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  • Operation Back-to-School 2015 Backpack Giveaway

    More than 350 school-age children received backpacks filled with school supplies this weekend during the annual 102nd Intelligence Wing Back-to-School backpack giveaway.Organized by the Otis Civilian Advisory Council, approximately 60,000 school supplies were donated by several Cape Cod vendors to

  • Kingsley Field Airmen activated to help with state wild fires

    As wildfires threaten to consume forests and homes around the state of Oregon, 55 Airmen from the 173rd Fighter Wing have volunteered to fight the blazes.The volunteers traveled north to Salem Aug. 25, where they began firefighting training at the Department of Public Safety Standards and

  • 179th Director of Psychological Heath recognized at Pentagon

    The 179th Airlift Wing Director of Psychological Health was presented the region 3 Outstanding Performer Award during an awards and recognition ceremony at the Pentagon, Aug. 20.Mrs. Vivian Winters received the award from Maj. Gen. Gretchen Dunkelberger, Air National Guard assistant to the surgeon

  • Utah ANG participates in multi-agency medevac training

    Several Utah Air National Guardsmen with the 151st Medical Group participated in a multi-agency medical evacuation training exercise Aug. 16, near the Beaver Ponds in Utah's Farmington Canyon.The scenario was a response exercise for a downed commuter plane with an unknown number of casualties and

  • Leadership course provides Airmen pathways to success

    Calling the experience "very eye opening," Airman 1st Class Madison Harrison came away from the recent three-day Enlisted Leadership Symposium at Camp Dawson, West Virginia with a greater understanding and appreciation of the total Air Force."Seeing how the Air Force works as a whole is going to

  • Rickenbacker ANGB hosts Jake Sprowl as Pilot for a Day

    The 121st Air Refueling Wing hosted Jake Sprowl, a 12-year-old from Springfield, Ohio, as Pilot for a Day Aug. 12, at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base, Ohio.The Pilot for a Day program offers youth with chronic or life threatening illnesses the opportunity to spend time with Airmen and enjoy a

  • Guard aeromedical teams strengthen skills during Vigilant Guard

    The capabilities of the Minnesota National Guard's 109th Aeromedical Squadron were recently put to the test during Vigilant Guard, a state-wide exercise to improve the state's military and civilian responders' ability to work together during a natural disaster.Vigilant Guard is a United States

  • 128 ARW created refueling route saves time and taxpayers' money

    Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Tyson Krug flips several switches on the control panel, sets his chin on the chinrest and waits. At a steady altitude of 25,000 feet, a Canadian forest can be seen rushing past in a blur below. Although a mesmerizing sight, Krug continues to focus his attention solely