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  • AF initiates voluntary limited loadmaster recall

    Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard loadmasters may be eligible to apply for a limited period recall to extended active duty, Air Force Personnel Center officials announced.The loadmaster career field is chronically undermanned, said Senior Master Sgt. Marvin Daugherty, AFPC accessions branch

  • Acting undersecretary of the Air Force appointed

    On July 3, President Barack Obama appointed Dr. Jamie Morin to serve as the acting undersecretary of the Air Force.He will serve in this capacity effective immediately and until such time as a new undersecretary is nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate.Morin said he welcomed the new

  • DOD, Special Operators recognize Florida County with Patriot Award

    For one Citizen Airman, securing the beach in the nation's shark-bite capitol as a beach patrol officer is one of two jobs he juggles. Master Sgt. Joe Traska also secures his nation as an Air Force Reserve pararescueman with the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla.Serving two masters is

  • Compliance runs high among Rescue reservists

    Preparing for war is an ongoing mission at the 920th Rescue Wing here. To prove their readiness, reservists were met with a compliance inspection (CI) during the April drill training weekend.Rescue reservists were inspected on their compliance with the financial, legal and programmatic Air Force

  • Air Force reservists support fifty years of discovery

    Flying in the prone position atop a modified jumbo jet, NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery paraded down Space Coast beaches this morning making a u-turn over Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. before heading back north to its new home at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C. where it will be displayed

  • Rescue Wing spiritual leader honored as best in the Air Force Reserve

    The 920th Rescue Wing's mission is all about saving lives. While pararescue Airmen are the personal recovery experts, the wing chaplains are experts in spiritual recovery.Recently, one wing chaplain, Chaplain, Maj. Matthew Simpson, was recognized with the Outstanding Reserve Chaplain of the Year

  • Rescue Wing embodies 45- year-old wingman concept during drill training

    The Wingman Concept is a long held tradition in the Air Force Reserve. It promotes Airmen to look out for one another in all aspects of Air Force life, including their personal life. Reservists at the 920th Rescue Wing here came together March 4 during their drill training weekend for Commander's

  • AF Reservists support first rocket launch of the year

    Air Force Reserve Combat-search-and-rescue Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., supported the successful launch of a Delta IV rocket carrying the fourth Wideband Global SATCOM satellite at 7:38 p.m. EST from Space Launch Complex 37 here Jan. 19.Maintenance Airmen readied