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Annual awards banquet

Once again the Homestead/Florida City Military Affairs Committee is set honor our military and civilian personnel of the year at the 14th Annual Awards Banquet, Mar.1st at the Falcons Nest Club. The program will get started with a reception at 6:30 p.m. (U. S. Air Force graphic/Tim Norton)

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Commissary case lot sale approaching

Homestead Air Reserve Base will be hosting a Defense Commissary Agency case lot sale Feb. 8-10, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day, located behind the Army and Air Force Exchange Service Express, commonly known as the shoppette. The case lot sale features truckloads of merchandise which will be available to purchase onsite, and shoppers will also be able to pick up orders they placed during the online ordering window. (courtesy graphic)

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Golden Knights return to Homestead

The Golden Knights, the U.S. Army parachute team, are back at Homestead Air Reserve Base for their winter training. For the fourth straight year, the award winning jump team has come to Homestead ARB, their official winter training site, to hone their skills in preparation for the 2012 air show and competition circuit. As the "Official Ambassadors of the Army," the team performs spectacular live parachute demonstrations for the public. Local South Florida residents will see the team in the skies above Homestead ARB until early March. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ross Tweten)

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Golden Knights return to Homestead

The Golden Knights, the U.S. Army parachute team, are back at Homestead Air Reserve Base for their winter training. For the fourth straight year, the award winning jump team has come to Homestead ARB, their official winter training site, to hone their skills in preparation for the 2012 air show and competition circuit. As the "Official Ambassadors of the Army," the team performs spectacular live parachute demonstrations for the public. Local South Florida residents will see the team in the skies above Homestead ARB until early March. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jaimi Upthegrove)

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Golden Knights return to Homestead

The Golden Knights, the U.S. Army parachute team, are back at Homestead Air Reserve Base for their winter training. For the fourth straight year, the award winning jump team has come to Homestead ARB, their official winter training site, to hone their skills in preparation for the 2012 air show and competition circuit. As the "Official Ambassadors of the Army," the team performs spectacular live parachute demonstrations for the public. Local South Florida residents will see the team in the skies above Homestead ARB until early March. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ross Tweten)

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Golden Knights return to Homestead

The Golden Knights, the U.S. Army parachute team, are back at Homestead Air Reserve Base for their winter training. For the fourth straight year, the award winning jump team has come to Homestead ARB, their official winter training site, to hone their skills in preparation for the 2012 air show and competition circuit. As the "Official Ambassadors of the Army," the team performs spectacular live parachute demonstrations for the public. Local South Florida residents will see the team in the skies above Homestead ARB until early March. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ross Tweten)

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Golden Knights return to Homestead

The Golden Knights, the U.S. Army parachute team, are back at Homestead Air Reserve Base for their winter training. For the fourth straight year, the award winning jump team has come to Homestead ARB, their official winter training site, to hone their skills in preparation for the 2012 air show and competition circuit. As the "Official Ambassadors of the Army," the team performs spectacular live parachute demonstrations for the public. Local South Florida residents will see the team in the skies above Homestead ARB until early March. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ross Tweten)

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Golden Knights return to Homestead

The Golden Knights, the U.S. Army parachute team, are back at Homestead Air Reserve Base for their winter training. For the fourth straight year, the award winning jump team has come to Homestead ARB, their official winter training site, to hone their skills in preparation for the 2012 air show and competition circuit. As the "Official Ambassadors of the Army," the team performs spectacular live parachute demonstrations for the public. Local South Florida residents will see the team in the skies above Homestead ARB until early March. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ross Tweten)

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Homestead ARB holds African-American Heritage Celebration, Gospel Concert

Homestead Air Reserve Base will hold an African-American Heritage Celebration and Gospel Concert Feb. 9 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the 482nd Logistics Readiness Squadron headquarters, building 178. For more information, call Master Sgt. Earlvine Fort or Staff Sgt. Julene Amerson at (954) 658-4331 or (786) 205-2808. (U.S. Air Force graphic/Senior Airman Albert Lopez)

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Restoration project on remote national park brings together military, community

Air Force reservists both active and retired from Homestead Air Reserve Base’s 482nd Civil Engineer Squadron gathered at Fort Jefferson over several days in January to participate in a maintenance project for the National Park Service. 15 active reservists, six retired reservists, and one civilian contractor set up shop at Fort Jefferson as a training mission. The main project of the training was the construction of four reinforced concrete bases for large, 24-ton restored cannons to replicate the historical weapon's footprint. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ross Tweten)

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Falcon's Nest holds membership drive, free buffet

The Falcons Nest will hold a free seafood buffet Feb. 1 in support of their membership drive. Become an Air Force Club Member and receive a free lunch, dues will be waived for three months, and receive a force support gift card with a cash value of $5, $10, $25, or $100. For more information, call Elizabeth McNabb-Moscynski at (786) 415-7167 or Cindy Davis at (786) 415-6101. (courtesy graphic)

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Development and Training Flight improving training with feedback from returning Airmen

Chief Master Sgt. Cameron Kirksey (left), 482nd Fighter Wing command chief master sergeant, Senior Airman Cynthia Pichardo, Development and Training Flight program administer, welcom Airman 1st Class Diego Zambrano, 70th Aerial Port Squadron, back to Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., after his completion of basic training and technical school Dec. 7, 2012. Homestead ARB's Development and Training Flight is in full swing, training would-be Airmen on Air Force standards and practices before heading off to basic training to give them a leg up on their Air Force career. Recently, Homestead ARB’s Development and Training Flight welcomed back to the base its first Airman to have gone through the program and return from basic and technical training. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jaimi Upthegrove)

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Airmen, retirees foster camaraderie, add to squadron legacy during work on remote national park

Master Sgt. Jeff Lafreniere and Tech. Sgt. Fernanda Bergerson, both of the 482nd Civil Engineer Squadron, install a dock buffer at Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas National Park Jan. 16. The installation of dock buffers was one of many tasks the crew absorbed during their stay in order to help the National Park Service with their maintenance backlog on Fort Jefferson. Air Force reservists both active and retired from Homestead Air Reserve Base’s 482nd Civil Engineer Squadron gathered at Fort Jefferson over several days in January to participate in a maintenance project for the National Park Service. 15 active reservists, six retired reservists, and one civilian contractor set up shop at Fort Jefferson as a training mission. The main project of the training was the construction of four reinforced concrete bases for large, 24-ton restored cannons to replicate the historical weapon's footprint. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Airmen, retirees foster camaraderie, add to squadron legacy during work on remote national park

Retired Chief Master Sgt. Walter Horlacher, formerly of the 482nd Civil Engineer Squadron, and Chief Master Sgt. David Hanck, 482nd CES, pour the concrete for the base of one of the restored cannons at Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas National Park Jan. 16. Air Force reservists both active and retired from Homestead Air Reserve Base’s 482nd Civil Engineer Squadron gathered at Fort Jefferson over several days in January to participate in a maintenance project for the National Park Service. 15 active reservists, six retired reservists, and one civilian contractor set up shop at Fort Jefferson as a training mission. The main project of the training was the construction of four reinforced concrete bases for large, 24-ton restored cannons to replicate the historical weapon's footprint. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ross Tweten)

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Airmen, retirees foster camaraderie, add to squadron legacy during work on remote national park

Tech. Sgt. Dennis Graham, 482nd Civil Engineer Squadron, takes apart a generator at Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas National Park Jan. 17. Air Force reservists both active and retired from Homestead Air Reserve Base’s 482nd Civil Engineer Squadron gathered at Fort Jefferson over several days in January to participate in a maintenance project for the National Park Service. 15 active reservists, six retired reservists, and one civilian contractor set up shop at Fort Jefferson as a training mission. The main project of the training was the construction of four reinforced concrete bases for large, 24-ton restored cannons to replicate the historical weapon's footprint. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ross Tweten)

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Airmen, retirees foster camaraderie, add to squadron legacy during work on remote national park

Retired Chief Master Sgt. Walter Horlacher, formerly of the 482nd Civil Engineer Squadron, and Master Sgt. Christopher Wilton, 482nd CES, lift a faux wood stamp from the concrete base for the restored cannons at Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas National Park Jan. 17. The faux wood stamp gives the base a wood grain appearance it had in the mid-1800s when the cannon base was actually made of timbers. Air Force reservists both active and retired from Homestead Air Reserve Base’s 482nd Civil Engineer Squadron gathered at Fort Jefferson over several days in January to participate in a maintenance project for the National Park Service. 15 active reservists, six retired reservists, and one civilian contractor set up shop at Fort Jefferson as a training mission. The main project of the training was the construction of four reinforced concrete bases for large, 24-ton restored cannons to replicate the historical weapon's footprint. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ross Tweten)

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Airmen, retirees foster camaraderie, add to squadron legacy during work on remote national park

A restored cannon and the concrete base in the process of being completed at Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas National Park Jan. 17. Air Force reservists both active and retired from Homestead Air Reserve Base’s 482nd Civil Engineer Squadron gathered at Fort Jefferson over several days in January to participate in a maintenance project for the National Park Service. 15 active reservists, six retired reservists, and one civilian contractor set up shop at Fort Jefferson as a training mission. The main project of the training was the construction of four reinforced concrete bases for large, 24-ton restored cannons to replicate the historical weapon's footprint. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ross Tweten)

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Airmen, retirees foster camaraderie, add to squadron legacy during work on remote national park

Senior Airman Martravis Mallary (right) and Tech. Sgt. Jamia Webb, both of the 482nd Force Support Squadron, dish out fresh-caught fish during a meal at Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas National Park Jan. 17. The two 482nd FSS Airmen accompanied the Air Force reservists both active and retired from Homestead Air Reserve Base’s 482nd Civil Engineer Squadron at Fort Jefferson during their maintenance project for the National Park Service. 15 active reservists, six retired reservists, and one civilian contractor set up shop at Fort Jefferson as a training mission. The main project of the training was the construction of four reinforced concrete bases for large, 24-ton restored cannons to replicate the historical weapon's footprint. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ross Tweten)

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Airmen, retirees foster camaraderie, add to squadron legacy during work on remote national park

Master Sgt. Christopher Wilton (left) and Senior Airman Jessica Benitez, both of the 482nd Civil Engineer Squadron, stamp down the faux wood imprint on the concrete base for the restored cannons at Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas National Park Jan. 17. Air Force reservists both active and retired from Homestead Air Reserve Base’s 482nd Civil Engineer Squadron gathered at Fort Jefferson over several days in January to participate in a maintenance project for the National Park Service. 15 active reservists, six retired reservists, and one civilian contractor set up shop at Fort Jefferson as a training mission. The main project of the training was the construction of four reinforced concrete bases for large, 24-ton restored cannons to replicate the historical weapon's footprint. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ross Tweten)

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Airmen, retirees foster camaraderie, add to squadron legacy during work on remote national park

Retired Lt. Col. Jerry Cheeseman, former 482nd CES commander, discusses the intricacies of the work being done by the active and retired reservists of the 482nd Civil Engineer Squadron on Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas National Park to Col. Donald R. Lindberg, 482nd Fighter Wing Commander, Jan. 17. Air Force reservists both active and retired from Homestead Air Reserve Base’s 482nd Civil Engineer Squadron gathered at Fort Jefferson over several days in January to participate in a maintenance project for the National Park Service. 15 active reservists, six retired reservists, and one civilian contractor set up shop at Fort Jefferson as a training mission. The main project of the training was the construction of four reinforced concrete bases for large, 24-ton restored cannons to replicate the historical weapon's footprint. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ross Tweten)

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