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  • Strengthening the Hampton Community

    JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. -- Firefighters from the 633d Civil Engineer Squadron along with firefighters from the 142d Civil Engineer Squadron Air National Guard and Hampton Division of Fire and Rescue performed joint fire suppression and rescue training at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia,

  • The 142nd Wing Chapel: A Generational Beacon of Hope

    PORTLAND, Ore. -- Throughout 2022, members of the 142nd Wing have helped to clean up and restore the firmly standing World War II chapel building on Portland Air National Guard Base (PANGB).The Chapel was built in 1941 as a temporary structure and has persevered through natural disasters and housed

  • New Hampshire Airman Earns a Shot at Ranger School

    PEASE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.H. -- A 157th Air Refueling Wing Security Forces Airman demonstrated his mental and physical prowess, going toe-to-toe with an Army assessment designed to find candidates for one of its toughest schools, September 17-18.Following the successful completion of a

  • Pennsylvania Partnerships Highlighted for Defense Attachés

    FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – About 20 foreign military officers who serve as defense attachés for their countries toured Fort Indiantown Gap Nov. 16.The group received an overview of the Pennsylvania National Guard, emphasizing its partnership with Lithuania as part of the State Partnership Program,

  • F-35 fighters put 173rd Fighter Wing’s ample range space to the test

    KINGSLEY FIELD, Ore. -- A squadron of the one of the Nation’s most advanced fighter aircraft traveled from Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, to the 173rd Fighter Wing in Klamath Falls, Ore., for a two-week stint in late October 2022.The 63rd Fighter Squadron, flying 14 F-35 Lightning II fighter jets,

  • 459th medical units, SFS, RegAF, Guard, Navy team for joint training exercise

    JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. -- The 459th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron recently conducted a local C-130T Aeromedical Evacuation static training mission here in conjunction with the Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 53 "Capital Express" Naval Air Facility, Washington, D.C., the 459th Aeromedical Staging

  • Tucson ANG hosts ARC Weapons and Tactics Conference 2022

    TUCSON, Ariz. -- The Air National Guard Air Force Reserve Command Test Center (AATC) hosted the annual Air Reserve Component (ARC) Weapons and Tactics Conference (WEPTAC) here at the Morris Air National Guard Base Oct. 24 through Oct. 28. The event is hosted each October in Tucson, Ariz., and is an

  • Checking In: How an Oregon Guardsmen went from Hotel Manager to Mentor

    PORTLAND, Ore. -- Master Sgt. Paul Freimark, the 142nd Wing’s Base Education Training Manager (BETM), has had many titles and roles throughout his over 20-year career. He’s been called a Sailor, Hotel Manager, Husband, and Father. Yet perhaps his most defining title, is that of “mentor”.As the BETM,

  • Florida Guard’s 159th Weather Flight Wins Weather Challenge

    JACKSONVILLE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Fla. – Airmen assigned to the 159th Weather Flight bested 66 teams to win Thor’s Forecast Challenge, a demanding two-week competition that tested weather flights’ ability to develop hour-by-hour forecasts across the globe.The 2021 reigning champions, a