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  • Kraus promoted to rank of major general

    Brig. Gen. Mark R. Kraus, a Kentucky Air Guardsman who serves as Air National Guard assistant to the commander of U.S. Air Forces Central, was promoted to the rank of major general during a ceremony held here Sunday.Kraus' new rank insignia were pinned on by his wife, Leslie, and Maj. Gen. Edward W.

  • 'Focus on the Force' honors Air Guard's outstanding Airmen

    What do you get when you combine the Air National Guard's most Outstanding Airmen, the Enlisted Field Advisory Council, and a cadre of E-9s going through the Chief's Executive Course? ... some of this country's top enlisted minds tackling the challenges facing Guard-Airmen during the aptly named

  • Operation Northern Strike Highlights Michigan Capabilities

    In one of the most comprehensive displays of military might in the modern history of the Great Lakes region, Operation Northern Strike brought together Soldiers, Airmen and other military personnel for two weeks of intense operational training at locations across northern Michigan in August. The

  • Air National Guard 'Focus on the Force' week

    With an eye on tackling the biggest issues confronting the more than 105,000 Guard-Airmen force, the Command Chief Master Sgt. of the Air National Guard held the first "Focus on the Force" week at the Air National Guard Readiness Center here Aug. 12-15.Chief Master Sgt. James W. Hotaling invited the

  • Air Guard Director hosts first 'All Call'

    Remaining operationally engaged, the fiscal climate, furloughs, and serving with distinction were topics frankly discussed here by the Director of the Air National Guard, Air Force Lt. Gen. Stanley E. Clarke III, at his first "All Call" Aug 14.The event, part of "Focus on the Force" week held at the

  • Kentucky Air Guard unit verified for domestic disaster-response mission

    When a natural disaster strikes the homeland, civilian authorities often find themselves overwhelmed by the sheer magnitude of the crisis.Power and communications may be knocked out, roads and airports are frequently impassable or inoperative, and food or water can be dangerously scarce.But the

  • Airman captures images of EPME studies

    Tech. Sgt. Lakisha Croley from the 1st Combat Camera Squadron is putting together her photo album on what she did this summer: Noncommissioned Officer Academy.Croley is an active duty Air Force photographer assigned at Joint Base Charleston in South Carolina. For the last six weeks she studied