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  • 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

  • Setting standards high: Rescue Reservist receives John L. Levitow award

    A 920th Rescue Wing Reserve Airman recently set the standard high for the combat-search-and-rescue wing by becoming the first 920th reservist to receive the John L. Levitow award from Airman Leadership School (ALS) since the wing stood up here in 1992. Newly promoted Staff Sgt. Jennafur Williams, an

  • 10th Air Force commander addresses rescue reservists

    Maj. Gen. William Binger, 10th Air Force commander, answered questions, addressed concerns and shared insight with Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing at the commander's call Sept. 8, 2013. During the commander's call, Binger and Col. Jeffrey Macrander, 920th commander, presented awards to wing

  • Reservist receives Distinguished Flying Cross with Valor

    The 920th Rescue Wing's motto, "These things we do, that others may live," embodies the wing's noble search-and-rescue mission. While rescue is the primary goal, life-saving operations can turn into life-threatening situations in the blink of an eye. For one 920th RQW reservist deployed to Bagram