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Portraits in Courage features pararescue specialist
Staff Sgt. Daniel Warren of the 308th Rescue Squadron, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., flies on a mission in Afghanistan on April 11, 2010. Warren, one of 18 Airmen featured in the latest issue of Portraits in Courage, deployed to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, in 2010 as a Guardian Angel team member of the 33rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Posted: 9/21/2011
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Air Force Reserve rescuers return from Africa
An Air Force Reserve Command HC-130 aircraft lands on an unimproved airstrip in Africa. The 920th Rescue Wing from Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., sent about 100 reservists to Djibouti, Africa, to provide combat search-and-rescue support for two months. The last group of 28 reservists returned to Patrick AFB on May 14, 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Rob Grande)
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Posted: 5/15/2009
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Reservists return from Dijbouti
An Airman from the 920th Rescue Wing waves the American flag through the porthole of an HC-130P/N Hercules aircraft May 5, 2009, as it and another aircraft taxi onto the Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., flightline. Thirty Airmen returned safely to Patrick from the Horn of Africa, where they provided combat search and rescue support to the region, which included the countries of Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia. The Air Force Reserve Command wing had reservists in Africa for two months. (U.S. Air Force photo/Kristen Kincade)
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Posted: 5/7/2009
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Reservists remember victims of Pony 1-2 crash
The Davis-Monthan Air Force Base (Ariz.) Honor Guard posts the colors at a memorial ceremony March 8, 2009. More than 300 people, including current and former Airmen, gathered at Heritage Park to honor and remember the people who died in the line of duty during a nighttime training mission March 12, 1989. Four aircrew members from the Air Force Reserve's 71st Special Operations Squadron, forerunner of the 943rd Rescue Group, at Davis-Monthan AFB and 11 Soldiers from the 5th Special Forces Group from Fort Bragg, N.C., died in the crash of a CH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicopter, call sign Pony 1-2, in a desolate desert region 20 miles northwest of Tucson. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Bryan Ripple)
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Posted: 3/25/2009
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CASF Airmen move warriors through the care chain
Senior Airman Samantha Brunner flushes air out of intravenous tubing at the Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility on Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Nov. 27. Occlusions, or air bubbles, can enter a patient's vein and cause cardiac arrest. Brunner, an aerospace medical service journeyman with the 332nd Expeditionary Aerospace Medical Squadron and native of Washington, Pa., is deployed from the 911th Airlift Wing at Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Pa. Her hometown is Washington, Pa. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jason Epley)
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Posted: 11/27/2008
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CASF Airmen move warriors through the care chain
Capt. John Davis troubleshoots an intravenous pump as Senior Airman Samantha Brunner inspects the IV pump's port for any kind of blockage at the Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility on Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Nov. 27. Both Airmen were preparing patients for an aeromedical evacuation flight. Brunner, an aerospace medical service journeyman with the 332nd Expeditionary Aerospace Medical Squadron and native of Washington, Pa., is deployed from the 911th Airlift Wing at Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Pa. Davis, a clinical nurse with the 332nd Expeditionary Aerospace Medical Squadron and native of Satellite Beach, Fla., is deployed from Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jason Epley)
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Posted: 11/27/2008
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It's the great pumpkin suit
PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Pararescuemen from the 38th Rescue Squadron at Moody AFB, Ga., familiarize themselves with the Advanced Crew Escape Suit (ACES) at the helicopter squadron here in preparation for tomorrow's space shuttle launch. The spacesuit, also known as the "pumpkin suit," contains such items as a signal flare, survival radio, strobe light, drinking water, motion-sickness pills and a one-man life raft. Reserve, Guard and active-duty pararescuemen have provided medical contingency response for all manned and unmanned NASA launches since the space program began. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Paul Flipse)
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Posted: 11/13/2008
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Space and Air Show Demo
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - Air Force Reservists demonstrate an aerial refueling mission during the second annual Space and Air Show Nov. 7-9 at Kennedy Space Center. Shown here, pilots and aircrew personnel fly a 920th HC-130P/N tanker aircraft by show center performing a dual aerial refueling operation. This maneuver allows the tanker to transfer fuel to the HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters to give them farther range during search and rescue missions. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Jim Massoni)
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Posted: 11/10/2008
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Space and Air Demo
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - Air Force Reservists from the 920th Rescue Wing based at Patrick Air Force, Fla. were among a professional lineup of aerial acts that drew approximately 20,000 to the Space Coast Nov. 7-9. It was the 2nd Annual Space and Air Show at Kennedy Space Center. The Reserve Airmen demonstrated an astronaut recovery mission. Shown here, a downed astronaut gets rescued by Rescue Wing Airmen who rush to the scene in their HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter. Pararescuemen hoist the astronaut to safety. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Jim Massoni)
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Posted: 11/10/2008
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Space and Air Show Demo
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - Air Force Reservists from the 920th Rescue Wing were among an afternoon lineup of aerial acts that drew approximately 20,000 to the Space Coast Nov. 7-9. It was the 2nd Annual Space and Air Show. Rescue Wing Airmen demonstrated an astronaut recovery mission. Shown here, A downed NASA astronaut gets rescued by Rescue Wing Airmen who rush to the scene in their HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopterS. Pararescuemen jump from the aircraft into the water to get the astronaut then hoist her to safety. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Jim Massoni)
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Posted: 11/10/2008
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Rescue Wing gears up for Air and Space Expo '08
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - Central Floridal media personnel fly aboard an Air Force Reserve HC-130P/N Hercules refueling aircraft during the 2007 Kennedy Space Center Air and Space Expo. The media film the C-130 tanker as it lowers hoses from its wings to refuel two HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters as once. The aircraft were part of the 920th Rescue Wing's astronaut recovery demonstration during the '07 show. The 920th RW is preparing to perform again at the 2008 KSC Air and Space Expo scheduled Nov. 7-9. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Heather Kelly)
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Posted: 10/31/2008
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The finer points of firepower
PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Lt. Col. Phillip "Hoss" Kennedy, director of operations for the helicopter squadron here, was one of many 920th Rescue Wing members who welcomed the commanding general of 10th Air Force, Brig. Gen. Thomas Coon, during a visit to the wing here today.
After meeting with wing commander Col. Steve Kirkpatrick, the general toured the 920th aeromedical and pararescue squadrons before suiting up with Colonel Kennedy to fly one of the 920th Rescue Wing's HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters. Before the flight, the general received a tour of the aircraft from Colonel Kennedy, seen here explaining the finer points of a .50-caliber machine gun. General Coon, a command pilot with more than 4,000 hours experience flying fighters like the F-16, spoke about what he hoped to gain from experiencing a flight from the point of view of a rescue pilot.
"It'll be great to see how they do their missions," he said. "As a fighter guy, it gives me a lot more situational awareness. I'm looking forward to it."
The general also spoke of wing's mission of combat and civil search and rescue as one that inspires a real sense of accomplishment in wing Airmen.
"This mission is one of the greatest around," he said. "It's really something these people can be proud of."
The 920th Rescue Wing, based in Portland, Ore., Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., and here at Patrick, is the only rescue unit in the Air Force Reserve. The unit has the wartime mission of locating and recovering U.S. servicemembers shot down or trapped in hostile territory. Back in Florida, the wing performs civil search and rescue, humanitarian relief (hurricanes, floods, etc.) and also provides emergency-response support for all NASA space shuttle and rocket launches.
Tenth Air Force is one of three numbered air forces in Air Force Reserve Command, and is responsible for command supervision of fighter, bomber, special operations, rescue, airborne warning and control, flying training, combat air operations battle staff, unoccupied aerial vehicle and space units in the Air Force Reserve Command. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Paul Flipse)
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Posted: 10/7/2008
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