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  • AF tattoo policy updates take effect Feb. 1

    According to an Air Force Policy Memorandum for Appearance and Accession Standards Review, revisions for tattoo standards applicable to the Total Force take effect Feb. 1. The guidance, which will be incorporated into Air Force Instruction 36-2903, Dress and Personal Appearance of Air Force

  • Two Florida ANG pilots are forging the future of the F-35 fighter

    EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. - As the skies over Valparaiso, Florida, play host to numerous aircraft from multiple branches of the Department of Defense, pilots from the Florida Air National Guard (FLANG) are training aviators on the Air Force's F-35A Lightning II fifth-generation fighter.Eglin Air

  • New Jersey ANG 119th Fighter Squadron prepares for Osan deployment

    Approximately 200 Airmen and 12 F-16 Fighting Falcons with the 119th Fighter Squadron from Atlantic City Air National Guard Base, New Jersey, are set to deploy in February to Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, as the 119th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron in support of the U.S. Pacific Command Theater

  • Shaping the total force: Guardsmen in the theater

    During a visit here, Jan. 4, Air National Guard Director Lt. Gen. L. Scott Rice delivered a message of continued resiliency as he expressed his gratitude to members serving in the ANG and encouraged them on the rest of their deployment in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.

  • President Fillmore honored by 107th on behalf of White House

    The 107th Airlift Wing honored Millard Fillmore, the nation's 13th president, with a wreath laying ceremony at his grave at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo on Friday, Jan. 6.Col. Gray R. Charlton, the wing vice commander, laid the wreath on behalf of President Barack Obama in front of dignitaries

  • ANGRC commander receives second star

    The commander of the Air National Guard Readiness Center was promoted to the rank of major general during a ceremony January 3.Brig. Gen. Michael R. Taheri was promoted by Chief, National Guard Bureau, Gen. Joseph P. Lengyel as he prepares to take on the position of the ANG's director of Strategic

  • Pa. Guard's 111th ATKW heralds holiday for local children's home

    Members of the Pa. National Guard's 111th Attack Wing here delivered more than 2,000 household supplies, essential living items and children's toys to a child services facility in Warminster, Pennsylvania, Dec. 15.For more than 20 years, the Wing has rallied to provide essential home items and toys

  • 137th SOW adds antenna to support ISR mission

    A communications tower was installed here Sept. 23, bringing a more direct way for 137th Special Operations Wing aircraft to communicate.The new $138,600 tower will support the training of air crew in coordination with the MC-12 Liberty aircraft Tactical Operations Center as part of the new

  • Virginia Air Guard members assist with accident victim

    With quick thinking, two members of the Virginia Air National Guard's 192nd Medical Group, put their skills and training to use at an accident here Nov 19.After wrapping up their duty day Maj. Kelly Niedzwiecki and Maj. Zach Hoffman were headed downtown for dinner when they heard a loud screeching