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  • Ohio Airman is Air National Guard's Firefighter of the Year

    COLUMBUS, Ohio – U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Michael Ginikos, crew chief in the fire department at the 121st Air Refueling Wing, was presented with the 2018 Chief Albert Fitzpatrick Award for Air National Guard Firefighter of the Year on May 5 at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base.“It really is an

  • Against the odds: Ohio Airman battling extremely rare cancer

    DAYTON, Ohio – She has endured level-10 pain virtually head to toe. She has experienced partial paralysis, and she has endured her spinal cord stripped down to seemingly bare wire.Now, however, things are looking up for Master Sgt. Charlotte Ortiz, the assistant recruiting and retention

  • Tennessee Air and Army National Guard conduct joint training

    Volunteer Training Site, Ga.-- A crowd of Army National Guard Soldiers gathers around a giant piece of heavy equipment, as an Airman in a hard hat explains the purpose and function of the various knobs and shifters. One by one, they take turns donning hard hats and helmets, climbing into the

  • Maryland Guard forces join Estonian military in exercise

    ESTONIA – Approximately 50 Airmen and Soldiers from the Maryland National Guard deployed to Estonia to participate in Spring Storm (Kevadtorm), an Estonian Defense Force annual exercise. Members from the 290th Military Police Company, Maryland Army National Guard, the 175th Wing Security Forces

  • 103rd uses first virtual-reality loadmaster training system

    BRADLEY AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Conn. – Loadmasters at the 103rd Airlift Wing helped develop the first Virtual Loadmaster Training System (VLTS), that recently became fully operational at Bradley Air National Guard Base.The VLTS is the first loadmaster training program of its kind and was the

  • 161 ARW budget officer named best in ANG

    Capt. Maylin White, 161st Air Refueling Wing, Comptroller Flight, Officer in Charge, was named the Air National Guard’s Budget Officer of the Year for 2018.