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  • FLASHBACK FRIDAY: A BLAST FROM THE PAST

    On May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted in an explosion 400 times stronger than the atom bomb dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki 35 years earlier. The blast threw a cloud of debris 16 miles above sea level--or, roughly three times the height of Mount Everest. One of the 920th Rescue Wing's

  • FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Rescue makes national headlines

    This week, we flash back to July 13, 1989, and a rescue got the whole country's attention -- as much for the nature of the rescue as for the story of the man who got saved. Early that morning, the 301st Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron, Homestead AFB, Fla., got a call for help with a man who

  • Wing Airman named honor graduate of grueling desert survival course

    CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti -- An Air Force Reserve SERE specialist with the 920th Rescue Wing was named top honor graduate of the French Forces Desert Combat Survival Course held here in October.Staff Sgt. Benjamin Domian, deployed here from Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., joined more than 160 French

  • FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Rescue Wing gets new ride

    The 920th Rescue Wing Public Affairs Office is proud to introduce a new recurring feature: Flashback Fridays.Each Friday, we'll feature a significant event and/or person from the wing's illustrious history.For the inaugural installment of Flashback Fridays, we present the cover of the July/August

  • Wing kicks off Combined Federal Campaign

    The opportunity for servicemembers to show they care through a Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) pledge to a favorite charity has begun.The CFC is the annual workplace giving campaign that allows members of the military and government employees to donate money to worthy causes and help those less

  • Wing stands up newest security forces squadron

    The Air Force Reserve Command's only combat-search-and-rescue wing stood-up its newest Security Forces Squadron, October 5 during the Unit Training Assembly weekend. The members of the 720th Security Forces Squadron, formerly Detachment One 920th Rescue Wing, joined their first Commander Maj.

  • Most AF civilians to return to work

    In accordance with a memo Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel released Oct. 5, the Air Force will recall most of the nearly 104,000 Air Force civilian Airmen placed on emergency furlough due to government shutdown. However, a significant number will not yet be able to return.In his memo, Hagel stated that

  • President proclaims National Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Week

    The 920th Rescue Wing salutes all those in its family this week and across the Guard and Reserve who, in the words of President Obama, "have made America the greatest force for freedom and security the world has ever known." On Monday, the President released the following proclamation observing this

  • Wing Airmen support Atlas V rocket launch

    The U.S. Air Force successfully launched the third Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite onboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V vehicle here Sept. 18 from launch pad 41 at 4:10 a.m., as Airmen and HH-60G Pave Hawks from the 920th Rescue Wing safeguarded the hazard zone.Hours before