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  • 145th CE Continues to Bridge Gap by Integrating Total Force Training

    In wartime or contingency environments, Air Force Active Duty, Guard and Reserve Civil Engineers often involve the use of specialized and unique mission essential equipment that they normally do not use in their day-to-day operations. Due to cost and complexity, mission-essential equipment and

  • Newest Director of the Air National Guard pens letter to Airmen

    Air Force Lt. Gen. Stanley E. Clarke III assumed responsibility as the 15th Director of the Air National Guard in a ceremony hosted by Army Gen. Frank Grass, Chief of the National Guard Bureau. Read Gen. Clarke's letter to Airmen here:Letter to Guard Airmen

  • Airmen now learn in HD with Guard's NCO Academy

    The Air National Guard's center for training and education is leveraging live high-definition, high-bitrate video to develop Airmen with the high quality associated with an in-residence experience - but at a fraction of the cost.Currently the I.G. Brown Training and Education Center, or TEC, is in

  • Pentagon delays furlough notices to civilian workforce

    Pentagon officials have put off sending furlough notices to civilian employees until they've had a chance to analyze how pending legislation that would fund the federal government for the rest of the fiscal year will affect the Defense Department.Officials now estimate that furlough notices will go

  • 109th Airlift Wing 25th Antarctic Anniversary

    The last crew of 109th members landed their ski-equipped C-130 aircraft at the Schenectady County Airport Wednesday night after a long trip back from Antarctica marking the 25th anniversary of Antarctic operations for the 109th Airlift Wing.The return of the final "Skibird" marks the official end of

  • Prototype Testing Advances on Selfridge KC-135

    Ground testing has successfully concluded on a prototype missile countermeasure device under review at Selfridge Air National Guard Base. The device is being tested on a KC-135 Stratotanker.The Selfridge-based KC-135, flown by the 171st Air Refueling Squadron, will now undergo a series of flight

  • D.C. National Guard celebrates Joint Prayer Breakfast

    The Army and Air National Guard came together on Mar. 17 at the 113th Wing, Andrews Air Force Base, Md., for an annual prayer breakfast. The District of Columbia's National Guard annual prayer breakfast is an event that allows Air and Army National Guard members to gather in prayer. This year the

  • Eyes On: Parachutes Get Close Attention From Flight Equipment Airmen

    A couple of words keep being repeated as two Michigan Air National Guard Airmen work around a parachute table in a long, narrow back room of the new fighter squadron building at Selfridge Air National Guard Base: every, eyes and detail .They show up in phrases like "every detail must be perfect,"

  • Ohio Air National Guard team helps ensure medical readiness in Korea

    Nearly 40 Airmen of the 121st Medical Group from Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base, in Columbus, Ohio, recently teamed up with members of the Air Force's 51st Medical Group.The team, compromised of doctors and medical technicians, came to Osan to help Airmen for the 51st Medical Group (MDG) train