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  • Wing defenders accept ANG Squadron of the Year award

    Chosen among all Air National Guard security units across the country, the 161st Security Forces Squadron  received the Air National Guard Security Forces Squadron of the Year award during a ceremony here Aug. 1.The Air National Guard Security Forces director, Col. Ed Kingdon, and the career field

  • MC-12W returns flying operations back to Will Rogers Air National Guard Base

    The 137th Air Refueling Wing officially welcomed flying operations back to Will Rogers Air National Guard Base by recognizing the arrival of the Air Force MC-12W aircraft during a ribbon cutting ceremony, Aug. 1."We're very excited to have the mission back at Will Rogers and have everybody here and

  • California Air National Guardsmen "Take Down the Towers" Overseas

    Just as one upgrades to a new cell phone, the military often has to upgrade its communications systems. Only in this case, "upgrading" antenna towers as high as 120 feet is a considerably greater chore.For this purpose, the California Air National Guard journeyed to Lajes Air Base in the Azores,

  • SCANG Chaplains attend multi-national event in Colombia

    South Carolina Air National Guard Chaplain, Lt. Col. Brian Bohlman and Master Sgt. Charles Williams, noncommissioned officer in charge for the SCANG Chaplain Corps, attended a three day symposium in Bogota, Colombia, discussing how religion matters to military commanders, service members and their

  • Security Forces Get Unconventional During Tactical Training Exercise

    Airmen from the 125th Security Forces Squadron are participating in a training exercise at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, Florida to help them prepare for upcoming deployments.These Airmen, with help and guidance from Counterdrug Task Force Training Instructors, also part of the Florida

  • Oklahoma ANG unit begins transition with arrival of first MC-12W aircraft

    The Oklahoma Air National Guard's 137th Air Refueling Wing welcomed the arrival of the Air Force MC-12W aircraft here, July 10.The arrival of the MC-12 marks the return of flying operations to WRANGB for the first time since 2007.The 137 ARW received the MC-12 based on its manpower, facilities,

  • ANG Band of the Midwest perfectly tuned

    The Air National Guard Band of the Midwest played a variety of music as part of a summer concert series entitled "Heroes Among Us" held here at the historic Grandview Park Bandshell.The 566th band provided multiple ensembles including: Harmony in Blue, Permanent Party and a Concert Band performing

  • SECAF praises total force effort during Utah visit

    The Secretary of the Air Force, Deborah Lee James, was the distinguished guest speaker at an "All Call" held at Hill Air Force Base July 24, with more than 400 civilian and military members of active-duty, guard and reserve components in attendance.Secretary James considered it an absolute honor to

  • Orphanage construction builds friends in Latvia

    Coyotes engineer a better life for orphans in Latvia while deterring aggression at the same time.The 190th Civil Engineering Squadron spent most of June in Daugavpils, Latvia, working with Latvian military engineers renovating an orphanage.Funded by European Command, this humanitarian civic