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  • Falcon 9 brings better comunications

    Air Force Reserve combat-search-and-rescue Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing, here, supported the successful launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Aug. 5. The rocket carried a payload that included a communications satellite.The satellite was created for Asia Satellite

  • Atlas 5 keeps GPS moving forward

    Air Force Reserve combat-search-and-rescue Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., supported the successful launch of an Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, on Aug. 1. The rocket carried a payload that included a GPS replacement satellite called the

  • 920th Rescue Wing Airmen deploy

    Members of the 920th Maintenance Squadron say goodbye to loved ones before departing on a C-5 Galaxy to aid the search and rescue mission in the horn of Africa region July 23, 2014 at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. The 920th RQW performs combat search and rescue as its primary mission, which includes

  • 920th RQW assists in latest launch

    Air Force Reserve combat-search-and-rescue Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., supported the successful launch of an United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, on July 28. The 205-foot-tall UAL booster rocket carried a payload that

  • Training program preps new Airmen for basic military training

    Airmen awaiting basic training participate in a program called The Developmental and Training Flight to prepare for the demands of basic military training. By implementing DTF the 920th Rescue Wing has increased the retention rates of Airman in the delayed entree program. Within a 5 year span the

  • Air Combat Command commander shares AF vision

    Gen. Mike Hostage, commander, Air Combat Command, and wife Kathy Hostage visit with the 920th Rescue Wing, Fla., July 15. Hostage encouraged Airmen to aim high while the Air Force adapts to the changes and challenges that will accrue over the next 10 years. "We are the best Air Force in the world

  • 920th RQW assists in Falcon 9 launch

    A Falcon 9 rocket began its journey skyward as SpaceX successfully launched the rocket July 14, from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Fla., at 11:15 a.m.Hours before the 224-foot Falcon rocket carrying six Orbcomm Generation 2 satellites took to the skies, reservists from the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick

  • Security forces Airmen welcome new commander

    Reservists from the 920th Rescue Wing at Patrick Air Force Base, gathered to celebrate Capt. Robert Costa assuming command of the 920th RQW Security Forces Squadron July 12 during a unit training assembly.Costa succeeds Maj. Molly Long, who served as the squadron's first commander from May 2011 to

  • 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