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  • 3 States Combine for Michigan CSAR

    With an Air Force A-10 Thuderbolt II aircraft providing combat cover from above, a New York-based HH-60 Blackhawk helicopter appeared just above the tree line in the woods of northern Michigan ready to spirit a downed pilot back to safety. And so ended another day of a week-long combat search and

  • Oregon Air National Guard members earn high honors

    The Oregon Air National Guard honored a group of Airmen with the 125th Special Tactics Squadron with a Silver Star and Bronze Star medals, during a ceremony Monday.Attending were Lt. Gen. Eric E. Fiel, commander, Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Fla.; Lt. Gen. Stanley E. Clarke

  • Air National Guard director addresses National Guard commanders

    Air Force Lt. Gen. Stanley E. Clarke III, the director of the Air National Guard, met with senior-level commanders at a recent Air National Guard Commander's Development Course at the Pentagon.During the nine-day course, Army and Air National Guard senior officers representing 36 states were exposed

  • New TEC facility to build capacity

    Base officials here just announced recently the early planning stages for a new, nearly 47,000 square foot dormitory and classroom facility at the I.G. Brown Training and Education Center."Currently, our in-resident throughput can exceed 4,000 service members, and this new facility will potentially

  • Commentary: Why we do what we do

    I am currently deployed as a flight nurse at Joint Base Andrews, Md., along with many Guard and Reserve members. We have three operating locations within the United States.Often, when we tell people at home we are deploying state side, we get a negative response similar to "Oh, hmm, well that isn't

  • First female Idaho ANG wing commander

    The first female wing commander in Idaho Air National Guard history assumed command during a ceremony March 2 at Gowen Field here.Air Force Col. Sherrie McCandless was selected to command the 124th Fighter Wing."We have a no-fail mission," said McCandless. "It is absolutely imperative that we

  • AFA honors Air Guard

    The Air Force Association's D.W. Steel Sr. Memorial Chapter hosted the 12th Annual AFA Salute to the Air National Guard recognizing members assigned to the National Guard Bureau during a ceremony March 13 at the Sheraton Pentagon City Hotel here."We've done these salutes and it is always a highlight

  • NGB Vice Chief participates in 2014 US Senate Youth Program

    The Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau, Air Force Lt. Gen. Joseph L. Lengyel, interacts with Phillip Ramirez and Avalon Roche March 11 during the 52nd annual United States Senate Youth Program here.Ramirez and Roche are two Department of Defense Education Activity delegates selected to attend

  • 116th ACW: one of 12 ANG units to receive state-of-art mobile kitchen

    The 116th Air Control Wing, part of the Georgia Air National Guard, was chosen as one of 12 Air National Guard units to receive the new disaster relief mobile kitchen, or DRMK, in April, replacing their current mobile kitchen trailer."The capabilities of the DRMK will allow us to better react and