west flying over Patrick Air Force Base. On its way.As it piggybacked on a modified Boeing 747, Airmen from the 920th Rescue wing here had a chance to see

  • Development and Training Flight adds to BMT success

    Nine Air Force Reserve recruits took part in the first Development and Training Flight here during the Unit Training Assembly Aug. 4-5. The D&TF program is in place to better prepare new recruits for Air Force Basic Military Training."The flight was essentially designed to help delayed enlistment

  • Kick your reading into OverDrive

    If you love to read but can't make it to the library, the Air Force will bring the library to you. OverDrive, one of several Air Force library online resources, features nearly 10,000 electronic books, audio books, videos and music available for checkout to eligible customers, said Melinda Mosley,

  • AF CSA travel card transitions to GTC

    The terms and conditions for the Air Force's travel charge card are changing, but Airmen can hang on to their blue cards. From Aug. 7 through the end of September, the Air Force Banking Office will e-mail some 300,000 Airmen, informing them that their controlled spend account card will convert back