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Chief of Staff meets Chief of Air Force Week

COCOA BEACH, Fla. - The Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Gen. Norton A. Schwartz, recognized Air Force Reservist, Lt. Col. John Brodeur, director of Cocoa Beach Air Force Week, during a senior leader dinner, Oct. 30, 2010. Lt. Colonel Brodeur is an HC-130P/N King combat-search-and-rescue pilot with the 920th Rescue Wing at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. The theme of A.F. Week was recognizing hometown heroes and the sacrifices Airmen make, deployed and at home. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Shane Smith).
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Air Force Reign in Cocoa Beach forecast

COCOA BEACH, Fla. - The Undersecretary of the Air Force, Ms. Erin Conaton, recognized hometown heroes from nearby Patrick Air Force Base during Air Force Week opening ceremonies Tuesday, Oct. 26, at the Cocoa Beach Pier. Central Florida was selected as one of two locations where AF week is held. Master Sgt. Shane Smith, a combat search and rescue reservists with the 920th Rescue Wing is shown being recognized by the undersecretary. Sergeant Smith was there in uniform even though he is still officially on reconstitution leave from his latest deployment that ended less than a week ago to the Horn of Africa as an HC-130P/N King loadmaster (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Michele Gibson).
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Waiting

PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. - Ella Woodruff, 5, and her mother, Lauren, of Orlando, show up here and wait for their Airmen, 1st Lt. Patrick Woodruff, as he pilots home a wing HC-130P/N King aircraft after a 45-day deployment to the Horn Africa October 15, 2010. He and a crew of 5 Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing flew the aircraft all from Africa to Florida with 20 Airmen aboard. The Air Force Reservists were deployed to the nation to provide combat search and rescue support. All together 63 Reservists were deployed for 45 days. The Wing is one of the most called upon units in the nation. Airmen deploy often supporting combat search and rescue worldwide. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Capt. Cathleen Snow)
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An oath of honor

PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Lt. Col. Thomas Majcher (pronounced like "major"), a flight surgeon assigned to the 920th Rescue Wing, takes his oath to join the Air Force Reserve. His daughter, Lauren, a U.S. Air Force Second Lieutenant in medical school in Denver on an Air Force scholarship, swore him in.
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Change at hand

PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Colonel Robert. L. Dunn, Commander, 920th Rescue Wing (l), welcomes new Aeromedical Staging Squadron Commander Colonel Richard A. Huot (c) in a change of command ceremony held Sept. 11 in The Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute auditorium. Colonel Lewis D. Neace, who held the position since 2004, will assume the position of Surgeon General and Director of Medical Operations 10th Air Force at Carswell Joint Reserve Base in Texas. Saving lives is at the heart of everything we do. It doesn't matter if it's a downed F-16 pilot in Iraq, astronauts who have bailed out from the space shuttle, hurricane victims stranded on rooftops or a fishermen trapped aboard a sinking ship in the Atlantic Ocean. If the 920th Rescue Wing gets the call, we're going to get them to safety. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Bryan Ripple)
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Let them eat cake

PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Members of the 920th Rescue Wing's Aeromedical Staging Squadron recognize the changing of the guard with a celebratory cake during a change-of-command ceremony Sept. 11 in The Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute auditorium. Col. Richard A. Huot was welcomed as the new commander of the Aeromedical Staging Squadron. He replaces outgoing commander Col. Lewis D. Neace, who held the position since 2004. Saving lives is at the heart of everything we do. It doesn't matter if it's a downed F-16 pilot in Iraq, astronauts who have bailed out from the space shuttle, hurricane victims stranded on rooftops or a fishermen trapped aboard a sinking ship in the Atlantic Ocean. If the 920th Rescue Wing gets the call, we're going to get them to safety. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Bryan Ripple)
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Changing of the guard

PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Col. Robert. L. Dunn, Commander, 920th Rescue Wing (l), welcomes new Aeromedical Staging Squadron Commander Col. Richard A. Huot in a change of command ceremony held Sept. 11 in The Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute auditorium. Saving lives is at the heart of everything we do. It doesn't matter if it's a downed F-16 pilot in Iraq, astronauts who have bailed out from the space shuttle, hurricane victims stranded on rooftops or a fishermen trapped aboard a sinking ship in the Atlantic Ocean. If the 920th Rescue Wing gets the call, we're going to get them to safety. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Bryan Ripple)
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Snow in the desert

Capt. Cathleen Snow, 920th Rescue Wing, on an C-130 flight. (Courtesy photo)
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AFRC Yellow Ribbon event

Orlando, Fla. - The "story lady" held a seminar here for recently deployed Air Force Reservists to give them tips on talking with their children about deployments. Approximately 550 Airmen and their families from four different Air Force bases throughout the country attended an Air Force Reserve sponsored Yellow Ribbon event at Shades of Green, an Armed Forces resort on Walt Disney World's complex. The program is designed to help reintegrate and educate Airmen and their families on the resources available to them pre and post deployment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Leslie Kraushaar)
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AFRC Yellow Ribbon event

ORLANDO, Fla. - Recently deployed Air Force Reservists participate in a Yellow Ribbon event here. Airmen and their families from four different Air Force Bases throughout the country attended an Air Force Reserve sponsored Yellow Ribbon at Shades of Green, an Armed Forces resort on Walt Disney World's complex. The ongoing programs are designed to help reintigrate and educate Airmen and their families on the resources available to them pre and post deployment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Leslie Kraushaar)
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Customer service with a smile

PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE,Fla -- Staff Sgt. Lakeasha Johnson,personnelist, 920th Mission Support Squadron here, demonstrates superior customer service as Air Force Reservists at the 920th Rescue Wing here inquire about their military careers. Known as Citizen Airmen, Air Force Reservists are dedicated, dual-hatted professionals who live in your neighborhood and work in your community. When called to duty, reservists put their civilian lives on hold to defend our nation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Terrance Hanley)
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Customer service with a smile

PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE,Fla -- Staff Sgt. Lakeasha Johnson,personnelist, 920th Mission Support Squadron here, demonstrates superior customer service as Air Force Reservists at the 920th Rescue Wing here inquire about their military careers. Known as Citizen Airmen, Air Force Reservists are dedicated, dual-hatted professionals who live in your neighborhood and work in your community. When called to duty, reservists put their civilian lives on hold to defend our nation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Terrance Hanley)
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Customer service with a smile

PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE,Fla -- Staff Sgt. Lakeasha Johnson,personnelist, 920th Mission Support Squadron here, demonstrates superior customer service as Air Force Reservists at the 920th Rescue Wing here inquire about their military careers. Known as Citizen Airmen, Air Force Reservists are dedicated, dual-hatted professionals who live in your neighborhood and work in your community. When called to duty, reservists put their civilian lives on hold to defend our nation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Terrance Hanley)
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A day of honor

PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Members of the 920th Rescue Wing stand at attention during an awards ceremony Aug. 8 at the 308th Rescue Squadron Commander's Call here. They received medals for actions that included wading in waist-deep snow in negative 20 degrees Fahrenheit in an avalanche in Afghanistan, restoring order, saving lives and evacuating flood victims in the wake of Hurricane Ike, support of the NASA Space Shuttle contingency response plan, the medical evacuation of Coalition forces in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom and the conversion and activation of the Guardian Angel Weapon System at the 308th Rescue Squadron; part of the 920th RQW. Its Airmen engage in three of the Air Force Reserve's most cutting-edge and satisfying missions: combat search and rescue; space support; and humanitarian assistance. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Ken Salgat)
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Airmen earns his wings

PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Lt. Col. Kurt Matthews (L) presents the Air Force Achievement Medal to Senior Airman Demetrious Burnett for outstanding achievement in the surveillance of real time intelligence during 67 combat missions and eight sorties in Afghanistan. An Air Force Reserve aviation resource management journeyman with the 920th Rescue Wing, Airman Burnett received his awards for his exceptional service helping to rescue and evacuate survivors of 36 avalanches in Salang Pass in Afghanistan. The 920th Rescue Wing Airmen engages in three of the Air Force Reserve's most cutting-edge and satisfying missions: combat search and rescue; space support; and humanitarian assistance. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Ken Salgat)
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Honor on display

PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Air Force Achievement Medals (front) and Air Force Commendation Medals line the podium at the 308 Rescue Squadron here. Part of the 920th Rescue Wing, its Airmen engage in three of the Air Force Reserve's most cutting-edge and satisfying missions: combat search and rescue; space support; and humanitarian assistance. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Ken Salgat)
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Medals in pairs

PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Lt. Col. Kurt Matthews (L) and Tech. Sgt. Blain Morgan after receiving his first of two Air Force Commendation Medals. An Air Force Reserve pararescuemen with the 920th Rescue Wing here, Sergeant Morgan received his awards for his exceptional service helping to rescue and evacuate survivors of 36 avalanches in Salang Pass in Afghanistan. The 920th Rescue Wing Airmen engage in three of the Air Force Reserve's most cutting-edge and satisfying missions: combat search and rescue; space support; and humanitarian assistance. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Ken Salgat)
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1-2-3; with valor

PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Lt. Col. Kurt Matthews, commander, 308th Rescue Squadron (L), salutes Master Sgt. Jeffrey McManus after receiving his second of three medals. Sergeant McManus was awarded two Air Medals and an Air Force Commendation Medal (with valor). An Air Force Reserve pararescuemen with the 920th Rescue Wing, Sergeant McManus received his awards for his exceptional service helping to rescue and evacuate survivors of 36 avalanches in Salang Pass in Afghanistan. The 920th Rescue Wing Airmen engage in three of the Air Force Reserve's most cutting-edge and satisfying missions: combat search and rescue; space support; and humanitarian assistance. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Ken Salgat)
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Local heroes share their rescue adventures on Facebook

PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. - Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing here are used to going to work in the most extreme conditions. Now those wishing to get in on the action, can sign up for their new Facebook site. While there are several 920th Facebook pages, there's only one official one. Theway to tell whether it's the official site is to look for the one listed as a "government organization." If you are a not a member of Facebook, you can still get updates on Rescue Wing happenings by checking their public web site often. The address for their public web site is: www.920rqw.afrc.af.mil. (Photo Illustration by Capt. Cathleen Snow)
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Never Forgotten

PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. - Col. Charlene Nelson, commander of the 920th Maintenance Squadron here, speaks on behalf of the 920th Rescue Wing commemorating the men who lost their lives in the Khobar Towers bombing in 1996. ?We honor these men for their families ? we will never forget their sacrifice,? Col. Nelson said. Family, friends and airmen gathered to remember the 14th anniversary of that day. (U.S. Air Force Photo/ John Connell)
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