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DASH-8

Customs and Border Protection’s Miami Air and Marine Branch recently received a new DASH-8 200Q Maritime Patrol aircraft at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla. The DASH-8 200Q is a twin-turboprop aircraft specially designed for quiet operations during surveillance missions (Air Force photo by Jake Shaw).
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DASH-8

Customs and Border Protection’s Miami Air and Marine Branch recently received a new DASH-8 200Q Maritime Patrol aircraft at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla. The DASH-8 200Q is a twin-turboprop aircraft specially designed for quiet operations during surveillance missions (Air Force photo by Jake Shaw).
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Days of Remembrance

Retired U.S. Navy Chaplain (Capt.) Irving Elson, director of the Jewish Chaplains Council and head of the Armed Forces and Veterans Services Committee of the Jewish Welfare Board, lights a candle during a ceremony remembering those who perished during the Holocaust. The ceremony was part of the Department of the Air Force’s Holocaust Days of Remembrance event held in the Pentagon Auditorium, in Arlington, Va., April 19, 2022. The lighting ceremony traditionally involves six candles, each to represent 1,000,000 Jewish people who were killed in the Holocaust, together representing the total 6,000,000 lost. In this event, with a theme of “Past Reflections for an Inclusive Future,” a seventh candle was added to represent all those lost in the Holocaust and in all atrocities committed against people around the world. (U.S. Air Force photo by Christine D. Millette)
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Days of Remembrance

Distinguished guests of and participants in the Department of the Air Force’s Holocaust Days of Remembrance event recite a blessing during a candle lighting ceremony, held in the Pentagon Auditorium, in Arlington, Va., April 19, 2022. The lighting ceremony traditionally involves six candles, each to represent 1,000,000 Jewish people who were killed in the Holocaust, together representing the total 6,000,000 lost. In this event with a theme of “Past Reflections for an Inclusive Future,” a seventh candle was added to represent all those lost in the Holocaust and in all atrocities committed against people around the world. (U.S. Air Force photo by Christine D. Millette)
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D-Day

Soldiers crowd a landing craft on the way to Normandy during the Allied invasion, June 6, 1944. Army photo
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Debris Hunt

Members of the 93rd Fighter Squadron and 482nd Maintenance Group of Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla. check for debris on the flightline prior to flight operations Aug. 18 during exercise Cactus Aloha at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. The exercise pits Homestead’s F-16s against F-15s of the Hawaii ANG for Dissimilar Aircraft Combat Tactics training. (US Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Ray Sarracino)
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Dedicated

Pilots and crew chiefs file in during a Dedicated Crew Chief ceremony at Homestead Air Reserve Base, July 15. The ceremony formally appointed and reaffirmed 26 technicians assigned to oversee the maintenance and safety of their designated aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Lou Burton, 482nd Fighter Wing Public Affairs.)
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Dedicated

Col. Donald R. Lindberg, Commander, 482nd Fighter Wing and Tech. Sgt. Georleen Hernandez, 482nd Crew Chief stand in front of their assigned F-16 fighter jet after unveiling the stenciled name of Hernandez on the aircraft during a Dedicated Crew Chief ceremony at Homestead Air Reserve Base, July 15. The ceremony formally appointed and reaffirmed 26 technicians assigned to oversee the maintenance and safety of their designated aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Jaimi Upthegrove, 482nd Fighter Wing Public Affairs.)
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Dedicated

F-16 pilots and crew chiefs line up during a Dedicated Crew Chief ceremony at Homestead Air Reserve Base, July 15. The ceremony formally appointed and reaffirmed 26 technicians assigned to oversee the maintenance and safety of their designated aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Jaimi Upthegrove, 482nd Fighter Wing Public Affairs.)
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Deep sea fishing

Members of Team Homestead wait for fish to bite during a Recharge for Resiliency deep sea night fishing event at Sailor’s Choice in Key Largo, Fla., May 14. RFR programs allow participants to meet new Airmen who share their interests. (Courtesy Photo)
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DEERS updates

Being able to use TRICARE depends on you keeping your information up to date in the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS). DEERS is a database of active duty and retired service members, their family members, and others who are eligible for TRICARE. TRICARE eligibility shows up in DEERS based on the sponsor’s status. It’s essential to keep your DEERS record up to date to get timely and effective TRICARE benefits.
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Defenders of survival

Staff Sgt. Lonnie Robinson, 482nd Operations Support Squadron Aircrew Flight Equipment, conducts training on an aircrew flight equipment virtual trainer, which is used to simulate ejection procedures from an aircraft, at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., Mar. 22. Aircrew Flight Equipment is responsible for maintaining aircrew flight equipment such as flight helmets, oxygen masks, parachutes, flotation devices, survival kits, helmet mounted devices, aircrew night vision and other ocular systems, anti-G garments, eye and respiratory protective equipment, chemical biological protective oxygen masks and coveralls, and other types of aircrew chemical defense systems. (U.S. Air Force photos/Senior Airman Nicholas Caceres)
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Defenders of survival

Master Sgt. Framis Ramos (center), Staff Sgt. Lonnie Robinson (right), and Senior Airman Edward Armit, all of the 482nd Operations Support Squadron Aircrew Flight Equipment, conduct cockpit familiarization and ejection preparation training in a cockpit simulator at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., Mar. 22. Aircrew Flight Equipment is responsible for maintaining aircrew flight equipment such as flight helmets, oxygen masks, parachutes, flotation devices, survival kits, helmet mounted devices, aircrew night vision and other ocular systems, anti-G garments, eye and respiratory protective equipment, chemical biological protective oxygen masks and coveralls, and other types of aircrew chemical defense systems. (U.S. Air Force photos/Senior Airman Nicholas Caceres)
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Defenders of survival

Master Sgt. Framis Ramos (right) and Senior Airman Edward Armit, both of the 482nd Operations Support Squadron Aircrew Flight Equipment, help fit Staff Sgt. Lonnie Robinson, 482nd OSS Aircrew Flight Equipment, into an aircrew torso harness before starting training on an aircrew flight equipment virtual trainer, which is used to simulate ejection procedures from an aircraft, at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., Mar. 22. Aircrew Flight Equipment is responsible for maintaining aircrew flight equipment such as flight helmets, oxygen masks, parachutes, flotation devices, survival kits, helmet mounted devices, aircrew night vision and other ocular systems, anti-G garments, eye and respiratory protective equipment, chemical biological protective oxygen masks and coveralls, and other types of aircrew chemical defense systems. (U.S. Air Force photos/Senior Airman Nicholas Caceres)
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Defenders of survival

Staff Sgt. Lonnie Robinson, 482nd Operations Support Squadron Aircrew Flight Equipment, conducts an inspection on an aircrew torso harness at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., Mar. 22. Aircrew Flight Equipment is responsible for maintaining aircrew flight equipment such as flight helmets, oxygen masks, parachutes, flotation devices, survival kits, helmet mounted devices, aircrew night vision and other ocular systems, anti-G garments, eye and respiratory protective equipment, chemical biological protective oxygen masks and coveralls, and other types of aircrew chemical defense systems. (U.S. Air Force photos/Senior Airman Nicholas Caceres)
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Defenders of survival

Senior Airman Edward Armit, 482nd Operations Support Squadron Aircrew Flight Equipment, conducts an inspection on an aircrew flight helmet at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., March 22. Aircrew Flight Equipment is responsible for maintaining aircrew flight equipment such as flight helmets, oxygen masks, parachutes, flotation devices, survival kits, helmet mounted devices, aircrew night vision and other ocular systems, anti-G garments, eye and respiratory protective equipment, chemical biological protective oxygen masks and coveralls, and other types of aircrew chemical defense systems. (U.S. Air Force photos/Senior Airman Nicholas Caceres)
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DELIVERING THE MAIL

Senior Airman Mario Zamora-Ceja, 70th Aerial Port Squadron, unloads mail from an aircraft at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan. Short Takeoff and Landing team at Bagram recently set the record for most mail shipped in a single day with 49791 tons. STOLS aircraft are used to send mail, small amounts of cargo, and personnel to dispersed Foreward Operating Bases in Afghanistan. 59 Mako Porters from the 482nd Fighter Wing are currently deployed to Bagram and two to Manas for 4 months. They will begin arriving home in January. (US Air Force photo)
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Dental assistant prevents dental disaster

Senior Airman Alexis Lopez, dental assistant with the 319th Medical Group, demonstrates proper sanitary procedure by putting on a face mask at the medical treatment facility on Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota, Sept. 7, 2017. Lopez said in addition to personal sanitation, there are also multiple steps taken to ensure treatment rooms are sanitary and prepared for patient use. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Elora J. Martinez)
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Deployed Homestead Reservist granted pass to commission son

During a ceremony in Tampa, Fla., Maj. Roxana Hambleton, from Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., was granted a four-day pass to commission her son Ben as a second lieutenant into the United States Air Force. She is currently deployed to an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. (Courtesy photo)
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Deployed Homestead Reservist granted pass to commission son

2nd Lt. Ben Hambleton stands with his parents, Maj. Roxana Hambleton and Paul Hambleton after his commissioning in Tampa, Fla. (Courtesy photo)
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