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  • CrossTell air defense exercise hones air-intercept skills

    Aircrews and associated support personnel from across the military air-defense enterprise are here for a three-day Aerospace Control Alert CrossTell live-fly training exercise.Representatives from Air National Guard fighter wings, Civil Air Patrol and U.S. Coast Guard rotary-wing air intercept units

  • 123rd Airlift Wing pilot receives Air Force safety award

    The United States Air Force presented its highest individual award for aviation safety to a Kentucky Air National Guard pilot at a special ceremony in Washington, D.C. May 18, 2017.Maj. John T. Hourigan assigned to the 123rd Operations Support Squadron, earned the 2016 Koren Kolligian Jr. Trophy for

  • Arizona Air Guard members: ‘Not on my watch’

    While others celebrate holidays, watch movies, or sleep soundly in bed, few remain here to protect them from those who would threaten peace and security. They have a greater responsibility than most can fathom, but who are “they” and why do they do what they do?Select members of the 161st Air

  • Wyoming ANG maintainers practice recovering fighter aircraft

    Flying units, like the 153rd Airlift Wing, Wyoming Air National Guard, are required by the Air Force to maintain CDDAR capability. This is broken down into two phases – initial response and recovery. The maintenance group CDDAR team is responsible for the latter – recovery – which includes

  • PACE Goes Beyond Career Based Training

    A Profession of Arms Center of Excellence leadership seminar was held here May 9-11, for Airmen and their families at Pease ANGB. Lt. Col. Matt Basler, an Instructor from PACE at Joint Base San Antonio, delivered the three leadership seminars.

  • Getting the vector: aircrews receive life-saving training

    More than 60 Airmen from the Phoenix-based 161st Air Refueling Wing participated in classroom and hands-on water survival training here, May 7.The pilots and boom operators who fly the wing’s eight assigned KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft all over the globe are required to practice what they would do

  • ANG to name building in honor of former NGB Chief

    The Air National Guard plans to dedicate a new classroom and dormitory facility at the I.G. Brown Training and Education Center at McGhee-Tyson Air National Guard Base, Tennessee, in honor of a former Chief of the National Guard Bureau and former Director of the Air National Guard, during a ceremony

  • Air Force implements changes to joint matters, joint tour credit

    The definition of “joint matters” and the authorized length of joint tours, two major joint officer management laws affecting active and reserve component Air Force officers, have recently changed following publication of guidance from the Office of the Secretary of Defense.   Directive-type

  • Air Guardsmen keep C-130H flying high

    Air National Guardsmen assigned to the 386th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron here are undergoing a transition during their deployment here. These Airmen deployed from the 103rd and 145th Airlift Wings, from Connecticut and North Carolina respectively, have come together to maintain the