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  • Homestead Airmen honored at Miami Dolphins football game

    Fifty Airmen from the 482nd Fighter Wing participated in a military appreciation event during the Miami Dolphins football game at Dolphin Stadium on Sept 17th. For the reservists, it presented a unique opportunity. "I thought it was a great way to get out in the community to represent our base and

  • 70th APS leads the way in Patriot Partner 2006

    More than 40 reservists of the 70th Aerial Port Squadron here at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla. recently led a partial takeover of port operations at Charleston Air Force Base, S.C. for operation Patriot Partner 2006. The Homestead team coordinated all the logistics bringing together more than 130

  • Homestead reservists prepare for Ernesto

    Air Force reservists of the 482nd Fighter Wing are preparing for landfall of Tropical Storm Ernesto on the Florida Peninsula here at Homestead Air Reserve Base. Pilots evacuated six F-16s to Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base, Ft. Worth, Texas at Noon yesterday. Another eight jets remained at Hill

  • New Customs Director on board at Homestead

    John Beutlich assumed command of the Customs and Border Protection's Miami Air and Marine Branch here at Homestead Air Reserve Base June 11. Mr. Beutlich, a 20-year veteran of Customs, takes over from Robbie Viator, who recently transferred after leading the Homestead branch for 3 years.As Director

  • Cactus Aloha pits Reserves against Guard

    Pilots and support personnel of the 93rd Fighter Squadron and 482nd Maintenance Group, Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla. are training with the Hawaii Air National Guard's 199th Fighter Squadron for exercise Cactus Aloha. Cactus Aloha is a Dissimilar Aircraft Combat Tactics training exercise, in which

  • 482nd weapons loader takes his work home... all the way home

    When Hilo, Hawaii native Master Sgt. John Kawachika left home to join the military in 1987, he didn't anticipate that things would end up the way they did. After boot camp and tech school, the weapons loader's active-duty career brought him around the world on duty stations from Asia to

  • 482nd reservists in hands of experienced, proud crew

    Crews who operate the Air Force's fleet of cargo aircraft represent an important component of the nation's national defense efforts. The ability to move large amounts of people and equipment long distances in short periods of time allow for tremendous flexibility in how we fight and win wars. The

  • Homestead reservists depart for Cactus Aloha

    For members of the 482nd Fighter Wing traveling to exercise Cactus Aloha in Hawaii, the adventure was in the journey. Initially scheduled to board a C-5A "Galaxy" from the 68th Airlift Squadron, a part of the 448th Air Wing based in San Antonio, Texas Saturday, they received the disappointing news