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  • TACPs control the skies of Barry Goldwater Range

    Tactical Air Control Party Airmen from the 181st Intelligence Wing, 113th Air Support Operations Squadron, honed their skills during a Snowbird Exercise, Feb. 21-25.The 12 TACP Airmen conducted live close air support training at the Barry Goldwater Range to maintain their combat mission ready status

  • SGLI, life & death issue

    Service members are automatically enrolled in Service Members Group Life insurance or SGLI when they first join the military for up to $400,000.In some cases this may be the first and last time they think about life insurance.Sadly if a service member's SGLI information is not current it could

  • Sun sets on training for Japanese students at the 162nd Wing

    As Japan prepares to mark five years since a massive earthquake triggered a tsunami that devastated its northeast coast, the Japanese students at the Arizona Air National Guard's 162nd Wing located at Tucson International Airport completed their F-16 pilot training.Japan turned to the premier

  • Horsham LRS committed to gas mask compliance, cost-saving efforts

    The 111th Logistics Readiness Squadron is ensuring all 111th Attack Wing gas masks are receiving proper testing, while saving time and money, during a two-week program here that began March 1.The 111th LRS is utilizing the help of the government-contracted Joint Program Executive Office-Chemical,

  • Raising kids and mentoring Airmen - an Air Guardsman's legacy

    Serving in the Air National Guard means something different to everyone. For some, it adds meaning to life. To others, it is a source of honor. For one sheet metal fabrication mechanic assigned to the 161st Air Refueling Wing here, serving provides a sense of purpose outside of normal daily

  • 137th ARW hosts ANG safety course

    The 137th Air Refueling Wing safety office hosted an Air National Guard-funded safety orientation course here, Feb. 22-25.The course's instruction focused on training personnel to embody and promote the Air Force's total force safety initiatives while protecting Airmen and their environments from

  • Joint Base Andrews Black History Month celebration held at ANGRC

    More than 100 Airmen, Sailors and civilians came together to observe Black History Month at the Air National Guard Readiness Center here, Feb. 24.The event, hosted by the 79th Medical Wing here and the ANGRC, featured remarks by Col. Yolanda Bledsoe, 79th Medical Wing vice commander, and Dr. Anthony

  • Lone stone

    A worn, POW MIA memorial stone sits just inside the north entrance to the Morrisey Hall classroom building on a rainy Wednesday at the I.G. Brown Training and Education Center here Feb. 24, with the facility construction in the distance.The stone was donated by NCO academy class FY 2000-1.This

  • New $6.8 Million renewable energy system unveiled

    The High Technology Development Corporation's Hawaii Center for Advanced Transportation Technologies sponsored a demonstration of a $6.8 million renewable and clean, waste to energy generating system here Feb. 19.The demonstration was contracted through Biomass Energy Systems, Inc. show the efficacy

  • 188th acknowledges Outstanding Airmen of the Quarter winners

    Seventeen Airmen of the Quarter nominees were recognized at commander's call, Feb. 20, for distinguishing themselves among their 188th peers and providing exceptional service to the wing over the last quarter.The winners were selected in the Airman, Noncommissioned Officer, Senior NCO, Company Grade