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  • Reserve pararescue chief retires after serving 32 years

    After serving in the Air Force Reserve for 32 years, Chief Master Sgt. Douglas Kestranek, 308th Rescue Squadron chief enlisted manager, retired during a ceremony April 11 at Patrick.Friends, family and Reserve comrades poured into the Base Theater and watched as Kestranek received his symbolic

  • Sacrifices of the military child recognized in April & June

    To highlight the year-round contributions, courage and patriotism of the military community's youngest members, the Defense Department observes April as the Month of the Military Child.Established by then-Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger in 1986, the month recognizes some 1.9 million U.S.

  • AF Reserve celebrates 67 years of service

    For many Airmen, April 14 will be just another Tuesday. But to members of the Air Force Reserve, like those who serve in the 920th Rescue Wing at Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, it will be a day to reflect on how each and every one contributes to the Air Force mission.On April 14, 1948, the Army

  • Wing clears a path for rocket launch, GPS satellite

    Reservists from the 920th Rescue Wing provided range-clearance and safety support for the successful launch of a United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 2:36 p.m. yesterday.The payload for yesterday's launch included the Air Force's ninth Block IIF navigation

  • Rescue reservists sharpen skills at next-generation training facility

    Partially collapsed buildings, dozens of Somalian role-players, flooded housing areas and hundreds of charred and mangled vehicles scattered across 820 acres offered a unique realistic training environment for Guardian Angel and helicopter Aircrew Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force

  • Controlled Chaos

    Partiallycollapsed buildings, dozens of Somalian role-players, flooded housing areas,and hundreds of charred and mangled vehicles scattered across 820 acres offereda uniquely realistic training environment for pararescue jumpers and combatrescue officers from the 920th Rescue Wing at Patrick Air

  • Reservists pave way for launch of world's first all-electric satellites

    Reservists from the 920th Rescue Wing were on hand to oversee the safe and successful launch of two next-generation satellites aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 10:50 p.m. March 1 from launch complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.Within an hour of launch, the rocket deployed the world's

  • Wing supports launch of weather satellite, ship landing of rocket scrubbed

    Rescue wing reservists paved the way for the safe and successful launch of NOAA's Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 6:03pm February 11 from nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS). However, SpaceX decided to scrub an attempt to land the