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  • 180th Fighter Wing travels to Alpena to train

    Airmen with the 180th Fighter Wing in Swanton, Ohio embarked on a simulated deployment to Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center here June 19-25.The purpose of this deployment is to simulate and assess the ability of the wing to prepare, and generate aircraft to fly those to a deployed location and

  • Airmen ensure Command and Control in Tennessee Maneuvers 2016

    Airmen from the 119th Command and Control Squadron practiced their disaster response techniques utilizing the Joint Incident Site Communication Capability Terminal at the Tennessee Maneuvers exercise in Memphis, June 20-23.The JISCC is a mobile command and control center that provides emergency

  • Newest command chief meets with newest ANG chiefs at CEC

    The Air National Guard's command chief master sergeant addressed his first class of recently promoted chief master sergeants during the Chief's Executive Course held at the Air National Guard Readiness Center here June 20.CEC is a weeklong course designed to provide new chief master sergeants with a

  • B-Course Series: They all graduate!

    In some respects Class 16-ABK ended like it started--with a flurry of activity.Maybe the best indicator of that is the fact that nearly all six graduates of this class graduated on a different day. That is unusual and it reflects a number of things: the fast pace of fighter pilot training in

  • Camp Airedale tours the 188th Wing

    Students from the Alma School District's Camp Airedale visited the 188th Wing throughout the month of June 2016 and gained hands-on learning experience through base tours and briefs on the 188th mission.Visiting the base provides campers the opportunity to view the 188th Wing history and to learn

  • Pa. ESGR awards ceremony shines light on superior citizens

    The Pennsylvania Committee for the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve held a gala to recognize employers of Guardsmen and reservists in Horsham, June 14.Established in 1972, ESGR is a Department of Defense program created to advance cooperation and understanding between reserve service

  • HIANG air crews return from Southwest Asia deployment

    More than 50 Hawaii Air National Guard members and three KC-135 Stratotankers from the HIANG 203rd Air Refueling Squadron returned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam June 16 and 20 following a deployment to Southwest Asia.The Airmen were deployed for four months in support of Operation Inherent

  • First responders participate in mass casualty exercise

    The 121st Air Refueling Wing participated in a full-scale, mass casualty emergency preparedness exercise June 14, at Rickenbacker International Airport.The exercise was held to test and evaluate emergency response plans of the Columbus Regional Airport Authority, first response emergency services,