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  • Donley, Schwartz send birthday message

    In a joint Letter to Airmen, the acting secretary of the Air Force and the Air Force chief of staff present the 61st Air Force birthday message for all Airmen. "On Sept. 18, 1947, our nation established the United States Air Force, signifying the commitment of the American people to leverage the

  • SOCSOUTH remembers Sept. 11

    On the seventh anniversary of the day hijacker's boarded four American flights and crashed them into the Pentagon, The World Trade Center, and in a Pennsylvania field, Special Operations Command South (SOCSOUTH) service members set aside time to pay respect and remember the fallen. SOCSOUTH

  • Their sacrafice, our freedom

    The 482nd Fighter Wing will host an observance breakfast to commemorate National Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Day at the Falcon's Nest Club at 8:15 a.m. on Sept. 19. All base personnel and tenant units are welcome to attend the half-hour ceremony featuring a special performance by the base

  • New benefit courses offered online to civilian employees

    Three new online courses for federal civilian employees offer training in the benefits-related areas of retirement, financial planning and new-employee orientation. The training, available beginning Sept. 12 on the Web-based automated Employee Benefits Information System, applies to Air

  • Security Forces get up close and personal with bicycle patrol

    The 482nd Security Forces Squadron received the green light to add a permanent bicycle patrol to complement existing vehicle patrols and security measures in place to safeguard Homestead Air Reserve Base. The program was previously in a testing phase pending Air Force Reserve Command approval. And

  • Homestead F-16s remain deployed as Hanna passes, Ike looms

    The 482nd Fighter Wing's F-16 fleet remains deployed to Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth Carswell Field, Texas, as Tropical Storm Hanna passes Florida and Hurricane Ike looms in the Atlantic. Twenty five F-16 fighter jets and dozens of maintenance personnel evacuated to Texas as a

  • Hurricane Hunters patrol Gustav and Hanna from Homestead Air Reserve Base

    The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron "Hurricane Hunters" continue to fly daily weather reconnaissance missions into Hurricane Gustav and Tropical Storm Hanna from Homestead Air Reserve Base to aid the National Weather Service in providing the storm's projected path to the American public.