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Civic leaders from Dobbins AFB visit the 920th RQW

Pararescueman Tech. Sgt. William Posch, 920th Rescue Wing, addressed questions from a group of civic leaders. The group traveled from Dobbins Air Force Base, Ga., for a greater understanding of the Air Force Reserve rescue mission. (U.S. Air force photo/Tech. Sgt. Peter Dean)
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Football heroes

Combat search and rescue Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., piloted an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter to South Carolina parking it next to Frank Howard Field at Memorial Stadium Clemson, S.C. October 20 for a Military Appreciation Celebration game against Virginia Tech. The Airmen were honored during halftime of Clemson's victorious game. Among them was Pave Hawk pilot Lt. Col. Phillip Kennedy (4th fom the left), 920th Rescue Wing, a Clemson alumni who's sighting of an H-3 helicopter in the same setting years earlier inspired inspired the colonel's present career as combat rescue pilot. (Coutesy photo)
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Mass enlistment welcomes newest 920th RQW members

As family and friends look on, the 920th Rescue Wing Commander Col. Jeffrey Macrander administered the Oath of Enlistment to the newest members of the Wing. A mass enlistment was held on the 920th flight line during the October UTA. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Peter Dean)
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Wilkins Memorial Service

Maj. Manuel Gonzalez stands next to the sketch he made in memory of Maj. Kevin Wilkins Oct. 14, 2012 at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. Wilkins, a 920th Aeromedical Staging Squadron critical care nurse, died from a brain tumor in 2008. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Anna-Marie Wyant)
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Wilkins Memorial Service

Members of the 920th Aeromedical Staging Squadron stand in formation during a memorial service for Maj. Kevin Wilkins Oct. 14, 2012 at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. Wilkins was a critical care nurse with the 920th ASTS from 1996 to 2008 when he died from a brain tumor. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Anna-Marie Wyant)
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Wilkins Memorial Service

Col. Lewis Neace, commander, 920th Aeromedical Staging Squadron, speaks at a memorial service for Maj. Kevin Wilkins Oct. 14, 2012, at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. Neace spoke highly of Wilkins, a 920th ASTS critical care nurse who died from a brain tumor in 2008. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Anna-Marie Wyant)
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Wilkins Memorial Service

Lt. Col . Kenneth Dempsey presents Jill Wilkins and her children with a plaque from the 920th Aeromedical Staging Squadron at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., Oct. 14, 2012. Wilkins’ husband, Maj. Kevin Wilkins, was a critical care nurse with the 920th ASTS until April 2008, when he died from a brain tumor. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Anna-Marie Wyant)
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Congressional staffers experience a taste of rescue

Col. Jeffrey Macrander, 920th Rescue Wing commander shows a HH-60G Pave Hawk rescue helicopter to congressional staffers who recently visited Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. The 920th RQW is a special operations wing and home to elite Guardian Angel Airmen who are among the most highly trained emergency trauma specialists in the U.S. military, and the only military personnel who are trained and equipped to conduct combat rescue for all of the other branches of the military. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Peter Dean)
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Congressional staffers experience a taste of rescue

Senior Airman Kristopher Tomes, 920th Rescue Wing pararescueman suits up Daniel Leiva, a legal assistant for Congressman John Boehner. Leiva was one of several congressional staffers that traveled to Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., for a first-hand look at the 920th‘s rescue mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Peter Dean)
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PET Scan of tumor

Master Sgt. Brian Ball, 920th Rescue Wing quality assurance inspector, was diagnosed with Stage III throat cancer April 29, 2010. After nearly 12 months of leave, the master sergeant returned to duty, with limitations, in November 2011. He will retire after 34 years of service on September 21, 2012.
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Master Sgt. Brian Ball back to work

Master Sgt. Brian Ball, 920th RQW quality assurance inspector, was diagnosed with throat cancer on April 29, 2010. While his cancer is currently in remission, he must wait five years from the date he was diagnosed to be declared cancer free. According to the American Cancer Society, there are more than 100 types of cancer; statistically, half of all men and one-third of all women in the U.S. will develop a form of the disease during their lifetime.
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Family photo

Master Sgt. John Clarke, chief, force support development education, 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force reminisces over family photos with his family. Clarke's family also shares his enthusiasm for photography, often posing as models and going on family trips to some of the most photography friendly places. They recently returned from Nevada where they took photos at Valley of Fire State Park. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Natasha Dowridge)
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Balancing the white

Master Sgt. John Clarke, chief, force support development education, 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., holds up a digital calibration target during a tutoring session with a family friend. Clarke performed a training session on the camera technique white balance. Clarke plans on tutoring on a larger scale after spending more than 20 years behind the camera. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Natasha Dowridge)
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Picture this grasshopper

Master Sgt. John Clarke, chief, force support development education, 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., mentors Yatti Reeves, an amateur photographer, on the technique of white balancing a camera. After decades of taking photos, Clarke has decided to branch out into torturing those who are interested in photography. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Natasha Dowridge)
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Meeting an Idol

Master Sgt. Michael Coscarella, Patrick Air Force Base in-service Recruiter shakes hands with American Idol season '11 second runner up Joshua Ledat. For referring a friend with the Air Force Reserve Command's Refer A Friend recruiting program, Reservists and personnel from the 920th Rescue Wing, PAFB received tickets and a backstage meet and greet with the 2012 American Idols. (courtesy photo)
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Rescue Wing activates new flight

The 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., officially welcomes the 920th Aerospace Medicine Flight during an activation ceremony at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va. August 5. Up until its deactivation on Tuesday, the 920th AMDF was a part of the 610th Regional Support Group. On Wednesday, it was realigned to fall under the 920th RQW. It will be one of the wing's three geographically separated units. (Courtesy photo)
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Ready for flight

Prior to flying on an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter, Brig. Gen. William Binger, commander, 10th Air Force, Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Texas is greeted and prepped by Tech. Sgt. David Bahr, flight engineer, 301st rescue squadron July 24. Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., treated Binger to a flight on an HH-60 where he also had the opportunity to shoot from the gun fixed on the helicopter. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Natasha Dowridge)
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Riding large

Senior Master Sgt. John Grant, pararescueman, 308th rescue squadron, explains how the pararescuemen of the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., utilize the various vehicles displayed outside the squadron to Brig. Gen. William Binger, 10th Air Force commander during a wing tour July 25. Binger visited Airmen from the pararescue squadron, maintenance and air crew over a two day period. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Natasha Dowridge)
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Show and tell

Senior Master Sgt. Chris Seinkner, pararescueman, 308th rescue squadron, enlightens Gen. William Binger, commander, 10th Air Force Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Texas on the different weapons used by the pararescuemen from the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., Binger spent two days learning about the unique combat-search-and-rescue mission that Airmen here execute. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Natasha Dowridge)
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Safety first

Brig. Gen. William Binger, commander, 10th Air Force, Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Texas, straps on his helmet before taking off in a 920th Rescue Wing HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter while visiting the wing July 25. Binger visited Rescue Reservists to get a better understanding wing's combat search and rescues mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Natasha Dowridge)
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