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  • Military appreciation dinner May 9

    The Homestead/Florida City Chamber of Commerce and Florida Power & Light Company cordially invite active duty, reservists and guard members and their families assigned to Homestead Air Reserve Base to a Military Families Appreciation Dinner on May 9.Military members and their families will have a

  • Families take center stage at Mako Deployed Family Briefing

    About 20 family members attended a Mako Deployed Family Briefing developed by the 482nd Force Support Squadron April 12 at the Community Activity Center on Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla.   The event was held to give families of members who have or are scheduled to deploy information and

  • Culture change is key to sexual assault prevention

    Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III spoke candidly with top Air Force leaders about sexual assault prevention and response April 14, during the Three-Star Summit here.     "Eliminating sexual assault is a huge priority," James said.

  • 8,800 Reservists to get Hepatitis B vaccinations

    Approximately 8,800 Air Force Reservists will get Hepatitis B vaccinations due to a recent change in Department of Defense immunization rules.The Defense Department is now requiring all servicemembers be immunized against the Hepatitis B Virus (HBV), which causes a potentially fatal liver disease.

  • Airmen: Our greatest strength

    The Air Force's top enlisted Airman, Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody, along with top enlisted members of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee's subcommittee on personnel, about the impact budget decisions have on the enlisted force,

  • Congratulations to recent quarterly award winners

    Congratulations to the following 482nd Fighter Wing quarterly award winners for the months of January through March 2014: - Company Grade Officer: 1Lt Scott Morris, 93rd Fighter Squadron - Senior Noncommissioned Officer: MSgt Framis Ramos, 482nd Operations Support Squadron- Noncommissioned Officer:

  • 2014 Military Appreciation Day May 17

    The City of Homestead is once again hosting the 2014 Military Apreciation Day event on Saturday, May 17 from 3 - 8 p.m., in historic downtown Homestead at Losner Park.This free event will have pleanty of live muisic, food trucks, static displays, vendors and plenty of family fun.As part of the

  • Lions and Tigers and Biohazards, Oh My!

    Weary, filthy and exponentially better equipped, a group of Airmen emerged from a simulated apocalypse deep in the mountains of West Virginia as the annual disaster response exercise, code named Black Flag, drew to a close on April 4.In order to create the greatest sense of realism and urgency,

  • Military Affairs Committee holds 15th annual awards banquet

    Members from the 482nd Fighter Wing, Special Operations Command South, U.S. Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team and Florida Air National Guard came together in a joint award ceremony April 5. The Military Affairs Committee's 15th Annual Awards Banquet was held in the recently constructed

  • Communication Squadron holds Assumption of Command Ceremony

      Col. Elwin R. Rozyskie, commander of the 482nd Mission Support Group, transferred command of the 482nd Communication Squadron to Maj. Michael D. Wells during an Assumption of Command Ceremony April 5 here.  Wells assumed command of the 482nd CS after serving as chief of inspection plans for Air