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  • Citizen Airmen support milestone recycled rocket launch

    SpaceX made history March 30, 2017 with the successful launch of a reused Falcon 9 rocket, marking the first time a commercial company has been able to send a previously-launched rocket into space a second time.   SpaceX launched SES-10 from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) from NASA’s Kennedy Space

  • Air Force Guardian Angels test Orion spacecraft rescue support equipment

    When NASA’s Orion spacecraft returns from its missions beyond the moon, the crew module will splash down in the ocean just like the Apollo capsules that took men to the moon and back in the 1970s.The space agency needs to make sure the rescue support equipment for the Orion crew module is practical,

  • Reserve Airmen support successful Delta IV WGS-9 launch

    The U.S. Air Force Reserve’s 920th Rescue Wing in partnership with the 45th Space Wing, supported United Launch Alliance’s successful launch of the WGS-9 spacecraft aboard a ULA Delta IV rocket from Space Launch Complex 37 here March 18, 2017, at 8:18 p.m. ET.Air Force Reserve Airmen launched and

  • Air Force Reservists support successful SpaceX launch

    Air Force Reservists from the 920th Rescue Wing secured the Eastern Range prior to SpaceX’s successful launch of the EchoStar XXIII spacecraft aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center March 16 at 2 a.m. EDT.

  • Deployment training

    More than 120 Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing are supporting the 305th Rescue Squadron’s upcoming deployment to Southwest Asia by participating in a two-week pre-deployment training. The 305th RQS, located at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., is conducting training at the Idaho Air National

  • Rescue group hosts strategic alignment event

    Leadership and key personnel from the 920th Rescue Wing gathered to discuss the wing’s mission, vision, priorities and more during a strategic alignment event here March 7-8.Colonel Kurt Matthews, 920th Rescue Wing commander, brought together leaders within the wing including the vice wing

  • Air Force Reserve rescuers join search for missing skier on Mt Hood

    Amidst avalanche warnings and whiteout conditions, Air Force Reserve Guardian Angel Airmen from the 304th Rescue Squadron, Portland, Ore., combined forces with two dozen other searchers and the Air National Guard to help find a missing skier March 9 and 10, 2017.  Steve Leavitt, 57, was reported

  • Joint medical exercise hits the beach

    More than 250 military medics from 12 units across the country converged at the 920th Rescue Wing for a joint medical exercise Feb. 27 through March 5 to hone their capabilities for real-world wartime emergencies.The 920th Aeromedical Staging Squadron hosted the 5th Annual MEDBEACH, a joint service

  • Ceremony honors Space Coast chief selects

    The Space Coast Chiefs’ Group held its annual Chief Master Sergeant Recognition Ceremony in Cocoa Beach, Florida, to honor 14 Airmen and a Coast Guardsman as they transitioned to the highest enlisted rank of chief master sergeant in their respective branches March 3.  The formalities began when