Homestead hosts softball tournament

Emir Goenaga of the Fighting Mariposas takes a cut during the championship game of Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla.’s Softball Challenge tournament May 18. The championship game came down to the Sons of Pitches defeating the Fighting Mariposas with a final score of 26-9. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jaimi Upthegrove)

Homestead hosts softball tournament

Michael Johnson of the Sons of Pitches spanks a home run during the championship game of Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla.’s Softball Challenge tournament May 18. The championship game came down to the Sons of Pitches defeating the Fighting Mariposas with a final score of 26-9. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jaimi Upthegrove)

Homestead ARB gears up for commissary case lot sale July 12-14

Homestead Air Reserve Base is scheduled to hold a commissary case lot sale July 12 through 14 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. The sale, held in conjunction with the Jacksonville, Fla. commissary, is offering online ordering, available until June 22. The sale also features truckloads of merchandise available for purchase on site. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jaimi Upthegrove)

Students get up close and personal with Homestead ARB’s environmental attractions

Students from Homestead, Fla.’s Air Base Elementary Green Team gather around a solar panel while Mr. Tim Driscoll, Homestead Air Reserve Base environmental protection specialist, demonstrates how the base utilizes solar power to students during an environmental tour at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., May 13. The environmental tour was conducted as an educational experience for the Green Team in conjunction with Earth Day. The team includes more than 25 children, from grades three through five, who are part of the environmentally focused school club. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Nicholas Caceres)

Students get up close and personal with Homestead ARB’s environmental attractions

Students from Homestead, Fla.’s Air Base Elementary Green Team plant a slash pine in the Pine Rockland Restoration Site during an environmental tour at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., May 13. The environmental tour was conducted as an educational experience for the Green Team in conjunction with Earth Day. The team includes more than 25 children, from grades three through five, who are part of the environmentally focused school club. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Nicholas Caceres)

Understanding world of federal contracts

Senior Airman Jordan Zipper, 482nd Fighter Wing contracting specialist, provides an in-depth briefing to explain the complicated process of federal government contracts to more than 40 business owners at the main branch of the Community Bank of Florida in Homestead, Fla., May 14. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tim Norton)