Oct. 2, 2023 482d Fighter Wing commander meets with Florida Defense Support Task Force Col. Joshua Padgett, Commander of the 482d Fighter Wing, and other base leadership participated in a two-day meeting with the Florida Defense Support Task Force September 20 and 21, at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida.The primary purpose of this engagement was to provide a detailed briefing to
June 23, 2023 304th Rescue Squadron Airman provides lifesaving care to injured motorists Technical Sgt. Margo Testa, 304th Rescue Squadron medical element noncommissioned officer in charge, applied military training and medical expertise to render lifesaving care to two severely injured motorcyclists May 14. Testa exited her vehicle and ran to the scene; taking charge of the situation.
May 8, 2023 301st Fighter Wing Final F-16 Deployment, Prepares for New Era with F-35 301st Fighter Wing members and a number of F-16 Fighting Falcons deployed to U.S. Central Command’s (CENTCOM) area of operations in early April.
Jan. 7, 2023 AFRC Commander Kicks off 2023 Road Show in Alaska The commander of Air Force Reserve Command kicked off his 2023 command road show here with a Jan 6-7 visit to the 477th Fighter Group, an associate unit that flies and maintains the F-22A Raptor fighter jet alongside active duty Airmen.
Sept. 13, 2022 B-1s border the Arctic for Baked Alaskan; enhance ACE practices Two B-1B Lancers and approximately 50 Airmen assigned to Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, engaged in an Agile Combat Employment exercise, Baked Alaskan, at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Sept. 9-10, 2022.
Sept. 11, 2022 920th Rescue Wing hosts change of command ceremony Col. Jesse Hamilton took command of the 920th Rescue Wing from Col. John Dobbin in a change of command ceremony held here September 11.Maj. Gen. Bryan Radliff, 10th Air Force commander, presided over the ceremony and highlighted the importance of the rescue wing’s mission to the success of combat
Aug. 17, 2022 Wing exercise validates combat rescue sustainment functions More than 140 sustainment and operations Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing established a temporary contingency location (TCL) in less than 24 hours here Aug. 1-10, 2022 to conduct the wing’s Distant Horizon exercise, which validated the multi-capable sustainment abilities of a Personnel Recovery
Aug. 9, 2022 New 920th tactics unleash .50-caliber aircraft weapons from contingency locations When United States military personnel are trapped in enemy territory every minute counts as danger approaches and when the 920th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron’s weapons specialists were tasked to find a way to use the wing’s HH-60G Pave Hawk weapons systems as a way to defend a contingency location
July 13, 2022 306th Rescue Squadron Airman awarded 2021 combat rescue officer of year award Captain Ryan Gilbert of the 306th Rescue Squadron was awarded the 2021 Air Force Special Warfare Combat Rescue Officer CGO of the Year award here this month.Air Force combat rescue officers are trained to lead special operations forces in conducting personnel and material recovery operations. While
July 7, 2022 920th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron receives 2021 AFRC maintenance section of year award The 920th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron was recently awarded the 2021 Air Force Reserve Command Maintenance Section of the Year award for maintaining exemplary combat readiness and for providing outstanding contributions to the Air Force Reserve mission from January 01, 2021 to December 31,