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  • Securing Super Bowl XLVIII

    While millions of Americans enjoyed Super Bowl XLVIII from the comfort of their living rooms a select group of Airmen from the New Jersey Air National Guard's 177th Fighter Wing were tasked with providing safety and security at MetLife Stadium Feb. 2.Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcons aircraft circled

  • Spouses of ANG leadership launch base tour to improve programs for Airmen

    Airmen and their families are consistently faced with challenges outside of their job and the services to help with those challenges are not only a priority with Air National Guard leadership, but also their spouses. Rebecca Clarke, wife of Air National Guard Director Lt. Gen. Stanley Clarke and

  • Air National Guard base recognized by Energy Trust of Oregon

    Emphasizing the benefits of energy saving and sustainability, the 142nd Fighter Wing here was recognized by Energy Trust of Oregon during a presentation ceremony held here Aug 14. Speaking before members of the Fighter Wing and others in attendance, Peter West, director of Energy Programs for Energy

  • Gov. Patrick cuts ribbon on new runway at Barnes

    Gov. Patrick, U.S. Rep. Richard Neal and Maj. Gen. L. Scott Rice today joined federal, state and local officials to for a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of the new runway at Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport and Barnes Air National Guard Base, on Friday, Jan. 31, 2014. "This

  • Crash brings nations together

    Jan. 13, marked the 15 year anniversary of a KC-135E Stratotanker crash just outside of Geilenkirchen NATO Air Base, Germany. The crash was the deadliest in the 90 year history of the 141st Air Refueling Wing, located at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. Four Air National Guard crew members, all

  • Operation Northern Strike 2013: Joint Military Muscle in Michigan

    In one of the most comprehensive displays of military might in the Great Lakes region, Operation Northern Strike 2013 brought together U.S. and international military personnel for two weeks of intense operational training at locations across northern Michigan in August 2013.The total force exercise

  • Air National Guard makes avoiding birds during flying operations easier

    The Chief of Safety from the 152nd Airlift Wing, Reno, Nev., briefed Air National Guard safety leadership and other key safety personnel Jan. 28 here on new innovative anti-bird strike procedures that are making Air Force flight operations safer.Air Force Lt. Col. Anthony D. Machabee, 152nd AW chief

  • Kentucky Air Guardsman always a defender, on duty and off

    Air Force Staff Sgt. Kenneth Soto, a Kentucky Air National Guardsman, who is deployed here as a security response force leader for the 387th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, was awarded the Air Force Achievement Medal Jan. 21 for heroism at home. Soto was presented with the medal at an