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  • Airmen thank veterans on Armed Forces Day

    The room quickly flushed with residents as patriotic music drew them from other parts of the Miami Florida Veterans Administration Retirement Facility May 20. The Air Force Reserve Band Brass Quintet—touring the South Florida area as part of Military Appreciation Month, and hosted by the 482nd

  • Air-Sea Show bigger, better than ever

    Deafening noises, huge crowds and bright sunshine combined to make Fort Lauderdale Beach the place to be during the 12th annual Air-Sea Show. More than a million people turned out over the three days of the event to enjoy the show. The cast of performers read like a “who’s who” of the elite aviation

  • Wing Commander receives prestigious Golden Baton award

    Members of the U.S. Army’s Golden Knights parachute demonstration team dropped by Opa Locka airport May 4 to deliver their Golden Baton award to the 482nd Fighter Wing Commander, Col. Randy Falcon. The team presented the award after a demonstration jump at events coinciding with the annual Air-Sea

  • Companies commit to pro-Guard and Reserve policies

    As the role of the Guard and Reserve in worldwide operations continues to grow, the support of families and employers of today’s Minutemen becomes even more important.Eight employers were recognized by the Employee Support of the Guard and Reserve organization at a ceremony here Thursday. Each

  • Basketball season ends bitter-sweet for Nighthawks

    The 2006 intramural basketball season ended April 18 with a disappointing loss for the Homestead ARB Nighthawks, who were defeated in consecutive games by the Homestead ARB Services team. The Nighthawks were favored to win because they had the best regular season record, and they beat the Services

  • Air Force Reserve goes Hollywood

    Unseasonably chilly weather greeted hundreds of cast, crew and extras from a proposed WB Network series as they converged on Homestead Air Reserve Base for a marathon day of filming. They were there to work on scenes for the pilot episode of “Mercy Reef,” a science-fiction themed program that could

  • Post-Attack Recon teams clear the way

    BOOM – you hear an explosion and people scatter amid cries from wounded Airmen. Your first instinct is to help, but you have to wait until someone gives you the ‘all clear’ to go outside. It can be confusing in the aftermath of a chemical, biological, or missile attack, so the Air Force Reserve uses

  • Environmental stewardship now every unit's responsibility

    The 482nd Civil Engineering Environmental Flight recently implemented a program that makes environmental stewardship an active part of every unit’s overall mission. The environmental management system program, mandated by Presidential Executive order and Air Force directives, aims to ensure that

  • Testing terror response skills

    Air Force Reservists from the 482nd Fighter Wing held a mass casualty exercise here March 14 based on a simulated suicide car-bombing near the main entrance to the base. The mass casualty exercise is just one part of a week-long training event called an Operational Readiness Exercise, which acts as