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  • Double time; wing Airman logs 40-plus years of service

    One of the perks offered by military recruiters is the ability to retire after 20 years of service. One officer with the 920th Rescue Wing has more than twice that experience and is still serving today. Lt. Col. Rex Meyer, deputy officer in charge of the base command post, started his Air Force

  • Historic capsule makes trip to body shop

    A relic from NASA's Apollo program was an eye-catching sight as it was transported via flatbed truck from its home at the Air Force Reserve's 920th Rescue Wing here to Port Canaveral July 1. The white, 11 x 13-foot, 9,000-pound space capsule, on loan to the 920th Rescue Wing from the Smithsonian

  • Top brass share pearls of wisdom with junior officers

    Junior Air Force Reserve officers from across the nation came together for mentoring and leadership in Cocoa Beach June 26-29. Hosted by the Air Force Reserve Command's 920th Rescue Wing here, seven senior leaders including the 920th Wing Commander, Col. Steve Kirkpatrick, shared their pearls of

  • NASA 9-1-1

    The United States' first man-in-space program began in 1958 and ended in 1963 with six manned spaceflights under its belt. Its objectives were: To orbit a manned spacecraft around Earth; To investigate man's ability to function in space; and To recover both man and spacecraft safely. The last

  • Rescue Doc best in AFRC

    Air Force Reservist Flight Surgeon Major Patricio G. Bruno, Chief of Flight Medicine for the 920th Areomedical Staging Squadron here, was selected as the 2008 Air Force Reserve Command Flight Surgeon of the year. The award is established by the United States Air Force Society of Flight Surgeons and

  • When two become one

    In a move that further illustrates the vanishing line between the Air Force Reserve and active duty forces, the 920th Rescue Wing and 45th Space Wing command posts have merged into a single joint operation.This will be the Air Force's test case on combined reserve and active duty command post

  • Rubiella honored at White House ceremony

    Rene Rubiella, a Brevard County resident and Air Force Reservist at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., was honored for his volunteer service to the community during a special ceremony at the White House last Friday when he was presented with the President's Volunteer Service Award. A senior master

  • Rescue Wing sets the stage to help reduce teen driving deaths

    "Your life is that little dash between eight numbers; The year you were born and the year that you will die. It's up to you to make that dash longer. Not on Our Watch!," Said 920th Rescue Wing member Senior Master Sgt. Rene Rubiella at last year's teen driver safety program event dubbed Operation

  • Rescue Wing Airmen deploy to Africa

    Approximately 13 Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing deployed to Africa Feb. 22 in support of the Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa. CJTF - HOA works to prevent conflict, promote regional stability and protect Coalition interests in east Africa and Yemen through humanitarian assistance,