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  • 114th Civil Engineers participate in Innovative Readiness Training

    The 114th Civil Engineer Squadron deployed 19 Airmen to Delmont S.D. for an Innovative Readiness Training request, Oct. 4, 2014.  IRT's provide real world training opportunities for our service members to prepare them for their war time missions while supporting the needs of America's underserved

  • Air Guard recruiters take state by storm in acquiring acclaim

    Two 111th Attack Wing recruiters from Horsham Air Guard Station earned Pennsylvania state honors Oct. 28 as paramount producers in their respective fields.Tech. Sgt. Alex Galatis, 111th ATKW production recruiter, and Master Sgt. Kevin Watson, 111th ATKW recruiting office supervisor, were

  • Air Guardsman fights fires, stereotypes

    One Airman, a full-time firefighter here at Warfield Air National Guard Base, recently put the fear of leaving her unit and home in Puerto Rico behind her to pursue the challenge of a career in Maryland.Senior Airman Sheila M. Fuentes left Puerto Rico and joined the Maryland Air National Guard last

  • WWII vet reminisces on recent 'Honor Flight,' price of freedom

    A La Grande resident and Oregon National Guard veteran received a trip to Washington, D.C., last month as part of the Honor Flight project's objective to take all WWII veterans to visit the National World War II Memorial.Army Air Corps Tech. Sgt. Fred Parish flew from the Portland International

  • ANG Command Chief visits Delaware's 166th Airlift Wing

    The highest ranking enlisted member in the Air National Guard visited the 166th Airlift Wing here Oct. 18 to foster direct communication with Airmen.As the Air National Guard Command Chief, Chief Master Sgt. James W. Hotaling is responsible for matters influencing the health, morale and welfare of

  • Global Strike Challenge accepted

    More than 80 Airmen from the 509th Bomb Wing and Missouri Air National Guard's 131st Bomb Wing here recently defended their Global Strike Challenge title in this year's competition.The total force team won the coveted Fairchild Trophy during the last competition, held in 2012, and have won the top

  • Flying Yankees support joint paratrooper training

    Airmen from the 103rd Airlift Wing at Bradley Air National Guard Base supported multiple joint Army air transportation training missions Sept. 5 and Oct.The first JAATT mission supported by the Connecticut Air National Guard took place in the skies above Fort Benning in  Columbus, Georgia, where

  • New York's 106th Rescue Wing base honor guard sets a high bar

    With 619 funerals conducted in the 2013-14 fiscal year, the 106th Rescue Wing's Base Honor Guard is the busiest honor guard team in the Air National Guard.The team is also the eighth-busiest Honor Guard in the total Air Force and the only Base Honor Guard recognized by the Air Combat Command