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  • Kids learn about deployment process during fun, interactive event

    Approximately 80 Air Force-dependent children learned about the deployment process during the Kids Understanding Deployment Operations, or KUDOS, event on base June 1. The event, hosted by the Airman and Family Readiness Center here, led children through children a fun, interactive version of the

  • Rescue Group Airmen pull hiker from Southern Arizona mountain range

    Late Wednesday night, Airmen from the 943rd Rescue Group set out in a HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter for a training mission when they were notified that a hiker was unconscious from a fall, and needed help. The Aircrew immediately halted training to go to the hiker's aid. But first they had to return

  • Rescue group Airmen wins top survival specialist in Air Force Reserve

    In April, Air Force Reserve Command announced the winner of the 2012 Outstanding AFRC Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape Specialist Award.Senior Master Sgt. Howard T. Smith with the 306th Rescue Squadron won the major command level award. The award recognized his accomplishments and

  • Air Force Reservist sings at Space Coast Rocketman Triathlon

    A gathering of athletic prowess met up with high-powered machinery on Florida's Space Coast at this year's first of its kind, Rocketman Triathlon.Senior Airman Caitline Novell, a security forces Airman with the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., belted out the national anthem prior to

  • Florida Airmen battle surf-sand menace to CSAR aircraft

    When deployed to combat, enemy fire is one of biggest threats to 920th Rescue Wing Airmen when saving lives. However, the surf and sand that attracts vacationers to the barrier island where Patrick Air Force Base sits, has proven to be just as menacing.Salt eats metal and sand pollutes machinery.

  • G-Os on the Go

    Col. Jeffrey Macrander, 920th Rescue Wing commander, shared stories about piloting the HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter with 23 general officers who toured the 920th RQW May 7 during their annual visit to Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. The retired generals visit the base annually for Wing updates, but this

  • Maintenance reservists go technical

    Aircraft maintenance reservists at the 920th Rescue Wing have a new tool in their bag in the form of an Apple iPad.Weighing just 2.5 pounds, with the rugged carrying case, the iPads used with the Air Force Reserve Command-developed eTools Lite software, is revolutionizing the way the Airmen do their