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  • Annual ANGRC picnic celebrate families

    Airmen and civilians assigned to the Air National Guard Readiness Center at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, gathered with their families for the annual ANGRC picnic at Fort Hunt Park here July 3.The event was hosted by Air Force Brig. Gen. Michael R. Taheri, commander of the ANGRC, and provides an

  • Air National Guard Bands kick off 2014 national summer tour

    The Air National Guard Bands, made up of five regional bands across the country, are packing up their instruments and hitting the road for their 2014 summer tour. Touring began June 25 and members are scheduled to perform up to 60 shows, sometimes putting on two performances a day in order to

  • 'Flag guy' gives taste of 188th's top-notch community support

     The Fourth of July holiday is a time to reflect on our independence. While free citizens participate in barbeques, patriotic concerts and fireworks, everyone will likely at some point during the day think about the significance of this special date. The Fourth of July is the nation's birthday.

  • Air National Guard chaplains help in Japan

    Members of the 126th Air Refueling Wing, Illinois Air National Guard, Chaplains Office are assisting Navy clergy here for two weeks.An Illinois ANG chaplain and a chaplain assistant are performing their annual training with the sister service while filling in for chapel staff members who are on

  • Kentucky Air Guardsmen test survival skills at Taylorsville Lake

    More than 120 aircrew members from the Kentucky Air National Guard participated in land- and water-survival training at Taylorsville Lake here June 5 through 7 practicing skills that could one day save their lives.The pilots, co-pilots, navigators, flight engineers, loadmasters and flight surgeons

  • Airmen, aircraft continue Greenland mission

    Approximately 70 Air National Guard Airmen and two ski-equipped Air Force LC-130 Hercules aircraft completed the fourth rotation in the Arctic region to support the National Science Foundation June 27-30 here.Only two rotations are left before the 2014 season comes to a close.A group of Airmen and

  • Deployed training enables Airmen from CT, KY to increase proficiency

    Airmen from the 103rd Airlift Wing, Connecticut Air National Guard, and 123rd Airlift Wing, Kentucky ANG, deployed to the Combat Readiness Training Center here to participate in cooperative Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft maintenance training June 23 through June 27.This training deployment also

  • 177th Fighter Wing EOD technician awarded Silver Star

    An Air National Guard explosive ordnance disposal technician with the 177th Fighter Wing was awarded the Silver Star here June 28 for valor in combat while deployed to Afghanistan in 2012.Master Sgt. Michael F. Sears, the leader of a small team of explosive ordnance disposal airmen, is credited with

  • 239th Combat Comm takes Whiteman by storm

    The 239th Combat Communications Squadron, Missouri Air National Guard, travelled to Whiteman Air Force Base for Operation Tangled Web, a deployment training exercise.Fifty three Citizen-Airmen from the unit, based at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, held a mock deployment here to train on basic Air