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  • Local cadets visit rescue wing

    Members of the JROTC program at Colonial High School in Orlando toured the 920th Rescue Wing here Jan. 16. Pictured, several cadets take in the view from the flight deck of one of the wing's HC-130P/N King aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Paul Flipse)

  • Free tax preparation, advice available to military families

    With the new year comes the annual dread of tax-filing season and the confusion and stress that can go along with it, especially for military families whose tax returns can be further complicated by frequent relocations, involvement of rental properties and other aspects of military life.To ease the

  • Reserve wing cuts ribbon on $4 million aircraft hangar

    The 920th Rescue Wing held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Saturday at 10:30 a.m. to mark the completion of an addition/renovation project on Hangar 630 - the wing's fixed-wing aircraft isochronal inspection (ISO) hangar.The primary incentive for the project was to expand the structure by roughly 10,000

  • Reserve security forces squadron welcomes new first sergeant

    In January, Master Sgt. James Smith will become the 920th Security Forces Squadron first sergeant. He will replace Master Sgt. Christine Edwards, who will return to the 920th Maintenance Squadron, where she served as an electronic warfare systems technician from 2004-2011.Sergeant Smith brings with

  • Brevard reservists support local rocket launch

    Wing reservists supported the successful launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule from Space Launch Complex 40 at nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station today at 4:47 a.m.The Dragon capsule contains supplies bound for the International Space Station, which is orbiting more than 200

  • Air Force Reservist saves critically injured teens after watercraft accident

    An Air Force reservist from Patrick Air Force Base helped rescue two injured teens who crashed a personal watercraft into the dock behind his home here Jan. 4 at 2 p.m.Senior Master Sgt. Steph Schwarz, a combat flight engineer with the 920th Rescue Wing, was the first on scene after the crash left a

  • Reserve pararescuemen receive one of Air Force's highest honors

    In the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum, in the same exhibit hall with Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis and the Wright Brothers' 1903 flyer, under a case of protective glass, stands a massive silver cup, lined in gold, atop a three-tiered mahogany pedestal.The pedestal

  • Guardian Angels gift Air Force children Christmas presents

    Kim & Garren Cone, AVET Project, Inc., brought Christmas presents to the 920th Rescue Wing here for the children of needy Airmen Dec. 22, 2014.AVET is a non-profit organization with a mission of heightening awareness to the needs of past and present U.S. Servicemen and women, their families and

  • Air Force Fitness Management System slated for upgrade

    Active-duty, Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard officers and enlisted members who want to maintain copies of their pre-July 2010 fitness records need to access the Air Force Fitness Management System (AFFMS) and save or print their records by Dec. 30, Air Force Personnel Center officials said