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  • Wisconsin Air Guard unit deploying for Inherent Resolve

    VOLK FIELD, Wis. – Gov. Tony Evers and senior Wisconsin Air National Guard officials joined families and friends at Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center March 29 for a formal sendoff ceremony for the 128th Air Control Squadron.Approximately 90 members of the squadron will deploy for six

  • Simulator prepares boom operators for in-flight emergencies

    LINCOLN AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. – In the old engine shop building, behind a pair of double doors, sits a giant gray machine replicating the back of a KC-135R Stratotanker. The instructor sets up a simulation at a desk filled with computer screens while a boom operator marks off tasks and gets ready.

  • 139 Air Evacuation Squadron attends Arctic Eagle-Patriot 22

    STRATTON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.Y. – The New York Air National Guard’s 139th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, part of the 109th Airlift Wing, trained with the Alaska National Guard during Arctic Eagle-Patriot 22 at Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson, Alaska.The exercise focused on homeland security

  • Barnestormers complete joint aircraft recovery training

    WESTFIELD, Mass. – Nearly 50 Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve members from the 104th Fighter Wing, 158th Fighter Wing and 439th Air Mobility Wing completed a joint, hands-on Crash, Damaged or Disabled Aircraft Recovery training at Barnes Air National Guard Base April 3.The CDDAR program is

  • Coming In Hot! 145th AW Conducts an Aircraft Mishap Exercise

    Charlotte Air National Guard Base, NC -- Agencies of the 145th Airlift Wing and the Charlotte Fire Department band together to execute an aircraft mishap exercise near the North Carolina Air National Guard base March 6, 2022. The exercise simulates the crash of a T-1 aircraft with four passengers on

  • 146th Medical Group streamlines readiness reporting

    CHANNEL ISLANDS AIR NATIONAL STATION, CA. -- Airmen from the 146th Medical Group (146 MDG), with oversight from the Minnesota Air National Guard's 133rd Airlift Wing (133 AW), launched its first-ever large-scale medical readiness rodeo inside the wing's fuel cell hangar.The medical rodeo, which had

  • 178th Airman Wins John L. Levitow Award

    SPRINGFIELD, Ohio -- Tech. Sgt. Seth Loppe, a sensor operator assigned to the 178th Operations Group, was awarded the John L. Levitow Award for excellence in professional military education. Loppe graduated from Noncomissioned Officer Academy (NCOA) in March of 2021 with an academic average of 100

  • Nevada, Hawaii Air Guard conduct airpower exercise in Hawaii

    JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii – The Nevada Air National Guard’s 152nd Airlift Wing helped execute the Hawaii Air National Guard’s Ho’oikaika 22-1 exercise March 3-6.The exercise tested the ability to mobilize and generate stealth airpower from three locations across the Hawaiian Islands and

  • Alaska National Guard hosts Arctic Interest Council

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – When delegates of the National Guard Arctic Interest Council representing six states visited the arctic city of Kotzebue March 29, they witnessed a still-frozen landscape showing few signs of spring besides the sun still visible at 9 p.m., previewing the