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  • Fighting floods and fires, National Guard on duty from coast-to-coast

    National Guard Citizen-Soldiers and -Airmen fought Midwest flooding and California fires Thursday. About 2,300 Guard members remained on duty in the Midwest, down from a peak of more than 5,700, National Guard Bureau officials reported. Meanwhile, the California wildfires called for fewer Guard

  • Whiteman Airmen make first all-air Guard B-2 flight

    Airmen of the 131st Bomb Wing here completed the first B-2 Spirit sortie flown and launched by Missouri Air National Guard members June 18 at Whiteman Air Force Base. Col. Gregory Champagne, the 131st Fighter Wing vice commander, and Maj. David Thompson, a 131st FW pilot, were launched by Master

  • Guard aircraft, aircrews battling California wildfires

    Army and Air National Guardmembers from California and North Carolina were supporting firefighting efforts in Northern California today following a state active duty call up by Gov. Arnold Schwarznegger and a request for airborne firefighting assets by the Interagency Fire Center. The governor's

  • Bearded Airman among Air Guard's best

    By the looks of him, Staff Sgt. Scott Geisser seemed anything but your average "clean-cut" Airman here last week with his thick brown beard and mustache. Even so, the Air National Guard's top leaders praised him as one of the six Outstanding Airmen of the Year (OAY) for 2008. "I think somebody said

  • Guard ratchets up Missouri mission; tackles floods in five states

    Missouri was the latest Midwest state to see increasing numbers of National Guard Citizen-Soldiers and -Airmen on duty in the face of the region's worst flooding in 15 years. "Our priority is to protect the lives of Missouri's residents and their property," Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt said during a

  • Guard plane photographs flood damage

    With the help of an advanced counterdrug aircraft, the Indiana National Guard has received live footage of flood damage throughout the state to assist with missions and help local governments plan to repair the damage. "It can show officials where roads are washed out and what damage there is to

  • Nevadan takes to the sky as first Guard Thunderbird pilot

    Nevada National Guard pilot Maj. Derek Routt has distinguished himself throughout his Air Force career by emphasizing basic character traits such as integrity and work ethic. They promise to be the same attributes Routt will uphold this fall when he becomes the first National Guard pilot to join the

  • Airmen transport medevac patient to new heliport

    Air National Guardsmen from the 129th Rescue Wing performed a medical evacuation June 18 for a crewmember experiencing a medical emergency aboard the cargo vessel APC Peru. Responding to a call from the Coast Guard District 11 Alameda, two HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters and two MC-130P Combat Shadow

  • Bronze Star with Valor awarded to 148th Fighter Wing EOD member

    Master Sergeant Wayne D. Kettelhut, 148th Fighter Wing Explosive Ordinance (EOD) Specialist, was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with Valor at an awards ceremony in Duluth, Minn. on June 15, 2008. The Bronze Star is awarded for bravery, heroism or meritorious service while engaged in action against an