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  • Security Forces personnel debrief at Homestead Air Reserve Base following an intense day of training. They are preparing for deployment to combat areas. (US Air Force Reserve photo by Jake Shaw)

    Training prepares Homestead Security Forces Airmen for deployed mission

    Airmen of the 482nd Security Forces Squadron held a tactical training exercise here Dec. 5. The purpose of the exercise was to prepare them for a variety of possible scenarios if and when they deploy. Convoy missions and urban operations are among the most common challenges for security forces Airmen in deployed areas, said Lt. Col. Mike Larkin,
  • An El Salvadorian Security Forces member speaks with Security Forces members from the 482d Fighter Wing, Homestead ARB, Fla. The 482d Fighter Wing Civil Engineering Squadron was the lead unit for the humanitarian operation, which saw the construction of two schools and three medical clinics near San Vicente (U.S. Air Force Reserve photo by Lt. Col. Tom Davis).

    Homestead Airmen complete humanitarian mission in El Salvador

    Troops led by the 482d Fighter Wing Civil Engineer Squadron and representing all branches of the armed services have recently completed building schools and clinics in El Salvador. The four month long exercise, called Operation Para los Ninos, and has seen the construction of two schools and three clinics in and around the town of San Vicente. This
  • Hurricane Wilma damaged several buildings across Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla. in late Oct. 2005. (US Air Force Reserve Photo by Jake Shaw)

    Homestead Air Reserve Base cleans up, sends relief

    Just hours after Hurricane Wilma hit this base, the 482nd Fighter Wing had the base airfield open and ready to help with relief efforts. The wing is working with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Florida Army National Guard and local officials here to send relief supplies to south Florida residents. The base lost a lot of trees and has
  • Volunteers from Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla. gathered gifts to deliver to children at local migrant camps. The tradition started seven years ago. This year they gave presents to more than 250 kids. (US Air Force Reserve photo by Lisa Macias)

    Homestead ARB Christmas tradition continues

    Even though the journey from the North Pole is a far one, Santa Claus and the elves from Homestead Air Reserve Base will make a special visit to the migrant children of Homestead this year. On 22 December, volunteers from HARB will be visiting the South Dade Christian Migrant Association and the Redland Daycare Center to hand out presents, give
  • Sergeant Justo Garcia of the 927th CSB from Camp Blanding, Florida observes a UH-60 Blackhawk from B Co. 1st Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment from Brooksville, Florida as it prepares to drop slingloaded prepackaged food onto the athletic field at Key West Senior High School during Hurricane Wilma Airlift Operations (Florida. Air National Guard photo by Specialist Edouard H.R. Gluch).

    Guard aviation mission helps Key West recover from Hurricane Wilma

    Flying high above the azure waters of the Florida Keys, National Guard aviators helped expedite Hurricane Wilma recovery Wednesday as they delivered pallets of water to hurricane victims in Key West. Four Army National Guard helicopters – including three UH-60 Black Hawks and one CH-47 Chinook – airlifted 12 pallets of bottled water from Homestead
  • This new communication tower at Homestead ARB will improve the quality and security of radio transmissions at the base. The tower is the tallest structure at Homestead ARB, at over 200 feet tall (U.S. Air Force Reserve photo by Leo Castellano).

    $2 million communications project boosts base radio signals

    A $2 million dollar project that will enhance communication and provide greater security for base-wide radio frequencies is scheduled to be completed Jan. 27 here at Homestead Air Reserve Base. The Department of Defense mandated project, performed under contract by Motorola, will move the base from outdated wide-band frequencies to more secure
  • New runway lights at Homestead Air Reserve Base were installed to comply with new FAA and Air Force standards. The lights will make it safer for pilots to perform night landings (U.S. Air Force Reserve photo by Dan Galindo).

    Runway repair project nears completion

    The Army Corps of Engineers is nearing completion of a major $16 million repair project of the Homestead Air Reserve Base flight line, scheduled to wrap up in mid-February. “90 percent of the work is done,” said corps project engineer Zachary Kluckowski. “The remaining work is ‘punch work’ – items here and there that need to be finished,” he
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