U.S. Transportation Command verifies Kentucky Air Guard contingency response unit 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

109th Air Wing participates in National Disaster Medical System exercise

Members from several local agencies across the Capital District participated in a coordinated National Disaster Medical System Exercise on Aug. 8 and 9 at Stratton Air National Guard Base, Schenectady, N.Y.The agencies consisted of members from the 109th Airlift Wing, 139th Aeromedical Evacuation

Security Forces Airmen return from Deployment

After more than six months deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, 26 members of the 142nd Fighter Wing Security Forces Squadron returned here to the excitement of family members, friends and co-workers, who were on hand to greet them. The Airmen departed for Al Udeid, Qatar in early Jan.

Broadcasters reel in TEC's Smoky Short Course

When Air National Guard broadcasters are not knocking out ancillary training or attending to readiness requirements, their weekend unit training assemblies occasionally call for them to develop news stories.To help ensure they produce professional work, the I.G. Brown Training and Education Center

131st BW makes history as first ANG bomb wing certified for nuclear operations

The Air National Guard celebrated a historic milestone this week as the 131st Bomb Wing, the nation's only Guard unit to fly and maintain the B-2 Spirit, was certified to conduct the nuclear mission upon completion of their Initial Nuclear Surety Inspection. With this certification, the 131st BW

Furloughs slashed to six days

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said today that furloughs affecting DOD civilians and military technicians will be cut from 11 days to six days.Hagel said that Pentagon officials found sufficient savings in the final months of the current fiscal year to lessen the burden on those who have had to take

Kentucky Air Guard joins with Army for U.S. Transportation Command earthquake-response exercise

Nearly 100 members of the Kentucky Air National Guard's 123rd Contingency Response Group and the U.S. Army's 689th Rapid Port Opening Element deployed to MidAmerica St. Louis Airport on Monday to set up a logistics hub as part of Exercise Gateway Relief, an earthquake-response scenario directed by

Brick by brick: 188th civil engineers expand wing's urban search and rescue training site

Airmen take training to the Rockies

More than 30 Airmen from the 139th Civil Engineer Squadron (CES) conducted an array of Mission Essential Task Training Lists (METLs) while working on various projects throughout the 5,000 acre YMCA camp here July 22 - Aug. 2. The Innovative Readiness Training (IRT) program provides "hands-on"

Return with Honor: 185th Commemorate the Loss of a Siouxland Hero

A week ago, the nation mourned the loss of one of its most distinguished military heroes, Col. George "Bud" Day. Across the country, friends, military members, and political leaders shared stories and memories of the most decorated military veteran since General MacArthur. The 185th Air Refueling