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Ribbon of Airmen salute fallen soldier

PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. - A small beachside community wept and waved flags and a ribbon of hundreds of uniformed Airmen from here stood shoulder-to-shoulder with them along a two-mile stretch of road leading to a funeral home nearby October 8 to welcome home a local resident - 24-year-old fallen soldier, Army Sgt. Roberto Sanchez. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Leslie Kraushaar)
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Recruiting at the beach

PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla.-- The 920th Rescue Wing here participated beachside in a national-level recruiting public service announcement during the first Cocoa Beach, Fla. airshow October 2-4, 2009. The PSA is set to air nationwide in November. The 920th Rescue Wing is the nation's premier Combat Search and Rescue unit. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Cathleen Snow)
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Cocoa Beach Air Show Director

COCOA BEACH, Fla. -- Cocoa Beach Air Show Director Bryan Lilley announces some of the highlights that will be at this year's air show prior to a ceremony held Sept. 11 saluting the military in Cocoa Beach. The 920th Rescue Wing from Patrick Air Force Base conducted a Search and Rescue operation involving Pararescuemen parachuting from unit-equipped HC-130P/N aircraft into the ocean and a rescue operation with the unit's HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter which also performed during a air-to-air refueling demonstration with the HC-130P/N. The 920th Rescue Wing will conduct similar capability demonstrations during the Cocoa Beach air show scheduled for October 2-4 at Alan Shepard Park along Highway A1A in. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Bryan Ripple)
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Chaplain consoles family of fallen

PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. - Lt. Col. (Chaplin) David R. Turner, 45th Space Wing chaplain, comforts Mrs. Shyrl Johnson, widow of Staff Sgt. Kevin J. Johnson, during a memorial for him and four others at the Memorial Plaza here June 25. Sergeant Johnson and four members from the Air Force "Rescue" community were killed in the 1996 bombing of Khobar Towers in Saudia Arabia. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech Sgt Kristin Mack)
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Honor and Remembrance

PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. - Tech. Sgt. Robert Hudgins (Ret.) and Mr. Darrell Hankins, from 920th Rescue Wing here prepare to lay a wreath during a memorial ceremony June 25 at Memorial Plaza here held to honor five fallen Airmen who were killed in the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing in Saudia Arabia. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech Sgt Kristin Mack)
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Rescue Airmen Remembered

PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla.- The 920th Rescue Wing held a small informal memorial ceremony June 25 at Memorial Plaza here to pay their respects to five "Rescue" Airmen who were killed 13 years ago in the 1996 bombing of Khobar Towers in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Airmen and family members of the fallen bow their heads in rememberence. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech Sgt Kristin Mack)
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Communications commander takes flight

PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. - Col. Steve Kirkpatrick, 920th Rescue Wing Commander here, hands Capt. Thomas Downs the flag during a ceremony June 6 which signifies that communications has grouwn from an element to a flight. Capt. Downs will command the new communications flight whose mission it will be to provide the first 400 foot of communications and information systems connectivity for our combat search and rescue squadrons. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Heather Kelly)
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Citizen Airmen depart with a century of experience

PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. - Three Air Force Reserve Chief Master Sergeants with the 920th Rescue Wing here closed a chapter on their military careers during a ceremony at the Base Theater June 7. Chief Master Sgts. Bill Gatlin, Ewing Swaney, and Charles Ferrell will retire with 101 years of collective military experience between them. Chief Gatlin will retire with 33 years of service as a standards and evaluations loadmaster. Chief Swaney will retire with 33 years as a first sergeant for the maintenance squadron. And Chief Ferrel will retire with 35 years as a pararescuemen. (U.S. Air Force Photo/MSgt Bryan Ripple)
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Pilot gives lessons in Afghan culture

PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. - Air Force Reserve helicopter pilot, Lt. Col. Joe Alcorn, visits his son's 2nd grade class May 22 at Gemini Elementary in Melbourne Beach after a four-month deployment to Afghanistan. He showed the class images of an Afghan school he visited while there. The images showed Afghani children who were the recipients of school supplies donated by the 2nd graders. During the show and tell students made observations about the differences between them and the Afghan students and asked questions about the country. They also kept in touch with Colonel Alcorn through email while he was deployed. Mrs. Debra Ruscillo, the class teacher, said learning is always better when you can relate it to real-life situations. (U.S. Air Force Photo/MSgt. Rob Grande)
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Office Space

PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. - Citizen Airman and modern-day pioneer Senior Master Sgt. Kevin Zimmerman gets ready to climb inside the Space Shuttle Atlantis wearing a sterile suit where he works as the mid-body electrical lead. When he's not sending shuttles into space, he serves as an HC-130P/N Combat Radio Operator with the 920th Rescue Wing here. The shuttle Atlantis is set to return to Earth May 23 after mission specialists completed the fifth and final mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope. Throughout his 23-career with United Space Alliance (USA), NASA's lead contractor, he has supported a long list of notable space missions, to include Atlantis's Maiden Voyage. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Capt Cathleen Snow)
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Bundles of joy

PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. - This Airman hugging his two young daughters was among thirty of Brevard's Reserve Rescuers who returned home today from Afghanistan after four months of performing medical evacuation missions working with U.S. Army units. These Citizen Airmen conducted 2,000 medical evacuation missions flying HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters loaded with aircrew and pararescuemen to save lives. More than half of these medical evacuations were due to combat action. They helped saved more than 570 people and two military working dogs. They provided life saving medical care to U.S. military members, coalition forces, as well as Afghani soldiers and citizens including 47 children and four enemy patients. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Capt. Cathleen Snow)
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Civic Pride

CHARLESTON AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. -- Judge Alli Maheed, from the 8th Judicial Circuit Court in Viera, Fla. checks out the pilot seat in a C-17 cargo aircraft during the 920th Rescue Wing's Civic Leader tour there April 28. Judge Maheed joined about 34 other Patrick Air Force Base-area civic leaders on the trip designed to offer them a glimpse at how seemlessly the active duty Air Force and Air Force Reserve personnel operate in today's joint training environment. U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Bryan Ripple
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Aircrew Life Support

CHARLESTON AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. --Thirty five community and business leaders from the Patrick Air Force Base-area participated in a civic leader tour from Patrick AFB to Charleson AFB, S.C. April 28. The tour was designed to offer the tour participants a glimpse at how seemlessly active duty Air Force and Air Force Reserve personnel operate in today's joint training environment. The Air Force Reserve's 315th Airlift Wing flies C-17 aircraft along with the active duty 437th Airlift Wing at Charleston. Here the group receives a briefing from a aircrew flight equipment shop supervisor about aicrew life support equipment. U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Bryan Ripple
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Honorary Citizen Airmen

CHARLESTON AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. --Thirty five community and business leaders from the Patrick Air Force Base-area participated in a civic leader tour from Patrick AFB to Charleson AFB, S.C. April 28. The tour was designed to offer the tour participants a glimpse at how seemlessly active duty Air Force and Air Force Reserve personnel operate in today's joint training environment. The Air Force Reserve's 927th Air Refueling Wing from McDill AFB in Tampa provided the flight to Charleston on a KC-135 air refueling aircraft. The Air Force Reserve's 315th Airlift Wing flies C-17 aircraft along with the active duty 437th Airlift Wing at Charleston. U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Bryan Ripple
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Outfielder affection

PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. - Purple Heart recipient Staff Sgt. Diane Lopes, security forces specialist, 920th Rescue Wing here, poses with Washington Nationals outfielder Josh Willingham during pre-game ceremonies at the Space Coast Stadium in central Florida. Military members were invited to stand with players in honor of military appreciation day March 19. The Nationals beat the Orioles, 5-4. (Photo/Capt. Cathleen Snow)
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Baseball players salute servicemembers

PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. - Senior Master Sgt. James Turman, 920th Rescue Wing maintenance, stands next to Washington Nationals outfielder Elijah Dukes during the pre-game ceremonies at the Space Coast Stadium in central Florida. The Nationals honored the local military March 19 during a spring training game against the Baltimore Orioles. The Nationals won 5-4. (Photo/Capt. Cathleen Snow).
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A piercing throw

PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. - Col. George Pierce, commander of maintenance for the 920th Rescue Wing, Air Force Reserve command, threw out the first pitch during a military appreciation day at the Space Coast Stadium in central Florida. The Washington Nationals beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-4 during the spring training game that honored the local military. Also, rescue crews piloted two HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters from the 920th Rescue Wing here before the game then parked for display in a nearby field. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Capt. Cathleen Snow)
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Honoring their Heritage

DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. -- Former members of the 71st Special Operations Squadron and 943rd Rescue Group gather in front of a static display memorial in honor of PONY 1-2 that crashed in a remote desert area 20 miles northwest of the base March 12, 1989. The group was in attendance at a memorial ceremony March 8 to honor the 15 men who died in the crash. U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Ruby Zarzyczny
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Honoring the Memory of the men of PONY 1-2

DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. -- Army Sergeant 1st Class Derek Dutcher, a recruiter from the Tucson Recruiting Company, Center Pointe Recruiting Station, and Air Force Reserve Senior Airman David Brydon, a HH60-G Crew Chief with the 943rd Maintenance Squadron, prepare to lay a wreath at the static display model of PONY 1-2, located at Heritage Park here March 8. U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Ruby Zarzyczny
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Honoring their Heritage

DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. -- Chief Master Sgt. Craig Bergman (USAFR Ret.) makes remarks as the guest speaker at the memorial service in honor of the men of PONY 1-2 that died in a helicopter crash Sunday, March 12, 1989. The event was held March 8 at Heritage Park here. Chief Bergman retired as Superintendent of the 943rd Maintenance Squadron. U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Ruby Zarzyczny
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