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  • North Carolina Airmen complete Marine Corps training

    Master Sgt. Daniel Judd and Master Sgt. Kernice Locklear, 263rd Combat Communications Squadron, North Carolina Air National Guard, were formally recognized Jan. 12 for graduating from the United States Marine Corps Staff Non-Commissioned Officer Academy."We talk about lining ourselves up with our

  • 'Wizard' takes flight as High Rollers’ first pilot for a day

    Every pilot gets a call sign, but they don't get to pick.Within hours of his commission, Capt. Tennyson William Hunter, 13, received four finalists for his call sign: Kittens Mittens, Chef, Lotto and Wizard.First, for his love of cats. Second, because he enjoys baking. Third, given that the 152nd

  • 173rd FW dedicates new F-15 flagship honoring WWII hero

    Kingsley Field is forever tied to World War II and Lt. David R. Kingsley, who posthumously received the Medal of Honor for heroism during the war.At the entrance to the base sits a memorial designed with a piece of the B-17 aircraft that crashed in Bulgaria during WWII – with Kingsley still in it.

  • NY Air Guard customizes shipping boxes for 25-foot-long skis

    Good skis are expensive. So it’s always a good idea to protect them when they’re shipped.It’s an even better idea to protect them when the skis are 25 feet long, weigh 3,000 pounds, and are used to land 75,800-pound LC-130 cargo airplanes on ice and snow.But the shipping containers the 109th Airlift

  • 103rd fuels Airmen keep Flying Yankees mission-ready

    The Flying Yankees of the 103rd Airlift Wing, Connecticut Air National Guard, have achieved a lot in their brief time as a C-130H tactical airlift unit. Critical to the unit's success is the 103rd Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels flight, whose support ensures aircrews get the training they need to

  • Puerto Rico National Guard helps respond to earthquakes

    The Puerto Rico National Guard was activated Tuesday to help respond to earthquakes that caused heavy damage, some injuries and at least one fatality in the southwest area of the island.Gov. Wanda Vázquez-Garced activated the Guard after a series of earthquakes along the southern coast culminating

  • Texas and Louisiana ANG units participate in FSRT BETA test

    Air National Guard members from the 149th and the 159th Fighter Wings participated in a beta assessment test for Fatality Search and Recovery Teams at the Round Rock Public Safety Training Center, Round Rock Texas from 3-8 December 2019.

  • USDA-Michigan Air Guard program cuts risk of bird collisions

    The flight line at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center is a busy place. As the year-round host for training events like Northern Strike – the Defense Department's largest joint reserve-component exercise – it's not uncommon to see more than 60 aircraft on Alpena's tarmac. During Northern Strike

  • 120th Airlift Wing hosts buddy care training

    GREAT FALLS, Mont. – Members of the 120th Airlift Wing, Montana Air National Guard, trained on self-aid buddy care (SABC) Jan. 4.Maj. Bill Thompson, medical administrative officer for the 120th Medical Group, spearheaded the training to help the wing achieve its mission."With this new expeditionary