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  • Commander issues safety message for holiday weekend

    While the July 4 holiday weekend is just about here, it's important to keep in mind safety while you enjoy your holiday weekend. We're smack in the middle of the 101 Critical Days of Summer. This year's theme, "Risk: Double checks, not second thoughts," reminds Airmen to be responsible wingmen and

  • Members plan Wingman Day for July UTA

    During the next Unit Training Assembly, members of the 482nd Fighter Wing will be attending a Wingman Day to accomplish essential training as well as conclude with a dinner of hotdogs and hamburgers July 12.The day will start out with a foreign object damage walk. The FOD walk will start on the

  • Black Hawk, fireworks headline base's Independence Day celebration

    The 482nd Fighter Wing and 482nd Force Support Squadron are slated to hold the 5th annual Independence Day celebration Friday from 6:30 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. in front of the Heritage Hall Conference Center, building 404.The free celebration will be open to all Department of Defense employees with a

  • AF to every Airman: Tell us your story

    Air Force leaders want Airmen to share their stories with the world and designed the 2014 American Airman Video Contest with that purpose in mind."Every Airman has a story -- and smartphone technology now allows those Airmen to share those stories to a wider audience than ever before," said Air

  • Wing's newest Lieutenant Colonel

    Congratulations to Maj. Shelly Frank, 482nd Fighter Wing active duty staff judge advocate, who was recently selected for promotion to Lieutenant Colonel. 

  • Base hosts 4th of July celebration

    Homestead Air Reserve Base will host a free 4th of July celebration in front of the Heritage Hall Conference Center, building 404, from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. The free celebration features a fireworks show (scheduled for 8:30 p.m.), live music, amusement rides, and food and beverages available for

  • Base presents 2014 UFC Fit Tour

    On Monday June 23, the base and the Air Force Reserve Command will host the 2014 UFC Fit Tour at the Sam Johnson Fitness Center. Come out and meet 2013 Mixed Martial Art's Trainer of the Year Mike Dolce and Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter Robbie Lawler as they put on a fitness workshop from

  • AF Reserve announces senior leadership changes

    Lt. Gen. James F. Jackson, chief of the Air Force Reserve and commander of Air Force Reserve Command, has announced the following senior leader actions. Maj. Gen. Mark A. Kyle, 22nd Air Force commander, Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia, will be reassigned as director of Air, Space and Information

  • Airmen save money by preventing FOD

    Foreign object damage, known as FOD, is a virus that plagues the Air Force costing precious time and money to repair equipment inadvertently damaged.Defined is any damage to an aircraft that can be attributed to a foreign object that may or may not degrade its ability to safely perform the mission,

  • Airmen receive CCAF degrees

    During a graduation ceremony in the Sam Johnson Fitness Center, 51 Air Force enlisted members received associate degrees from the Community College of the Air Force on June 8.The degrees were presented by Col. Chris Funk, 482nd Fighter Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Katdo Robinson, 482nd FW