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  • Air Guard, Reserve engineers renovate Maine Boy Scout camp

    Air Guard and Reserve civil engineers from around the country are using their skills here recenlty to refurbish Camp William Hinds for the Boy Scouts of America.Through the Department of Defense's Innovative Readiness Training program military construction units partner with civil organizations for

  • Flying Yankees do heavy lifting

    The 118th Airlift Squadron from Bradley Air National Guard Base here dropped their very first "heavy" July 23, 2014, over "bean bag drop zone" at Westover Air Reserve Base in Chicopee, Massachusetts.As part of the 103rd Airlift Wing, the squadron has been performing these training drops every week

  • Aiming for enhanced readiness with base-wide exercise

    Bradley Air National Guard Base here went on lockdown mid-morning July 30 as part of an active-shooter response exercise conducted by the 103rd Airlift Wing. According to Lt. Col. James Guerrera, anti-terrorism officer for the 103rd Airlift Wing, the exercise is an annual requirement for the wing to

  • President Obama visits 166th Airlift Wing in DE

    President Barack Obama came to the Delaware Air National Guard's 166th Airlift Wing here aboard Air Force One July 17 en route to the Port of Wilmington to announce a new initiative to increase private sector investment in our nation's infrastructure.Arriving with the president were Sen. Chris Coons

  • Wing stands down critical aerial refueling mission

    The Northeast Tanker Task Force stood down a 24/7 alert commitment July 31 at 8 a.m. after nearly 13 years of flying aerial refueling missions over New York City and other metropolitan cities 157th Air Refueling Wing officials here announced.The men and women of the 157th Air Refueling Wing sprang

  • Hancock Field prepares for MQ-9 taxiing in the future

    Members of the 174th Attack Wing at Hancock Field Air National Guard Base here and members of the media watched as an Air Force MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft taxied around the upper ramp for the first time Aug 19."In my mind it's a milestone the 174th has reached with the new mission and

  • Air Directorate Field Advisory Council meets to discuss current issues

    Air National Guard leaders met at the Air National Guard Readiness Center here July 29-30 to openly discuss policies, current issues and priorities impacting the ANG during the Air Directorate Field Advisory Council meeting.Air Force Col. Mark D. Auer, the ADFAC chairman, led the council's

  • Alaska Air Guardsmen transport woman in labor with twins

    Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard's 210th, 211th and 212th Rescue Squadrons assisted with the transportation of a pregnant woman in labor from Nulato, Alaska, July 28.The woman was 25 weeks pregnant with twins and had gone into early labor.The urgent nature of her condition required that she

  • Louisville area youths learn about aviation careers in Air National Guard

    About 80 youths from the Louisville area spent June 20 touring the 123rd Airlift Wing at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base here to learn more about aviation-related careers in the ANG.The tour, which included a static display of an Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft and simulations that allowed