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  • MSST Miami trains for counter drug, interdiction missions

    The U.S. Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team (MSST) Miami, based out of Homestead Air Reserve Base, spent four days performing aggressive tactical maneuvers in the waters off of Homestead Bayfront Park. Their mission: stop the "bad-guy boat." Unit members accomplished four days of

  • Airmen return from humanitarian operations in Caribbean

    Fifteen Airmen from the 482nd Services Squadron recently returned home after a three-month deployment in support of humanitarian operations in Trinidad and Tobago from March to June. The reservists provided a full-scale feeding operation for the duration of the "New Horizons" and "Beyond the

  • Brig. Gen. Hector Pagan assumes command of SOCSOUTH

    Army Brig. Gen. Hector E. Pagan became the eleventh commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command South (SOCSOUTH) - located on Homestead Air Reserve Base - during a change of command ceremony here July 18.Navy Adm. James G. Stavridis, Commander of the U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), presided

  • Lt. Col. Ross Anderson assumes command of the 482nd OG

    Lt. Col. Ross R. Anderson assumed command of the 482nd Operations Group during a ceremony at the Heritage Hall Conference Center on July 13. The new commander arrives at Homestead Air Reserve Base after serving as the deputy operations group commander at the 301st Fighter Wing, Naval Air Station,

  • Homestead Services launch revamped Web site

    Homestead Services have launched their revamped Web site - www.Homestead-Services.com -serving as a gateway to the facilities, programs, and events offered at Homestead Air Reserve Base. "The site shows almost everything we have to offer base personnel and military retirees in the area," said

  • Mako flyovers: An Independence Day tradition

    On this Independence Day, a handful of 482 FW maintainers and pilots will be taking a large chunk of time away from family and friends to put on their uniforms and come to work. The 4-ship formation of Mako F-16s will be flying back-to-back-to-back flyovers for Independence Day celebrations in Key

  • Meet the new recruiter

    (Editor's note: The 482nd Fighter Wing's recruiting efforts extend throughout Miami-Dade, Broward and Monroe Counties in search of the Citizen Airmen of tomorrow. The wing operates offices at Homestead ARB and in the Cities of Doral, Lauderhill and Hialeah. We'd like to introduce Staff Sgt. Horace