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  • Missouri Airmen perform annual training in England

    Over 50 Airmen from the Missouri Air National Guard's 139th Airlift Wing performed their deployment field training June 29 - July 11, at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England.Members of the 139th Communications Flight, Force Support Squadron, Chaplains office, Logistics Readiness Squadron, and Public

  • A journey of recovery

    This past spring marked a milestone of sorts for Master Sgt. Charles Ramirez, a nondestructive inspection technician with the Texas Air National Guard. Ramirez is assigned to the 149th Maintenance Squadron, a sub-unit of the 149th Fighter Wing, headquartered at Joint Base San Antonio, Texas.At age

  • Kentucky Guard enters partnership to offer no-cost health care

    The Kentucky Air National Guard is teaming with other branches of the U.S. military and the Delta Regional Authority July 18 through 27, to offer health care at no cost to citizens in western Kentucky.The initiative, called Bluegrass Medical Innovative Readiness Training will provide medical

  • 117th Medical Group Airmen train with Navy

    Airmen from the 117th Medical Group conducted their two-week annual training at the Naval Medical Center San Diego from June 19 to July 1.During the two-week training, the unit was embedded with active duty U.S. Navy personnel conducting real-world missions.The Airmen from the 117 MDG helped the

  • Load crew member's career comes full circle

    Many times senior noncommissioned officers do not have the chance to go back and get their hands dirty, but one master sergeant had the opportunity to see his career come full circle."I started my career off loading and I wanted to end my career loading," said Master Sgt. Allen Anderson, an aircraft

  • 214th RG bolts toward future with new commander

    A former vice commander for the 9th Air Expeditionary Task Force in Afghanistan assumed command of the 214th Reconnaissance Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base July 9.Col. James Thompson, an Arizona native who returns home after 22 years of active duty service, took over from Lt. Col. Brian

  • Young Professionals Network visit 114th Fighter Wing

    Members of the Sioux Falls Young Professionals Network made a visit to the 114th Fighter Wing, South Dakota Air National Guard, July 12.The YPN is a program of the Sioux Falls Area Chamber of Commerce and was established in 2009 to help young professionals in the area to grow professionally and

  • Counterdrug unveils prescription medication drop box on Stratton

    The New York National Guard Counterdrug Task Force unveiled a prescription medication drop box here July 11, which will be located in the 109th Security Forces Squadron building.Soldiers and Airmen who work at Stratton Air National Guard Base will now have a way to get rid of unneeded and unwanted

  • Colorado National Guard assists with Cold Springs fire response

     About 50 Colorado National Guard Soldiers and Airmen are providing aerial wildland firefighting and security capabilities to civil authorities in response to the Cold Springs fire near Nederland, Colorado.The Colorado National Guard is operating under Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper's executive

  • Sweating it out in Guam

    Guardsmen from the Pease Air National Guard Base, New Hampshire deployed to Guam for annual training as part of the Air National Guard Troop Training Project, June 18-July 3.The project allows guard units from across the country to work on the construction sites around the world as part of their