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  • 173rd Fighter Wing structural innovation helps keep aircraft aloft

    KINGSLEY FIELD, Ore. -- For years structural maintainers have emerged as artisans of sorts, creating parts by hand, meticulously shaping them from custom wood forms and delicate hand-tool work.Gently tapping away with a small hammer, slowly giving shape to a sheet of aircraft-grade aluminum so it

  • 105th Airlift Wing recognized with Meritorious Unit Award

    STEWART AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, NEWBURGH, N.Y. – Over 1,300 men and women of the New York Air National Guard’s 105th Airlift Wing has been awarded the Air Force’s Meritorious Unit Award for their accomplishments during 2020.The award recognizes Air Force units for accomplishments in combat as well

  • Civil Air Patrol celebrates 80th anniversary

    MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. (AFNS) – Civil Air Patrol members throughout the United States and in overseas squadrons are celebrating the organization’s commitment to community service today — a commitment that began Dec. 1, 1941, and has continued for 80 years.

  • 111th Rising Six Council jumpstarts junior enlisted

    BIDDLE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Pa. – What if I told you there’s an organization on base offering professional development, mentorship, camaraderie and leadership training for more than 600 troops … And, it’s spent most of the year headed by two staff sergeants? For some stationed at Biddle Air

  • NY Air Guard supports Danish forces in Greenland training

    KASSERLUSSEQUA, Greenland – Thirty-four, New York National Guard Airmen from the 109th Airlift Wing and the 106th Rescue Wing teamed up with Denmark’s Joint Arctic Command during a search and rescue exercise in Greenland from Nov. 3 -9.The 109th Airlift Wing, based at Stratton Air National Guard

  • Missouri Airman, WWII veteran honored for this 100th birthday

    SPRINGFIELD, MO. -- Retired Chief Master Sgt. Hank Hendrix was a World War II veteran and former member of the 180th Bombardment Squadron, the unit that the 139th Airlift Wing traces its origin to.He passed away on Oct. 31, 2021 at his home in Springfield, Missouri. He had just celebrated his 100th