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  • From left: Lt. Gen. Craig McKinley, director of the Air National Guard; retired Lt. Gen. John Conaway, former chief of the National Guard Bureau; Col. Joe Lengyel, ANGRC commander; Air Guard Command Chief Master Sgt. Richard Smith; and J.L. Herndon of Clarke Construction break ground on an ANGRC expansion project Nov. 19 at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Mike R. Smith, National Guard Bureau)

    Air Guard readies for expanded center

    Civil engineers call it the Air National Guard's most high-tech office space, ever.When completed, the $52 million Air Guard Readiness Center (ANGRC) expansion - a four-story complex of shining glass and steel -- will unite the existing ANGRC here with its Air Guard offices in Arlington, Va.Its construction phase began here Nov. 19, when Air Guard
  • National Guard members including the Mississippi Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Harold Cross and Purple Heart Medal awardees including the Secretary of Veterans Affairs Mr. Gordon H. Mansfield unveil nose art on a Mississippi Air National Guard C-17 Globemaster III during an aircraft naming and dedication ceremony Nov. 20 at the 172nd Airlift Wing in Jackson, Miss. The wing routinely flies aeromedical evacuation missions from Balad Air Base Hospital, Iraq to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, and then on to Walter Reed Medical Center, District of Columbia. They have transported more then 19,000 patients since its mobilization for the mission in October 2005. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Mike R. Smith, National Guard Bureau)

    Aircraft name now honors a precious payload

    One of the Air Force's most modern cargo aircraft was named after the nation's oldest military decoration Nov. 20 in a ceremony here attended by Medal of Honor and Purple Heart medal recipients.The Mississippi Air National Guard's 172nd Airlift Wing named one of its C-17 Globemaster IIIs "The Spirit of the Purple Heart" and painted a Purple Heart
  • Air National Guard aircrew members utilize a jet-assisted takeoff to depart Shackleton Glacier, located in the Transantarctic Mountains 500 miles south of McMurdo Station, Antarctica, Nov 26. The aircrew conducted an open field landing to deliver a small National Science Foundation geology field camp team to the area. Assigned to the 109th Airlift Wing, Scotia, N.Y., the aircrews are flying the Antarctica missions in support of Operation Deep Freeze. (Photo courtesy of Mr. Charles Kaminski/Raytheon Polar Services Company)

    Operation Deep Freeze main season underway

    Active duty, Guard and Reserve Airmen from McChord Air Force Base, Wash., and the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing, combined efforts to support the 13th Air Force-led Joint Task Force Support Forces Antarctica, Operation Deep Freeze.The main season, which opened Sept. 28, is the main science research season for the National Science
  • Master Sgt. Dana Togliatti (right) speaks with Air National Guard leaders at Mansfield Air National Guard Base, Ohio, Dec. 6 during a unit visit by Air Guard Director Lt. Gen. Craig McKinley. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Mike R. Smith, National Guard Bureau)

    Air Guard recruiters press on through major changes

    Tech. Sgt. Dianna Bowen understands and embraces the challenges of recruiting people into a transforming Air National Guard.Bowen became one of the Air Guard's top recruiters in the nation this year by enlisting members into an integrated Air Force wing, co-operated by Guard and active duty Airmen: the 116th Air Control Wing at Robins Air Force
  • The coastal town of Vernonia, Ore., was hard hit by heavy rains Dec. 2 and 3. Oregon Governor Theodore Kulongoski reviewed the damage from an Oregon Army National Guard UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter on Dec. 4.

    Collective Guard response bests Oregon disaster

    In the wake of heavy rains, hurricane winds and flooding in early December, Oregon Army and Air National Guard personnel complimented each other, bringing expertise and equipment to bear in their state's recovery efforts.When Pacific Northwest storms flooded towns, knocked out power and covered roadways with trees and mudslides, making them
  • Master Sgt. Bob Mechan, a C-5 loadmaster with the New York Air National Guard, talks with Army Sgt. 1st Class Jason Rittichier, 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment, as he backs a humvee into the aircraft. A team of 19 Airmen and Soldiers and two helicopters from Joint Task Force-Bravo departed here Nov. 5 heading for the Dominican Republic to assist with recovery efforts in the wake of Tropical Storm Noel. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Austin M. May)

    JTF-Bravo deploys to support Tropical Storm Noel relief

    A team of 19 Airmen and Soldiers and two helicopters from Joint Task Force Bravo departed here Nov. 5 heading for the Dominican Republic to assist with recovery efforts in the wake of Tropical Storm Noel. The 19 servicemembers and two UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters were loaded on a C-5 Galaxy from the New York Air National Guard this morning and will
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