1st Lt. Chris Harrison an F-16 pilot assigned to the 93rd Fighter Squadron, Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., talks to Tiger Cub Scouts from Pack 69, Homestead Fla., during a base tour on Feb. 7. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tim Norton)

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Tiger Cub Scouts from Pack 69, Homestead, Fla., explore a Defender Class 25’ boat assigned to the U.S. Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team Miami as part of a tour of Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., on Feb 7. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tim Norton)

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Sgt. David Flynn, a member of the U.S. Army parachute team: The Golden Knights, shows a group of Tiger Cub Scouts from Pack 69, Homestead Fla., how to pack a parachute during a tour of Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., on Feb. 7. The Golden Knights are at Homestead ARB conducting their winter training. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tim Norton)

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Tigers visit base

Published Feb. 12, 2014
482nd Fighter Wing Public Affairs

HOMESTEAD AIR RESERVE BASE, Fla. -- Over 30 Tiger Cub Scout members and their families from Pack 69, Homestead, Fla., visited Homestead ARB as part of the base tour program on Feb. 7.

The group was treated to visits of an F-16, watched the U.S. Army parachute team: The Golden knights; visited the U.S. Coast Guard Maritime and Security Team Miami and the base air traffic control tower. Their final stop was for lunch at the newly opened Falcon's Nest Club.

Tiger Cubs is the first step of Cub Scouting, which the Boy Scouts of America offers for boys in first through fifth grade (or who are 7, 8, 9, or 10 years old). For more information on scouting visit their web site at: http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/cubscouts.aspx.