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  • Air Guard spouse sets bar as national woman powerlifter

    Competition brings out your best when you are a competitor, and for the spouse of one Air National Guard member it means lifting more weight than most men can grasp. In her personal best powerlift competition, Vikki Traugot benched 325 lbs., deadlifted 408 lbs. and squatted 480 pounds."My wife is

  • AFA honors Air National Guard members

    The Air Force Association's D.W. Steele Sr. Memorial Chapter hosted the 11th Annual AFA Salute to the Air National Guard recognizing personnel assigned to the National Guard Bureau during a recent ceremony in Arlington, Va."The AFA awards recognize your unsung heroes, the folks out there doing the

  • Yellow Ribbon Program hosts reintegration event

    GLENEDEN BEACH, Ore-- "A lot of people don't know I was suicidal twice in my life," but after deploying to Iraq and Afghanistan several times Army Staff Sgt. Eddie Black found himself homeless, living out of his truck. Today his life is radically different, he stands before a group of Yellow Ribbon

  • Five from JSTARS win ANG Information Dominance and Functional Award

    The 116th Air Control Wing's communication squadron continued their record of success capturing five of 10 national-level 2012 Air National Guard Information Dominance and Functional Awards.The ANG Information Dominance Awards recognize military and civilian members for sustained superior

  • 233d Space Group and subordinate units officially activated

    The newly established 233d Space Group and its subordinate units were activated Sunday during a ceremony at the Greeley Air National Guard Station.The 137th Space Warning Squadron was assigned its unique Mobile Ground System mission in 1996, and after 17 years of efforts made by multiple commanders

  • Greeley Air National Guard station now StormReady Supporter

    Through a collaborative effort by on-base shops and local city and county agencies, the 233d Space Group recently became the first military installation in Colorado to be certified as a StormReady Supporter by the National Weather Service. The StormReady Supporter designation identifies that, as of

  • Air National Guard learning center gives through home building

    At least 25 Airmen with the Air National Guard's I.G. Brown Training and Education Center here brought hammers and carpentry skills to bear to help Knoxville residents Saturday, March 9 by finishing their home through "Habitat for Humanity."Staff, instructors and students of the Center,

  • Dual-Status, Single Purpose: A Unified Military Response to Hurricane Sandy

    Dual-Status, Single Purpose: A Unified Military Response to Hurricane Sandy On the evening of October 29, 2012, Hurricane Sandy roared ashore and wreaked devastation upon the people and infrastructure of New York and New Jersey. It was the worst natural disaster to strike our shores since Hurricane

  • Airman recognized for saving an Ohioan's life

    Ohio Air National Guardsman, Staff Sgt. Josh Blankley, with the 200th RED HORSE Squadron, is a shining example of the minuteman spirit. In a split second, he was thrust into a life-saving situation where his ability to quickly react and Air National Guard training came to fruition. On June 22, 2012,

  • E-8C maintainers earn the 2012 Maintenance Effectiveness Award

    Members of the 116th and 461st Air Control wings were the recipients of the 2012 Air Force Maintenance Effectiveness Award, Category I, Small Aircraft Maintenance, based on support to six combatant commanders in five geographically separated areas of responsibility.The 116th and 461st Aircraft