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  • A humble service; preparing the fallen

    BOISE, ID -- A siren blasted “alarm red, MOPP 4, ground attack!” as smoke billowed from a nearby tent. Airmen from the 124th Fighter Wing jumped into action, throwing, buttoning, zipping and securing their MOPP gear and swiftly taking shelter. The 124th Civil Engineer Squadron’s Gowen Field Fire

  • Airmen from the 109th Airlift Wing participate in Lake George Winter Carnival

    Lake George, NY -- Recruiters from the New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing showcased the wing’s polar mission during the annual Lake George Winter Carnival on Feb. 5 and 6 in Lake George Village.The 109th Airlift Wing flies the LC-130, the largest aircraft in the world that can land on

  • 124th SFS conducts joint operations in wing focus exercise

    BOISE, Idaho – Soldiers, Airmen, Sailors and Marines participated in joint training as part of a wing focus exercise at the Orchard Combat Training Center south of Gowen Field Feb. 5.During this portion of the exercise, members of the 124th Security Forces Squadron, the 124th Air Support Operations

  • Vermont Guard conducts medical readiness exercise in Senegal

    COLCHESTER, Vt. – Soldiers and Airmen of the Vermont National Guard will participate in a medical readiness exercise in Senegal as part of the National Guard Bureau’s State Partnership Program.Fifteen Vermont Guard medical professionals — providers, public health nurses, combat medics, biomedical

  • New York National Guardsmen train in Arctic survival

    Stratton ANGB, NY -- The New York National Guard Airmen who fly people to the South Pole, or supplies to Greenland science stations on the 109th Airlift Wing’s LC-130 Hercules “ Skibirds” must know how to survive in a barren landscape of snow and ice. They learn that by taking a required class

  • Communications Squadron Airmen Keep ADAB Network Secure

    AL DHAFRA AIR BASE, United Arab Emirates -- While most of their work is seldom seen, two Al Dhafra Air Base Airmen are part of the front-line of cyber security for the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing.Staff Sgts. Adam Phelps and Chandler Didricksen are cyber security operations specialists with the

  • Ammo troops; Doing more, with less

    Boise, ID -- In preparation for the Idaho Air National Guard’s wing focus exercise taking place on February 4-6, 2022, at Gowen Field in Boise, Idaho, the 124th Maintenance Squadron’s munition systems specialists focused their attention on implementing agile combat employment concepts, February 2,

  • Syracuse University at Hancock Field Air National Guard Base

    Hancock Field Air National Guard Base, New York -- Advisors from Syracuse University (SU) showed up to Hancock Field Air National Guard Base to do a presentation about educational benefits that will be available to all members of the 174th Attack Wing (ATKW), as well as their dependents in the near

  • 115th Fighter Wing Airmen awarded for excellence

    MADISON, Wis. -- Airmen assigned to the 115th Fighter Wing were recognized for their ability to perform above and beyond what is expected of them at the wing’s annual awards ceremony Feb. 5 at Truax field, Madison, Wisconsin.Military members and civilians alike were acknowledged for unit and state