Oct. 25, 2018 Reserve Citizen Airmen prepare for human spaceflight To prepare for the arrival of human spaceflight tests next year, the 920th Rescue Wing along with the DoD Human Space Flight Support (HSFS) Office, NASA and SpaceX personnel joined forces to plan and execute a realistic medical evacuation exercise at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 25.
March 5, 2018 Rescue aircrews undergo water survival refresher Aircrews with the 39th and 301st Rescue Squadrons spent a portion of the March unit training assembly weekend practicing their open water survival techniques March 4, 2018 along the Banana River, near Patrick Air Force Base, Florida. Aircrew flight equipment specialists with the 920th Operations
Feb. 7, 2018 Reserve Citizen Airman support successful SpaceX Falcon Heavy milestone launch Reserve Citizen Airmen are used to supporting milestone rocket launches, and have supported manned spaceflight launches through the years; however, they have never supported a rocket toting a car.SpaceX’s CEO Elon Musk’s cherry red Roadster from Tesla, his electric car company, was the payload on
Nov. 6, 2017 Citizen Airmen support Navy SEAL muster Citizen Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing flew two HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters in support of the Navy SEAL Museum’s 32nd Annual Muster and Music Festival, during a Navy SEAL demonstration in Fort Pierce, Florida, Nov. 4 2017.Navy SEALs fast roped from the 920th RQW aircraft during the rescue
Oct. 18, 2017 Guardian Angels undergo intensive pre-deployment training A team of 39 Guardian Angels from the 308th Rescue Squadron traveled to Perry, Georgia, Oct. 12, 2017 for an intensive five-day training exercise at the Guardian Centers state-of-the-art urban training facility before gearing up for their upcoming deployment.Supported by two 301st Rescue Squadron
Feb. 23, 2017 Air Force reservists support special delivery to space Astronauts deployed to the International Space Station received a special package Feb. 23 shipped straight from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida Feb. 19 upon the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft.The delivery of roughly 5,500 pounds of research equipment, cargo and supplies, required a lot of time and