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  • Training with NATO allies promotes standardization

    Joint Terminal Attack Controllers from the 227th Air Support Operations Squadron trained with German Armed Forces JTACs here Feb. 25-29, and at the Warren Grove Bombing Range.The five day combined training event included familiarization briefs, hands-on Combat Air Support controlling and

  • Pease prepares for new tanker with relocation of flight simulator

    A ceremony was held here March 9 to retire the KC-135 flight simulator, marking a turning point as the base prepares for the arrival of the U.S. Air Force's newest tanker, the KC-46A Pegasus.In 2014,  Air Mobility Command and the Air National Guard worked together to identify a total of four KC-135

  • 180FW supports community Dress Down Donation event

    Airmen with the 180th Fighter Wing, Ohio Air National Guard, collected canned food and other donations as part of a Dress Down Donation event on March 1.Collected items are donated to the SeaGate Food Bank of Northwest Ohio, a non-profit organization that has been serving Northwest Ohio since

  • A Tradition of Excellence

    The Air Force Outstanding Unit Award has been awarded to the 180th Fighter Wing, located at Toledo Express Airport, Swanton, Ohio, for the period of October 1, 2012 to September 30, 2014.The award, presented in fall of 2015, on behalf of the Secretary of the Air Force, recognizes the meritorious

  • In Every Clime and Place

    The deafening roar of jet engines drowned out all other sounds as aircraft rocketed down the runway at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam during exercise Cope North. As soon as all the jets had launched, the engines of generators grumbled to life and Airmen from the 112th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron

  • Cope North 16: Pilots Fly in Large-Force Employment

    More than 200 Airmen and 12 F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 112th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron deployed to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam and participated in exercise Cope North 16, from Feb 10 through 26.Cope North is a long-standing annual two-week exercise that includes nearly 3,000 military

  • CONR deputy commander visits the South Carolina ANG

    The deputy commander of the Continental United States NORAD Region, flew with the South Carolina Air National Guard here and addressed the 169th Fighter Wing's role in the homeland defense mission, February 29 - March 1.During his visit, Canadian Forces Brig. Gen. Alain Pelletier toured the base

  • Missouri Air National Guard maintainer wins EMT top award

    An electro-environmental specialist with the Missouri Air National Guard's 131st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron was recently awarded the 2015 Kenneth E. Cole, Jr. Memorial Award by the Missouri Emergency Medical Services Association.At the association's annual awards banquet in Branson, Missouri,

  • Canadian forces experience wealth of training at 188th Razorback Range

    Members of the Y Battery 2nd Regiment Royal Canadian Horse Artillery arrived at the 188th Wing Detachment 1 Razorback Range at Fort Chaffee Joint Maneuver Training Center, Ark., for joint terminal attack controller training Feb. 8.Canadian JTACs are required to train abroad at least twice a year and