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  • HARB member takes first place in Air Force art contest

    Recently, it was announced that the 482d Fighter Wing’s own Ms. Linda Zorichak took first place in the 2023 Air Force Art Contest.Zorichak, who serves as a unit program coordinator for the 93rd Fighter Squadron, won in the “Adult, Accomplished, 3D” category. This category is for artists who are over

  • AFRC, 10th Air Force leaders visit HARB

    Lt. Gen. John P. Healy, Chief of the Air Force Reserve and Air Force Reserve Command Commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Israel Nuñez, Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chief of the Air Force Reserve and Command Chief Master Sgt. of AFRC, visited Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida, Oct. 14 and 15. Brig.

  • Wings Over Homestead sees record turnout

    Spanning over April 1 and 2, the estimated 140,000 visitors from all over the world had their senses excited by sights, smells, and sounds of aircraft from the last 80 years of aviation at the 2023 Wings Over Homestead Air Show at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida.The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds

  • Hurricane Andrew’s 30th anniversary

    Built in 1942, Homestead Army Airfield was destroyed three years later, on Sept. 15, 1945, by a hurricane with winds of 145 miles per hour.HAAF was officially abandoned three months later. In the three years it was open, the airfield trained hundreds of Air Force pilots who then went on to fly the

  • HARB member places second in DAF art contest

    The Air Force Services Center recently announced the winners of this year’s Air Force Art Contest. More than 2,240 pieces of art submitted from over 1,600 participants of all ages who used a variety of media. After the month-long contest closed March 31, a team of judges evaluated each entrant’s

  • 482nd FW commemorates its history

    While the Air Force is celebrating its 75th year in September and the Air Force Reserve is celebrating its 74th anniversary on April 14, the 482nd Fighter Wing is also celebrating its own 70th year in May and its 41st anniversary for being activated in the Air Force Reserve April 1.While originally

  • Army Knights return to South Florida

    For the 13th straight year, the "Official Ambassadors of the Army," the U.S. Army Golden Knights have returned to Homestead Air Reserve Base. This is the official winter training site to hone their parachuting skills in preparation for the 2022 air show and competition circuit.In 1959, nineteen

  • Homestead ARB among four candidate bases for F-35

    Air Force officials announced April 12 that Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona; Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida; Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas; and Whiteman AFB, Missouri, are candidate bases for the first Reserve-led F-35A Lightning II location.