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  • Operations amplified to support alert mission

    No midnight kisses, confetti or Auld Lang Syne, just battle dress uniforms and flight suits as a handful of "Makos" from the 93rd Fighter Squadron watched the New Year's revelry on TV from the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) alert facility at Homestead Air Reserve Base. The

  • FBI Rapid Deployment Team hosts joint exercise

    The FBI Miami Rapid Deployment Team conducted an overnight exercise with Homestead Air Reserve Base Fire and Emergency Services members for a simulated overseas deployment on Nov. 28-29. This training tested the readiness levels of the team in preparation for potential real-world fly away missions.

  • Homestead Sports and Fitness Center garners 5-star rating

    The Homestead Sports and Fitness Center received the most prestigious distinction for a fitness center in the Air Force, a five-star rating for their services by the Air Force Services Agency. Homestead's facility is one of 29 fitness centers in the Air Force to reach the enviable 5-star rating for

  • Nominations underway for outstanding employer awards

    The Department of Defense will open the nomination season for the 2008 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award on November 1, 2007. National Guard and Reserve members and their families are eligible and encouraged to nominate employers who have gone above and beyond in their support of

  • MSG commander assumes command

    Hundreds of 482nd Mission Support Group reservists packed into the base gymnasium while Col. Michael McCully, 482nd Mission Support Group commander, assumed command from Col. Dennis Daley on Dec. 1. Colonel McCully arrives at the 482nd MSG from Pittsburgh Air Reserve Station, Pa. after commanding

  • Success has ripple effects

    Overall success and confidence often result as spillover from a specific part of somebody's life, said a senior noncommissioned officer with the 482nd Fighter Wing Security Forces Squadron. Master Sgt. Stephen Hodges, who ranked 6th in a field of 120 shooters at an October 13 to 15 pistol marksman

  • Homestead Inn donates beds to homeless shelter

    Homestead Inn personnel needed to figure out what to do with 131 beds after the request for new mattresses and box springs was approved last month, and the solution gave a comfortable respite for many people in South Miami-Dade County. Base lodging personnel donated 131 used mattresses and box