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  • Patrick Airmen say goodbye to legacy fleet of rescue champions

    With no fanfare other than the fading rumble of its four turbo-prop engines, one of Patrick's well-worn HC-130P/N King aircraft - number 65-00976 - disappeared into the afternoon sky heading into retirement at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base's 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group, the

  • Rescue wing prolific on AFRC 100 most viewed stories list

    Air Force Reserve Command recently announced the top 100 most-viewed stories on their public website for 2015.Of the nearly 50 units in the command, the 920th Rescue Wing had more stories in the top 100 than any other.The wing had eight stories on the most-viewed list, nearly twice as many as anyone

  • AFRC Commander sends holiday greetings

    Lt. Gen. James F. Jackson, commander of Air Force Reserve Command, and his wife, Barbara, send warm wishes and greetings to the men and women of Air Force Reserve Command, and to those reservists deployed around the world this holiday season. AFRC Commander's holiday greeting.

  • Reservists support historic launch, landing of rocket

    At 8:29 p.m. Monday, wing helicopter aircrews held their hover near Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station while a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted skyward. Onboard the Falcon were 11 communications satellites, which were to be placed into low-Earth orbit (LEO) (between 99 - 1,200 miles

  • Rescue wing clears path for successful launch, resupply mission

    Wing reservists from the 920th Rescue Wing here provided range clearance and safety support for a resupply mission to the International Space Station.A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the Cygnus Pressurized Cargo Module lifted off successfully from Launch Complex 41 at nearby Cape

  • Forty three Citizen Airmen from Patrick earn CCAF degrees

    Forty three Reserve Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing here graduated with an associate's degree from the Community College of the Air Force December 5 at 10 a.m. in a two-hour ceremony held in the Base Theater.During the ceremony, Col. Paul "Brett" Howard, the 920th RQW Vice Wing Commander,

  • 35-year career chief takes fini-flight

    As the rotor blades of an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter churned and slowly came to a full stop, they signaled the end of Chief Master Sgt. Lazaro Ibarra's final flight here, Dec. 2. Within minutes of his fini-flight, the 301st Rescue Squadron's retiring chief was doused with fluorescent green sea dye,

  • Local cadets visit Reserve wing

    A group of Air Force Junior ROTC cadets from nearby Satellite Beach High School toured the 920th Rescue Wing here Dec. 2.The cadets visited the wing's helicopter squadron, followed by static tours of both wing aircraft -- an HC-130P refueler and an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter.In addition to JROTC

  • New boat provides more options, more safety for ocean training

    The 920th Rescue Wing's pararescue squadron here recently acquired a 35-foot recovery boat with the intent of providing its members a broader, safer training program.Pararescuemen conduct a variety of operations on the open ocean--from diving to parachute jumps and more. But none of the squadron's

  • Wing honors quarterly award winners

    The 920th Rescue Wing announced award winners from the first, second and third quarters of 2015 during a drill weekend commander's call held at the base theater here Nov. 8.The winners, by category, are:FIRST QUARTERAirman: Senior Airman Charles Whorl, 920th Operations Support Group.NCO: Staff Sgt.