Homestead Air Reserve Base News

Six years after his father - a local part-time party clown called "Noodles" - was convicted on similar charges, a U.S. Air Force reservist is in the Palm Beach County jail, charged with five counts of transmitting child pornography, authorities said.

With a hectic schedule that had him working out of state and spending one weekend a month as a "weekend warrior" with the U.S. Air Force Reserve in Homestead, Emundo "Ed" Velazquez always found time for his family.

For decades, the vintage fighter jet had been a familiar sight at Holiday Park in Fort Lauderdale -- until Hurricane Wilma all but destroyed it in 2005.

As the F-15 Eagle roared out of a barrel roll and climbed toward the sun, Alvaro Ramos craned his neck and spilled his beer onto the tarmac.

Share + Nov 6, 2009 6:14 pm US/Eastern HOMESTEAD The Air Force Thunderbirds are in South Florida this weekend.

Share + Nov 5, 2009 2:18 pm US/Eastern The U.S. Air Force's jet fighter show squadron The Thunderbirds roared into Homestead Air Force Base Thursday for this weekend's "Wings Over Homestead Air Show." The free shows, which will feature more daredevil stunts than ever before, will take to the skies this Saturday and Sunday beginning at 9 a.m. at the ...

Operation Falcon Dart began on October 14th as part of NORAD's three day exercises along the East Coast.

Students Can Get a Preview of Military Academy Life: The Yearly Service Academy Day Lets High School Student Students Learn About the U.S. Military Academies and How to Apply for Admission.

Missed airline connections, lost hotel reservations -- those are standard disruptions that business travelers have to deal with.

Red, white and blue-painted F16s are flying into Homestead later this fall: The nationally known U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds will appear at the Wings Over Homestead Air Show on Nov.

By Yudislaidy Fernandez As the military's Southern Command wraps construction of its $273 million headquarters in Doral, plans are under way to build an estimated $43 million headquarters for its special operations unit at the Homestead Air Reserve Base, officials say.

The Independence Day holiday slowed the flow of military news this week, but here's a handful of interesting notes that made their way to my desk, nevertheless.

Staff Sgt. Karon Evans washes the flight deck windows on a Hurricane Hunter WC-130J Hercules before a training mission leaving St.

Photo Essay: Training with the "Hurricane Hunters" Posted 6/17/2009 6/17/2009 - ST.

On the tarmac, firetrucks blasted a water cannon salute to the American Airlines jet bringing eight U.S. Air Force reservists back home after four months in Iraq.