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Two-star general, 15 Texans experience Air Force Reserve missions in paradise through eyes of Airmen

Maj. Gen. Ronald B. “Bruce” Miller, 10th Air Force commander, Naval Air Station Forth Worth, Texas showed up on Florida’s Space Coast with 15 Texas business and community leaders to visit the 920th Rescue Wing at Patrick Air Force Base, Florida and learn about its mission. During the visit, the civic leaders boarded an HC-130 King combat-rescue-and-rescue (CSAR) aircraft for a local flight while Airmen parachuted from the aircraft ramp showcasing one of the skills required for CSAR missions. Chief Master Sgt. James Loper, 10th AF command chief, experienced a tandem during the exercise. PAFB visit was their second stop on Florida’s East Coast after visiting the 482nd Fighter Wing, at Homestead Air Reserve Station, in Miami, earlier that day on April 24, 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo Patrick Air Force Base Multimedia)

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Two-star general, 15 Texans experience Air Force Reserve missions in paradise through eyes of Airmen

Maj. Gen. Ronald B. “Bruce” Miller, 10th Air Force commander, Naval Air Station Forth Worth, Texas showed up on Florida’s Space Coast with 15 Texas business and community leaders to visit the 920th Rescue Wing at Patrick Air Force Base, Florida and learn about its mission. Col. Kurt Matthews, 920th RQW commander, left, along with 920th RQW Command Chief Shane Smith, 3rd from left, and 45 SW leadership greeted the group upon their arrival in an Air Force C-17 Globemaster aircraft. The PAFB visit was their second stop on Florida’s East Coast after visiting the 482nd Fighter Wing, at Homestead Air Reserve Station, in Miami, earlier that day on April 24, 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo Patrick Air Force Base Multimedia)

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Two-star general, 15 Texans experience Air Force Reserve missions in paradise through eyes of Airmen

Maj. Gen. Ronald B. “Bruce” Miller, 10th Air Force commander, Naval Air Station Forth Worth, Texas showed up on Florida’s Space Coast with 15 Texas business and community leaders to visit the 920th Rescue Wing at Patrick Air Force Base, Florida and learn about its mission. During the visit, the general got to experience a tandem jump from an HC-130 King combat-search-and-rescue aircraft, showcasing one of the skills needed fro CSAR missions, as the civic leaders watched from the aircraft's open ramp. The PAFB visit was their second stop on Florida’s East Coast after visiting the 482nd Fighter Wing, at Homestead Air Reserve Station, in Miami, earlier that day on April 24, 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo Patrick Air Force Base Multimedia)

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Two-star general, 15 Texans experience Air Force Reserve missions in paradise through eyes of Airmen

Maj. Gen. Ronald B. “Bruce” Miller, 10th Air Force commander, Naval Air Station Forth Worth, Texas showed up on Florida’s Space Coast with 15 Texas business and community leaders to visit the 920th Rescue Wing at Patrick Air Force Base, Florida and learn about its mission. During the visit, the general got to experience a tandem jump from an HC-130 King combat-search-and-rescue aircraft, showcasing one of the skills needed fro CSAR missions, as the civic leaders watched from the aircraft's open ramp. The PAFB visit was their second stop on Florida’s East Coast after visiting the 482nd Fighter Wing, at Homestead Air Reserve Station, in Miami, earlier that day on April 24, 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo Patrick Air Force Base Multimedia)

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Make-a-wish

Jack Sanders, a 17-year-old whose wish was to train with U.S. Air Force Pararescueman, smiles aboard a boat Dec. 14, 2018 at Patrick Air Force Base, Florida. Jack was diagnosed with congenital heart disease and submitted his wish through Make-a-Wish Georgia who helped coordinate meeting with pararescuemen, with the support of Airmen from the 351st Special Warfare Training Squadron out of Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jared Trimarchi)

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Make-a-wish

Jack Sanders, a 17-year-old whose wish was to train with U.S. Air Force Pararescueman, listens to a mission briefing Dec. 14, 2018 at Patrick Air Force Base, Florida. Jack was diagnosed with congenital heart disease and submitted his wish through Make-a-Wish Georgia who helped coordinate meeting with pararescuemen, with the support of Airmen from the 351st Special Warfare Training Squadron out of Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jared Trimarchi)

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Medical evacuation exercise

In response to a simulated emergency at Kennedy Space Center, Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing revalidate their response time In the event of a catastrophic, life-threatening occurrence within the capsule of a human spaceflight launch, Oct. 25, 2018. This exercise marked the first time that the Department of Defense, NASA and commercial providers have exercised this type of event utilizing twelve live patients and the full array of air assets. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Kelly Goonan)