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  • Duluth leaves its mark on PSAB

    PRINCE SULTAN AIR BASE, SAUDI ARABIA -- The U.S. Air National Guard’s 148th Fighter Wing, deployed their 179th Fighter Squadron to AFCENT’s area of responsibility in mid-April of 2022. Under the command of the 378th Air Expeditionary Wing, the 179th adopted the expeditionary moniker as they operated

  • Airman Spotlight: Staff Sgt. Coleman Babcock

    ST. JOSEPH, Mo.-- Staff Sgt. Coleman Babcock, a radar, airfield and weather systems technician for the 241st Air Traffic Control Squadron, hit the jackpot when he enlisted with the 139th Airlift Wing in 2011.Babcock leads the AN/MSN-7, or deployable air traffic control tower, by making sure all

  • New stands aid aircraft inspections and maintenance

    MARTINSBURG, W.Va. -- A set of newly-manufactured maintenance stands were recently delivered to the 167th Maintenance Group and set up in the Home Station Check (HSC) aircraft hangar at Shepherd Field, Martinsburg, West Virginia.The HSC maintenance stands were designed and engineered based on inputs

  • Soaring Eagles: F-15 serves for 50-years and counting

    KINGSLEY FIELD, Ore. -- It was July 27, 1972 at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., when the F-15 Eagle took its first flight over the Mojave Desert under the hand of McDonnel-Douglas test pilot Irving L. Burrows.Twenty-eight months later it was delivered to the U.S. Air Force where it has served

  • Northern Strike Continues Support for National Defense

    LANSING, Michigan – Northern Strike 22-2, the country’s largest National Guard Bureau-sponsored military exercise, is scheduled to occur across Northern Michigan’s National All-Domain Warfighting Center (NADWC), including Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Aug. 6-20.Approximately 7,400

  • Illinois Air Guard Civil Engineers help Cherokee Nation Veterans

    TAHLEQUAH, Okla. - Illinois Air National Guard troops are putting their skills to work in another nation, building homes for U.S. military veterans.The 126th Civil Engineer Squadron is building homes for Cherokee Nation veterans in Oklahoma as part of a continuing Innovative Readiness Training

  • SEA Whitehead to Enlisted Guardsmen: ‘Thank you’

    LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Over the past two years, National Guardsmen were activated at historic levels for missions overseas and at home. Today, there are more than 50,000 National Guard members supporting operations around the world and domestically.Senior Enlisted Advisor Tony Whitehead, the SEA to the

  • Alaska Air Guard Rescues two Plane Crash Victims

    ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing rescued two plane crash victims on Aug. 7 at Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve about 300 miles west of Anchorage, near the park’s border with Canada.The National Park Service requested assistance from the Alaska Rescue

  • West Virginia Airmen Learn New Skills Through Rescue Training

    MARTINSBURG, W.Va. – Airmen with the 167th Civil Engineering Squadron participated in a five-day swift water rescue certification course, July 18-22, at different waterfront locations in Jefferson County.The training took them through various currents along the Shenandoah River and Potomac River in