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  • Airmen compete in Army Air Assault Course

    Two Airmen from the 139th Airlift Wing competed in the U.S. Army Air Assault Course here May 2-13.U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Greggory Haynes, who is assigned to the 139th Security Forces Squadron, and Tech. Sgt. Kristen Roles, assigned to the 139th Maintenance Group, competed in the two-week long

  • Leadership graduates depart banquet to lead Air Force

    Ninety-one graduates of the U.S. Air Force Airman Leadership School attended their graduation banquet May 19 and carried home their diplomas that evening, along with words of encouragement from the 12th Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force. What they did here at the Chief Master Sergeant Paul H.

  • 177th EOD Blows It Up

    Explosives Ordnance Disposal technicians from the New Jersey Air National Guard finished their annual EOD cleanup week at the Warren Grove Range with a bang, exploding previously dropped practice bombs at the facility in Ocean County, New Jersey on April 29.The 177th Fighter Wing EOD Techs were

  • Illinois Air National Guard hosts Warsaw Air Operations Center officers

    The Illinois Air National Guard hosted Polish Air Force representatives from the Air Operations Center - Air Component Command (AOC-ACC), Warsaw, Poland, during a five-day visit to units in the state that wrapped up Monday.Poland is the partner country of Illinois under the National Guard's State

  • 180th Fighter Wing candidate for F-35A mission

    The 180th Fighter Wing, Ohio National Guard, has been placed on a short-list as a candidate installation to receive the F-35A Joint Strike Fighter, the U.S. Air Force announced in a release, April 12.The 180FW is one of 18 Air National Guard installations across the country being considered as

  • Oregon Airmen train in Finland

    More than 100 Oregon Air National Guard Airmen from the 173rd Fighter Wing at Kingsley Field, Ore. traveled to Kuopio, Finland for training between the two partner countries.The exercise is part of Operation Atlantic Resolve, but differs from other deployments to the region called theater security

  • Air Guardsmen, local responders train for active-shooter response

    It was Friday the 13th of April, and an ominous figure was lumbering forward through an office building here. The sound of erratic gunshots echoed down the hallways."Exercise, exercise, exercise!" yelled an unspecified voice trailing the aggressor. The clarification didn't lower the volume of the

  • B-Course Series: student pilots perfect warrior skills

    As class 16-ABK crosses the halfway point they leave behind the basic aspects of flying and dogfighting in one-on-one scenarios.The F-15 does these things very well, but these students are moving toward the core of what the Eagle was born to do--control the air.Like its namesake, this aircraft has

  • 174th TFS this day in history

    On May 17, 1968, Iowa's 174th Tactical Fighter Squadron was the second Air National Guard unit to arrive in Vietnam.There were four Air Guard TFS units, Iowa, Colorado, New Mexico, and New York.The pilots began their deployment flying over the Pacific, spending countless hours over open water, each