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  • 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

  • ANGRC commander talks to Chief's Executive Course: We are here for you

    The Commander of the Air National Guard Readiness Center discusses the purpose of the ANGRC with Chief Master Sergeants from across the country during the Chief' Executive Course here Wednesday."We are here to serve the 89 wings and [geographically separated units] in the states, territories and the

  • 177th Airmen take part in Cajun Care 2014

    Fourteen Airmen from the 177th Medical Group, New Jersey Air National Guard, are taking part in one of the largest Department of Defense community outreach efforts in the South from Feb. 26 to March 6 here during Cajun Care 2014.Navy and Air National Guard medical personnel are providing free

  • ANG Director present medals to NY Air Guardsmen

    Twenty Air Force Airmen with the 105th Base Defense Squadron here received 29 medals Sunday during an awards ceremony attended by Lt. Gen. Stanley E. Clarke III, the director of the Air National Guard.Clarke presented awards to Air Guardsmen who deployed with the 820th Base Defense Group, Moody Air

  • Polar Plunge supports Special Olympics

    Rainy, 40-degree weather tested the resolve of Polar Plungers Feb. 8 here including 12 members of the Kingsley Field Fire Department and two guard members from the 270th Air Traffic Control Squadron.Both teams remained undeterred and leapt into the chilly water helping raise more than $3,000 for the

  • Kingsley earns top award for air traffic control complex

    Approximately one year ago the Associated Press reported that Kingsley Field's air traffic control tower was selected for closure under the terms of sequestration, a term describing a budget impasse in the U.S. Congress.This galvanized a strong response, and the Federal Aviation Administration

  • Kingsley pilot crosses 2,000 hours in Eagle

    Air Force Lt. Col. David Unruh joined a small cadre of pilots to reach 2,000 hours in an Air Force F-15 Eagle aircraft Jan. 17 here.Unruh, an F-15 instructor pilot at the 173rd Fighter Wing crossed that threshold during a routine training mission."This milestone reminds me of just how transitory our

  • 270th Employee rescues motorist

    A 270th Air Traffic Controller potentially saved the life of an injured motorist on Oregon Highway 58, Jan. 19.Retired Senior Master Sgt. John Crowe, now a civilian air traffic controller, was driving home from the Portland Airport when he spotted an illuminated tail light on an obviously wrecked