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  • Assistance fund supports families and retirees

    Select Airmen on Homestead ARB base are raising money through April 11, for the Air Force Assistance Fund to support retired Airmen and the dependents of our enlisted Airmen. Twenty-six keyworkers have been selected and trained throughout the wing to make individual contact with the units to raise

  • Base set to host annual awards banquet

    Once again the Homestead/Florida City Military Affairs Committee is set honor our military and civilian personnel of the year at the 15th Annual Awards Banquet, April 5 at the Falcons Nest Club. Members from the 482nd Fighter Wing, Special Operations Command South, U.S. Coast Guard and Florida Air

  • Defense budget proposal affects Air Force Reserve units

    The Department of Defense budget request for fiscal 2015 includes a number of proposed changes for the Air Force Reserve.If enacted into law, the DOD budget request would increase the number of Reserve fighter wings equipped with F-16 fighters, create a classic associate B-1 bomber group, increase

  • President and first lady stop at base

    President Obama and the first lady made a brief stop at Homestead ARB prior to departing for Coral Reef High School in Miami, Fla., on March 7.  Over 100 base personnel and local citizens greeted the Obama's before they boarded a Marine helicopter for Coral Reef H.S. The president was in town to

  • Surveys to help improve unit

    Members of Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., and their spouses, are encouraged to complete a Unit Effectiveness Inspection Survey in order to highlight the good and the bad within their unit. The survey is part of the new Air Force Inspection System to get an overall idea of base performance. The

  • New inspection program transforms process, saves time, money

    The Air Force is implementing a new inspection program, which will impact Homestead Air Reserve Base. The new Air Force Inspection System process began here in August 2013 and will culminate in a Capstone Event this summer. "This new process puts more responsibility in the wing's hands and lets us

  • Getting the word back home has never been easier

    The Joint Hometown News Service launched a new online submission system Feb. 17, making it easier for service members and Department of Defense civilians to publicize achievements such as promotions and decorations, to their local media outlets.The new hometown news release submission program is now

  • Hagel Outlines Budget Reducing Troop Strength, Force Structure

    Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has proposed cuts in military spending that include further reductions in troop strength and force structure in every military service in the coming year as part of an effort to prioritize U.S. strategic interests in the face of reduced resources after more than a

  • Electronic cigarette use increasing among Airmen

    Electronic cigarette use is becoming a popular alternative to traditional cigarettes, but the upward trend is becoming a concern for health care providers. The battery-operated products, known as e-cigarettes, are designed to deliver nicotine, flavor, and other chemicals as a vapor that is inhaled

  • Team Homestead Appreciation Day features Miami Marlins, free lunch

    The Team Homestead Appreciation Day featured a free lunch, compliments of the Miami Marlins baseball team, and an autograph signing session at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., Feb. 13.Also headlining the event was a U.S. Customs and Boarder Protection UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter. The Blackhawk