Feb. 9, 2020 Space A Is On Its Way! As members of the North Carolina Air National Guard draw closer towards the end of the C-17 Globemaster III aircraft conversion, one phrase seems to echo throughout the local military community; Space A Travel.Space A (Availability) Travel is permitted travel aboard U.S. Military aircraft for
Feb. 9, 2020 Pease receives fifth new jet On a blustery evening at Pease Air National Guard Base, Maj. Gen. Roger Williams, National Guard Bureau assistant to U.S. Transportation Command-, piloted a KC-46A Pegasus to a smooth landing and a warm reception from those on the ground.
Feb. 7, 2020 Sentry Aloha 20-1 Airman and F-15C eagle fighter jets assigned to the 144th Fighter Wing participate in Sentry Aloha 20-1, an air-to-air combat exercise hosted by the Hawaii Air National Guard, Jan. 8-22, 2020.
Feb. 7, 2020 300 rated officers to join Total Force Aviation Recruiting Team The Air Force's first Aviation Recruiting Team, a Total Force Recruiting program specifically designed to help reach the goals of the Chief Of Staff of the Air Force’s Rated Diversity Improvement initiatives, was recently stood up and AFRS’s Detachment 1 held the team's first two-day training course
Feb. 7, 2020 New Jersey Airman ventures to Antarctica, supports science mission While most people were prepping for the holidays this past season, New Jersey Air National Guardsman Master Sgt. Justin Rogers was returning home from an iced adventure in Antarctica.“I like to travel and this was a way to do my job and see new things,” said Rogers, an occupational safety specialist
Feb. 7, 2020 "Red Rampage" - Powered by the 139th Airlift Wing For the past five years, Airmen and volunteers of the 139th Airlift Wing have had a unique role at the home football games of the Kansas City Chiefs. Guardsmen with the Missouri Air National Guard unit, as well as retirees and their family members have been supporting the pyrotechnic crew at
Feb. 7, 2020 NGB team facilitates innovation, launches competition ARLINGTON, Va. – Airmen in the California Air National Guard designed maintenance trailers to operate more efficiently in austere environments, reducing the time it takes to deploy fighter aircraft. Meanwhile, a battalion with the Maryland Army National Guard incorporated a civilian-based fitness
Feb. 7, 2020 West Virginia Airman serves in several fire protection roles Senior Airman Nate Arthur is a fire protection craftsman assigned to the 130th Fire and Emergency Services, West Virginia Air National Guard, who also holds many titles in the civilian sector.Arthur is a native of Frazier's Bottom, W.Va., and a 2004 graduate of Herbert Hoover High School in Elkview,
Feb. 5, 2020 166th AW fuel cell maintainers work in high places, tiny spaces The fuel system of a C-130H2 is one of the most complex and critical systems on the aircraft. To keep the aircraft mission-ready, fuel cell maintainers work in dark, grimy and difficult-to-access places. They perch on top of the wings while clipped to a safety harness, or inside the tanks wearing a
Feb. 5, 2020 Guam National Guard supports America’s National Defense Strategy Guam National Guard members make vital contributions to the Joint Force team executing the nation’s National Defense Strategy, the National Guard’s most senior general told Soldiers and Airmen during a recent visit.“Guam is strategically important to our national defense,” Air Force Gen. Joseph