Air Force Reserve Command recruiters at Homestead AFB, Fla., decided to arrange a mass sign-on ceremony to induct the new fiscal year’s first recruits into the Air Force Reserve. The ceremony, held at the 482nd Fighter Wing at Homestead hosted local civic and elected officials—and six recruits, from a recent high school graduate to a former Air Force captain. Homestead recruiters achieved 124 percent of the wing goal in Fiscal 2006; the 2007 goal is 116.
Celebrating 100 Years of Liquid-Fueled Rockets
March 11, 2026
March 16, 2026, marks 100 years since Dr. Robert H. Goddard launched the world’s first liquid-fueled rocket. Over the past century, new and ever more capable liquid-fueled rockets have literally propelled humanity into space. Why liquid-fueled rockets?