Story by Staff Sgt. Christopher Bermudez | 482d Fighter Wing | 12.07.2025
Security Forces Airmen at Homestead Air Reserve Base work closely with Miami Dade Police and multiple federal agencies to strengthen base security and support the South Florida community. Senior Airman Javier Diaz highlights how transparency, communication and joint training reinforce trust between the installation and local law enforcement partners. Born and raised in Homestead, Diaz shares......
Story by Senior Airman Michelle Ferrari | 49th Wing | 03.21.2025
From February 28 to March 15, 2025, the 49th Wing deployed a dynamic team of Airmen to Homestead Air Reserve Base, conducting a Large Force Exercise that showcased the Air Force’s commitment to readiness, adaptability, and cross-unit integration. The exercise aimed to capitalize on favorable weather conditions and enhance training for pilots and maintenance teams by integrating with multiple......
Story by Master Sgt. Allissa Landgraff | 482d Fighter Wing | 02.07.2022
Maj. Gen. Bryan P. Radliff, 10th Air Force commander, recently visited the Reserve Citizen Airmen of 482nd Fighter Wing at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida to discuss the current state of the wing, help celebrate the wing’s annual award winners, and led the 10th Air Force Management Leadership Review....
Story by Tech. Sgt. Allissa Landgraff | 482d Fighter Wing | 10.22.2021
Chaplain Candidate Lt. Brian Harris spends time at Homestead Air Reserve Base Fla. to train under Chaplain Maj. John Rollyson as part of his requirement to become an active duty Air Force Chaplain....
Story by Tech. Sgt. Allissa Landgraff | 482d Fighter Wing | 06.01.2021
Members of the 482d Fighter Wing 'Makos' return home to family and friends after deployment.
Story by Jean Han | 1st Armored Division | 03.05.2020
FORT BLISS, Texas - Fifty teams, fifty miles, in just fifty hours. Those are the odds stacked against the first Fort Bliss team to take on the Army’s elite combat engineer competition in five years. 1st Lt. Denys Villatoro, an operations officer and native of Homestead, Florida, and 2nd Lt. Kevin Steiner, a reconnaissance officer and native of Fairfax, Virginia, both assigned to Headquarters......
Story by Capt. Jesse Manzano | 50th Regional Support Group | 05.10.2019
HOMESTEAD, Fla. – As Floridians get ready for summer, the Florida National Guard is preparing for the start of a new hurricane season. In South Florida, soldiers of the 50th Regional Support Group (RSG) manned the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) at their Homestead headquarters as part of an annual, statewide hurricane exercise. Many of the 50th RSG’s soldiers who participated in the......
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Brent Powell | 76th Operational Response Command | 01.24.2019
HOMESTEAD MIAMI SPEEDWAY, Florida - To prepare for, and remain ready to respond to what could be called "America's Worst Day," a group of nearly 300 Army Reserve Soldiers recently joined forces with approximately 100 personnel from the Miami-Dade Fire Department, Army North, U.S. Army Reserve Command and a host of civilian agencies here Jan. 24 to conduct Defense Support of Civil Authorities......
