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  • Airman traces family lineage to abolitionist

    For Air Force Staff Sgt. Barricia McCormick, a Georgia Air National Guard member and paralegal with the 116th Air Control Wing here, a fifth-grade family history project for her school revealed a rich heritage she found hard to believe."You know we're related to Harriet Tubman," McCormick's mother

  • 188th pilot earns Combat Action Medal for OIF work on the ground

    The wealth of skills and experience possessed by Guardsmen make them invaluable partners in the fight against America's adversaries.188th Fighter Wing pilot Maj. Patric Coggin was awarded the Air Force Combat Action Medal at a recent commander's call not for his work as a close-air support pilot but

  • Virginia Air Guard pilot connects with community

    The Virginia Air and Space Center hosted an African American History Month program celebrating African-American achievements in science, technology, engineering and math, Hampton, Va., Feb. 8, 2014. Lt. Col. Darren "Whip" Gray 192nd Fighter Wing Air Force F-22 Raptor aircraft pilot, was invited to

  • Port of Portland selected as Oregon National Guard Employer of the Year

    The Commander of the 142nd Fighter Wing here welcomed leaders and other staff members from the Port of Portland Thursday to recognize the Port of Portland for being selected as the Oregon Air National Guard's 2013 Employer of the Year."This is a great turn out and an extraordinary honor to have you

  • Ill. Air Guard doctor deploys to Antarctica, takes on helicopter crash

    The commander of the 182nd Medical Group in Peoria, Ill., returned from a rare seven-week deployment to Antarctica Jan. 4, where he provided medical care at the McMurdo Station there.Two weeks after arriving, Air National Guard Col. Steven S. Norris of Morton, Ill., found himself in the middle of a

  • Leaders, experts support TEC's tradition of top speakers

    Some of the nation's top leaders in military service spoke with students in recent weeks here at the I.G. Brown Training an Education Center.Their distinguished visits supported the TEC's Enlisted Professional Military Education and Professional Continuing Education Programs, said officials."It's an

  • 145th AW keeps 'Mission Ready' as 2nd winter storm hits the Carolinas

    February is the month known to bring hearts, roses, chocolates, charms and maybe a diamond or two. But for those living in the south there was no southern charm in the forecast as another winter storm sliced through southern and middle-Atlantic states Wednesday and Thursday activating more than

  • JSTARS operators put new technology to the test

    Air Force E-8C Joint STARS aircraft operators recently trained for and started testing a new capability here that will allow them to receive and transmit crucial data to more joint agencies at a farther distance than ever before.The Joint Range Extension Applications Protocol; known as JREAP-C, is