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  • West Virginia Air Guard Operates Staging Area

    Airmen with the West Virginia Air National Guard's 167th Airlift Wing are working around the clock here in an effort to get critical life-saving supplies to Haiti's earthquake victims. The air base was transformed yesterday into a staging area for more than 332,000 pounds of supplies bound for the

  • One little brown book can make you a successful NCO, says ANG command chief

    Now that 2010 is well upon us, there's a book that the Air National Guard command chief wants you to curl up with this winter.It's the newest version of Air Force's "The Enlisted Force Structure," which was recently revised and republished.Although it's not a suspenseful "whodunit," Chief Master

  • Puerto Rico Guard uses chat room as communication tool for Haiti operations

    With the recent earthquake destroying so much of Haiti's infrastructure, communication between military units remains vital to supporting the relief effort. A readily available chat client is being used to relay critical information between the services and proving to be a powerful communication

  • Florida Guard establishes flight operations center for Haiti

    The Florida Air National Guard's 101st Air and Space Operations Group (AOG) is paving the way for air operations in the emergency response to Haiti. Florida Guardsmen have been working to assist the Haitian government, Federal Aviation Administration, and U.S. Southern Command in coordinating the

  • Ohio ANG pilot describes scene in Haiti

    An Ohio Air National Guard C-130 pilot, who flew into the Haiti airport the day after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck, said he was surprised by the condition of the runway."When we went in, we expected there to be worse conditions at the airport, but by the time we got there, all communication,

  • National Guard gets increased funding for facilities

    Increased funding for National Guard facilities across the nation was included in the Consolidated Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010, enacted in December, Guard officials said today."While all reserve components received significant increases in funding above requested levels for military

  • National Guard ready to help in Haiti

    The chief of the National Guard Bureau said today that the Army and Air National Guard are prepared to help in the humanitarian relief effort in Haiti."Our thoughts and prayers are with the Haitian people, who have been devastated by this earthquake," said Air Force Gen. Craig R. McKinley, chief

  • Wyatt visits Mississippi Air Guard units

    The Air National Guard's top leader visited with Airmen at the 172nd Airlift Wing here and the 186th Air Refueling Wing in Meridian this weekend in formal briefings and base tours to see firsthand the missions they are performing.Lt. Gen Harry Wyatt III flew from Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Jan. 8

  • 2010 Budget Helps Guard Equip, Modernize

    Increased funding in the fiscal 2010 budget will allow the National Guard to modernize and equip its forces for state and federal missions, Guard officials announced today. "This robust funding will constitute a significant strengthening of the Guard's equipment fill and modernization efforts,"

  • Coyotes Receive Gift from First Lady

    A special gift awaited 190th Air Refueling Wing (190 ARW) members at this year's holiday party - gift bags personally filled by First Lady Michelle Obama, Dr. Jill Biden, and scores of volunteers from Washington D.C.Forbes Field was one of three bases selected to receive the gift bags. Families of