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  • AATC is key player in reaching F-15EX missile launch milestone

    January 25 marked a historic milestone for the Air Force’s newest fighter as the F-15EX Eagle II executed its first live-fire weapons test over the Gulf of Mexico.The test consisted of an F-15EX prototype firing an AIM-120D AMRAAM at a BQM-167 aerial target drone. After tracking the missile’s

  • Idaho National Guardsman develops wellness through Yoga

    BOISE, ID -- After saying goodbye to her husband and kids, Master Sgt. Mary Ellen Reed heads to the gym early every morning for her daily workout. Working full-time for the Idaho Air National Guard and being a mother of two, Reed said it’s the only time in the day she has to herself to work on her

  • ICP remains a challenging, popular course at TEC’s campus

    MCGHEE TYSON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Tenn. -- Fourteen students from the U.S. Air Force Instructor Certification Program and their instructors took a moment for a class photo on February 2, outside Patriot Hall, before graduation this week at the I.G. Brown Training and Education Center in East

  • Empowering Airmen to innovate leads to money and time savings

    SIOUX FALLS, SD -- By empowering Airmen to innovate, the 114th Maintenance Squadron structural repair shop found a solution to painting aircraft parts, one of their most time consuming tasks, to save time and money.“What could be more innovative for our shop than getting a portable paint booth for

  • Operation NOBLE EAGLE: Meet Airman 1st Class Lacy Ashcraft

    More than 100 airmen from the 125th Fighter Wing are deployed in support of Operation NOBLE EAGLE (ONE), an aerospace control and air defense mission to guard against potential adversaries in or around military installations, airports and other potential targets such as bridges, power plants, and

  • Pennsylvania Guard expands assistance at care facilities

    FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – The Pennsylvania National Guard has activated 64 Soldiers and Airmen to assist at long-term care facilities in the commonwealth.These service members are from units across Pennsylvania will assist the facilities with non-medical tasks, such as food service and

  • Alaska Air National Guard rescues two hikers

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing rescued two hikers in distress Jan. 30 at Hatcher Pass on the Gold Mint Trail.The hikers notified Alaska State Troopers using a satellite communication device, and the AST asked for assistance from the Alaska

  • La. Guard’s Air Traffic Control Squadron continues excellence

    PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana Air National Guard’s 259th Air Traffic Control Squadron (ATCS) located at England Airpark, Alexandria, Louisiana, provides rapid deployment, operation and maintenance of air traffic control and landing systems to ensure safe, efficient flying operations in both