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  • 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.

  • Rocket warriors support GPS launch

    Air Force Reservists from the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, secured the Eastern Range prior to the U.S. Air Force's eleventh launch of a Boeing-built Global Positioning System IIF satellite aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V from Space Launch Complex 41, here Oct. 31 at

  • Six degrees of education

    Whether its charting a path to a college degree to helping Airmen pad their career resume with job-specific Air Force schools, Master Sgt. John Clarke has dozens of ways to help put reservists in the best position to succeed. Sergeant Clarke, chief of education and training for the 920th Rescue Wing

  • Reserve Airmen join search for missing cargo ship crew

    The 920th Rescue Wing deployed an aircraft Tuesday in support of the search for possible survivors from the cargo ship El Faro, which is believed to have sunk during Hurricane Joaquin.A wing aircrew departed from here in an HC-130P/N King aircraft at approximately 10:45 a.m. with two 4-man

  • Reservists return from African deployment

    A group of reservists from the 920th Rescue Wing here returned today just after 8 p.m. from a deployment to the Horn of Africa.Approximately 30 pararescue and support personnel spent roughly the last four months as part of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, where they provided