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  • Angel Thunder Exercise reigns over southern Arizona

    The desert, known for its sharp edges and ruthless heat, set the stage here for a world premiere training event.Angel Thunder, a multi-national, interagency, personnel recovery exercise that focused specifically on combat search and rescue or CSAR, was the name of the game for Air Force Rescue

  • Rescue Reservists support early morning lift-off

    Early morning skies lit up with the successful launch of NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery approximately 11 miles north of here. The launch occurred at 6:21 a.m. (EDT) from Space Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center.The 920th Rescue Wing Reservists were on hand, as usual, for any unforeseen

  • 'Twas the season to give

    Air Force Reservists from the 920th Rescue Wing (RQW) Human Resources Development Council's (HRDC) Current and Future Force Working Groups coordinated with the Salvation Army of Melbourne, Fla., during the 2009 holiday season. This is the fourth consecutive year that members from the 920th RQW

  • 920th ASTS member makes a difference in Southern Philippines

    On the southern island of Jolo, Philippines five members of the U.S. Air Force operated a fully-equipped trauma center, providing emergency care, basic medical care and educational services to hundreds of Filipino and U.S. troops from July 23 to December 29, 2009.The Air Force members comprise the

  • The P.A.S.T is the start of a future

    "Don't quit."That's the motto here for the pre-Indoctrination Course Air Force Reserve Pararescuemen (PJs) and Combat Rescue Officers (CROs) at the 920th Rescue Wing Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. In fact, that statement will follow these men throughout their two-year training program - the Pipeline

  • Rescue Reservists keep the launches safe and secure

    The 920th Rescue Wing Reservists supported the successful launch of a new-generation military communications satellite from here yesterday at 8:47 p.m. (EST), when a Delta IV rocket carried a Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) into space. WGS satellites are designed to provide high-capacity communications

  • Pushin' up the Air Force physical fitness scores...one hour at a time.

    Think - ten minutes till the hour, every hour, every day - push-ups. Sounds fun, right? The crew at the 920th Aeromedical Staging Squadron have been participating in an internal program, Push-up Pals Club (or PPC), since May and have found ways to make it fun...even if it means ribbing their

  • Air Force Reservists support NASA's Ares I-X Test Rocket

    Air Force Reservists from the 920th Rescue Wing here supported the successful launch of the test rocket, Ares I-X at 11:30 a.m. (EDT) from Kennedy Space Center today. Wing helicopter crews were responsible for clearing the Eastern Range, the roughly 10-mile-wide by 70-mile-long strip of Atlantic

  • Midnight Madness

    As Space Shuttle Discovery caught the red-eye from NASA's Kennedy Space Center to the International Space Station Aug. 28, Air Force Reservists from the 920th Rescue Wing here were prepared to commence a large-scale rescue at an infinitesimal sign of any danger to the crew members of Space Transport

  • Reserve Pararescuemen conduct water test of new NASA space capsule

    Six pararescuemen from the Air Force Reserve's 920th Rescue Wing conducted recovery testing on a mockup of NASA's next-generation spacecraft at the Trident Turn Basin here Mar. 8. The team of pararescuemen (PJs), Master Sergeants Robert Smith, Chris Seinkner, Matt Roche, Jeffrey McManus and Kenneth