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  • Hard work pays off for HAZWASTE manager

    If you're like Tony Cedeno, you don't appreciate having someone look over your shoulder while you're working. But unfortunately for Mr. Cedeno, the Hazardous Waste Program Manager for the 482nd Civil Engineering Squadron's Environmental Flight, someone is always looking over his shoulder. "I'm used

  • IRR muster gathers veterans, provides information and opportunities

    4/14/2007 - HOMESTEAD AIR RESERVE BASE, Fla. - the 482nd Fighter Wing conducted a muster here today for 80 Individual Ready Reservists. The IRR Muster Program, mandated by Title 10 United States Code Section 12319, ensures the Air Force can "reach out and touch" the IRR population when necessary.

  • Base announces annual award winners

    Homestead Air Reserve Base recognized its top performers from 2006 during the annual awards banquet at the Falcon's Nest Club March 30. Each annual award winner received over $500 in gifts, awards and certificates courtesy of unit commanders, the Homestead/Florida City Chamber of Commerce's Military

  • 482nd cop medals in Air Force shooting competition

    Master Sgt. Stephen Hodges, 482nd Security Forces Squadron, recently earned recognition for his marksmanship skills in the Excellence in Competition Rifle Match at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Shooters in rank from Airman Basic to Colonel, and even an Airman from the Australian Royal Air

  • South Florida soldiers return from Afghanistan

    Twenty-one soldiers of the 930th Army Liaison Team returned here March 22 after a year-long deployment to Afghanistan. That morning, dozens of family members eagerly waited at the compound of the Florida Army National Guard's 50th Area Support Group for the return of their loved ones. Families

  • Bilateral training prepares Airmen for combat

    One hundred fifty Airmen and 14 CF-18 Hornets from the Canadian Air Force's 410th Tactical Fighter Squadron recently completed a three-week Dissimilar Aircraft Combat Training exercise here at Homestead Air Reserve Base. The bilateral training ran from Feb. 19 to March 9 and was the last air-to-air

  • Fitness Center upgrades, offers more

    If you've been to the fitness center recently, it's not likely you've missed it. A shiny, new basketball court is one of several upgrades and additions aimed at improving your workout experience. Hurricane Wilma is partly to "thank" for the three and half month project to replace the former,

  • “Mako” returns to Homestead to share success

    Surrounded by people who'd traveled from as far away as Nebraska, a Mako pilot and commander returned March 3 to the place he credits with providing the atmosphere of possibilities and potential necessary for earning entry into flag officer ranks. Jon R. Shasteen, who was promoted to brigadier

  • 5K Run salutes, benefits military

    Blue skies and perfect weather greeted runners participating in the 5th Annual Tribute to the Military 5K Fun Run Sunday, February 25. All branches of the service were represented in the run which drew more than 770 runners and their supporters. Race organizers estimate the crowd at more than three

  • New Reserve Command Chief visits Homestead

    In his first day on the job, Command Chief Master Sergeant Troy McIntosh held his first enlisted Airmen's call here March 7 at Homestead Air Reserve Base. Chief McIntosh replaces Air Force Reserve Command's former Command Chief Master Sergeant Jackson Winsett who is retiring after more than 30 years