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  • Patrick Commissary selected to offer carts for special-needs children

    The Patrick Air Force Base Commissary, Florida, was one of the 40 selected commissaries across the U.S. to soon offer a grocery cart designed specifically for special-needs children. Called "Caroline's Cart™," it enables special-needs children - or even adults under 250 pounds - to safely and easily

  • Fallen Airmen honored in base ceremony

    Airmen and friends of the 920th Rescue Wing held a small ceremony at Memorial Plaza here June 25 to commemorate the 18-year anniversary of a terrorist bombing that claimed the lives of 19 Airmen, including 5 from the rescue family.   The bombing took place June 25, 1996 at Khobar Towers, a

  • Probe check

    Airman 1st Class Michael Kramer, an HH-60G Pave Hawk tactical aircraft maintainer with the 943rd Rescue Group, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., checks the aircraft's retractable in-flight refueling probe prior to an air refueling exercise June 19, 2014. A Pave Hawk helicopter can be equipped

  • Spaghetti plots help track hurricanes

    A 'spaghetti plot' is a powerful tool for predicting the track of hurricanes. A spaghetti plot shows many lines on a map, each line being a hurricane track forecast from different hurricane prediction computer models. The overlapping long strands look a bit like a plate of spaghetti. Sometimes the

  • Mass casualty drill

    During the June Unit Training Assembly weekend, Airmen from the 305th and 306th Rescue Squadron's trained to respond to a mass casualty medical emergency scenario. The training took place on Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz.. and provided pararescemen (PJ's) and HH-60G Pave Hawk aircrews an

  • Have medical questions? Call the TRICARE Nurse Advice Line

    Need medical advice fast but want to avoid unnecessary office visits? It always seems to happen at the most inconvenient time or place. A worrisome health issue comes up and you've got questions. If only you had a medical professional standing by to answer your immediate questions over the phone no

  • Lightning safety: What you need to know

    There is no safe place outside when lightning is in the area. In the U.S., Central Florida sees more lightning than any other area and is considered to be lightning alley and the leading source of weather deaths in Florida, killing more than all other weather phenomena combined. In an effort to stay

  • 920 Rescue Wing supports Launch

    Members of the 920th Rescue Wing provided range-clearance and safety support for the successful launch of a United Launch Alliance-built Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at 9:09 a.m. May 22 carrying a classified national security payload.The payload was designed and built by the National

  • Reservists clear path for GPS satellite

    Members of the 920th Rescue Wing provided range-clearance and safety support for the successful launch of a navigation satellite for the Global Positioning System at 8:03 p.m. May 16 from Space Launch Complex 37 at nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. A United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket

  • SFS honors fallen defenders, heroes

    Security Forces Airmen and law enforcement brothers and sisters, were honored during the Fallen Defenders' Ceremony May 13 as part of the 45th Security Forces Squadron's Opening Ceremony for Police Week at Patrick Air Force Base, Florida. Police Week is a time dedicated to remembering fallen law