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What a blast

Reservists from the 920th Rescue Wing provided range clearance and safety support for a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, which lifted off successfully from Launch Complex 41 at nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 6:28 a.m. today. Onboard, the Morelos-3 communications satellite for Mexico's Ministry of Communications and Transportation. It was ULA's 100th launch. (Courtesy photo/United Launch Alliance)
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Night lights

PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Reservists from the 920th Rescue Wing provided range clearance and safety support for a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, which lifted off successfully from Launch Complex 41 at nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 6:28 a.m. today. Pictured, a string of 14 consecutive images of the launch, stitched together to show the gentle arc the rocket carved on its way to space. Onboard, the Morelos-3 communications satellite for Mexico's Ministry of Communications and Transportation. It was ULA's 100th launch. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration/Master Sgt. Paul Flipse)
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Slipping the surley bonds of Earth...

Reservists from the 920th Rescue Wing provided range-clearance and safety support for the successful launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 7:03 p.m. April 27. (courtesy photo/SpaceX)
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Air Force Reservists support successful SpaceX rocket launch

Space Exploration Technologies' (SpaceX) Falcon 9 was carrying the Dragon spacecraft April 14, 2015, which is loaded with about 4,300 pounds of supplies and payloads bound for the International Space Station (ISS). (Photo courtesy SpaceX)
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Artist's concept of the MMS observatory fleet

Artist's concept of the Magnetospheric Multiscale observatory fleet with rainbow magnetic lines. Artwork courtesy NASA
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Slipping the surley bonds of Earth

Reservists from the 920th Rescue Wing were on hand to oversee the safe and successful launch of two next-generation satellites aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 10:50 p.m. March 1 from launch complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. (courtesy photo/SpaceX)
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Last second launch sends Atlas V skyward

Firing at the last second of their preset window, United Launch Alliance launched the Atlas V rocket, designated AV-049, from Cape Canaveral Sept. 16, 2014, deploying a satellite thousands of miles above Earth. Lightening and heavy cloud cover delayed the liftoff nearly two and a half hours but couldn't stop this mission from carrying a QuikScat Earth payload, called CLIO for an undisclosed agency of the United States government, into orbit. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Julie Briden-Garcia)
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Falcon 9 brings better communication

The 45th Space Wing supported Space Exploration Technologies' (SpaceX) successful launch of their Falcon 9 rocket carrying an AsiaSat 8 communications satellite from Space Launch Complex Aug. 05, 2014, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. (Courtesy photo/Alan Walters)
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Skyward

A Falcon 9 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Fla., July 14, 2014. The Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Natasha Dowridge)
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Let's do launch

Members of the 920th Rescue Wing provided range-clearance and safety support for the successful launch of a navigation satellite for the Global Positioning System at 8:03 p.m. May 16 from Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. A United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket carried the Air Force's sixth Block IIF-6 satellite into orbit roughly 11,000 miles above Earth, where it joined a worldwide timing and navigation system of two dozen other GPS satellites. The 920 Rescue Wing sends helicopters to clear the Eastern Range prior to every launch. The Eastern Range is a 70-mile long by 10-mile wide section of ocean delineating a rocket's launch path, which must be cleared of all marine and air traffic prior to launch to ensure aircraft and boaters are a safe distance from potentially-falling rocket debris. (Courtesy photo/United Launch Alliance)
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Encapsulating History

An HH-53 Super Jolly Green Giant helicopter crew and a handful of pararescuemen from the 67th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron, RAF Woodbridge, train for recovery operations with a mockup of the Apollo space capsule Mar. 4, 1982. The capsule now sits outside the 920th Rescue Wing's pararescue squadron at Patrick AFB, Fla. The 920th is responsible for range-clearing and safety on all launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, and was in charge of astronaut recovery and contingency response for all NASA space shuttle flights. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Ken Hammond)
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Slipping the surly bonds of Earth

NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft launches aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 1:28 p.m. Monday, Nov. 18. MAVEN is the first spacecraft devoted to exploring and understanding the Martian upper atmosphere. The trip to Mars takes 10 months, and MAVEN will go into orbit around Mars in September 2014. The 920th Rescue Wing provides range-clearance and safety support of all launches from CCAFS. (NASA photo/Bill Ingalls)
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Rocket’s red glare: Rescue Airmen support successful Atlas V launch

PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing stationed at Patrick supported an Atlas V rocket launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., July 19, 2013. The Reserve Airmen from the 920th RQW flew over Florida’s Atlantic Coast in HH-60G Pave Hawk Helicopters to clear the range prior to the launch, ensuring boats and ships were outside the area underneath the rocket’s trajectory. (U.S. Air Force photo story/Tech. Sgt. Anna-Marie Wyant)
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Into the wild blue yonder

Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., clear and secure the Eastern Range for the August 7 United Launch Alliance-built Delta IV Heavy lift off from nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The rocket was carrying the sixth Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) satellite for U.S. and international defense forces. The WGS system provides anytime, anywhere communication for the warfighter through broadcast, multicast, and point to point connections. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Daniel Delgado)
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Lift off

Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., clear and secure the Eastern Range for the August 7 United Launch Alliance-built Delta IV Heavy lift off from nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The rocket was carrying the sixth Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) satellite for the U.S. and foreign defense forces. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Daniel Delgado)
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Sun sets on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station

The sun sets on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., as Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., clear and secure the Eastern Range for the August 7 United Launch Alliance-built Delta IV Heavy lift off from CCAFS carrying a military satellite. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Daniel Delgado)
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Clearing the range

Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., clear and secure the Eastern Range with a pair of HH-60G Pave Hawk helicoters for the August 7 United Launch Alliance-built Delta IV Heavy lift off from nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The rocket was carrying the sixth Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) satellite. Rescue Airmen provide support prior and during all East Coast rocket launches. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Cathleen Snow)
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Pave Hawks support lift off

Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., clear and secure the Eastern Range with a pair of HH-60G Pave Hawk helicoters for the August 7 United Launch Alliance-built Delta IV Heavy lift off from nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The rocket was carrying the sixth Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) satellite. Rescue Airmen provide support prior and during all East Coast rocket launches. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Cathleen Snow)
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Launch success

Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., clear and secure the Eastern Range for the August 7 United Launch Alliance-built Delta IV Heavy lift off from nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The rocket was carrying the sixth Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) satellite for U.S. and international defense forces. The WGS system provides anytime, anywhere communication for the warfighter through broadcast, multicast, and point to point connections. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Cathleen Snow)
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Rocket's red glare

Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., clear and secure the Eastern Range for the August 7 United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy lift off from nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Cathleen Snow)
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