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  • Air Guard First Sergeant Functional Area Manager visits 145th AW

    The blackberry vibrates and the familiar ring grows louder as you pick up the phone, realizing as you answer it in a daze that you are about to end your blissful sleep, that perfect dream...at 2 a.m. Security Police from the base is on the phone. They're very sorry to disturb you (not really!), but

  • Mrs. Cody talks family, readiness support services during Whiteman visit

    Athena Cody, a retired chief master sergeant and spouse of Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody, met with Missouri Air National Guard and active-duty Airmen here to discuss key issues affecting members and their families, and how those issues can affect readiness.The visit, during the

  • CMSAF Cody, wife tour Whiteman, visit B-2 total force

    Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody and his wife, retired Chief Master Sgt. Athena Cody, visited Total Force Airmen and got a firsthand look at Whiteman's B-2 operations during their recent trip to the base.The visit coincided with the March drill weekend for the Missouri Air National

  • Welsh, Cody visit with 138th Airmen

    TULSA, Okla. - Airmen from the 138th Fighter Wing, hosted Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III today for a welcomed appearance at the Tulsa Air National Guard base. Welsh and his wife, Betty, were accompanied by the Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James Cody and his wife, Athena. Welsh

  • Missouri Guard's 131st Bomb Wing receives Jimmy Doolittle Award

    In an award presented by General Mark A. Welsh III, Chief of Staff of the Air Force, the Missouri Air National Guard's 131st Bomb Wing was recognized as a Jimmy Doolittle Educational Fellow by the Central Florida Chapter of Air Force Association at the chapter's Air Force Gala banquet on February

  • 181st Intelligence Wing Airmen Hone Urban Combat Skills

    Airmen from the 181st Intelligence Wing, 113th Air Support Operations Squadron, Indiana Air National Guard will conduct Operation Rogue Banshee at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center Saturday through Monday.The focus of the training will be Close Air Support incorporation into urban combat operations

  • Square knot's secret revealed in Air National Guard ceremonial sword

    An Air National Guard history document that features how the ceremonial Order of the Sword was forged has recently solved the mystery of why a stranded-wire square knot ended up on the handle, and more.The questions came after the five foot long sword was moved last summer to the Air National Guard

  • New York Air National Guard Pararescue Jumpers Hone Emergency Medical Skills

    New York Air National Guard Pararescuemen and Combat Rescue Officers of the 106th Rescue Wing's 103rd Rescue Squadron tested their emergency medical skills with real-world scenarios that modeled what they would see on the battlefield or in a crash.The Feb. 27 training sent the pararescuemen, known

  • Snowbird Range Ops

    Using an array of technological equipment that most only experience in video games, a tactical air control party Airman calculates grid coordinates for a circling fighter aircraft. Only seconds later, a 500-pound bomb hits a target from miles away with the accuracy and precision that rivals even the

  • Logistical Readiness Squadron ramps up for Red Flag

    Airmen from the 142nd Fighter Wing Logistics Readiness Squadron were busy last week, moving about 130 Airmen and more than 75,000 pounds of cargo as they supported the Red Flag exercise at Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas, Nev. For the exercise, 10 Air Force F-15 Eagle aircraft flew from Portland to