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  • Drought reveals Kingsley history for first time

    Kingsley Field's location in the high desert of southern Oregon, with its mixture of sunny days and proximity to the west coast, made it home to a frantic effort to train fighter pilots during World War II. In those days, the small base sent as many as 2,000 flights from the base in a single week.

  • Guardsman to attend elite Weapons Instructor Course

    A Georgia Air National Guardsman is moving to the head of the class.Capt. Brandon Rieker, a 31-year-old air battle manager with the 116th Air Control Wing, is one of six in the career field across the Air Force to be selected for the elite U.S. Air Force Weapons School Weapons Instructor Course that

  • Keep fighting

    Lt. Col. John Fogarty felt unwell for nearly a year."I told my wife, 'There's something wrong, but I don't know what it is,'" the senior New Jersey Air National Guard officer said recently.A bout of the flu and pressure from his wife finally got Fogarty to the doctor in February 2012.The first tests

  • Like something you would see in the movies

    Down came the rain. And it rained and it rained and it poured. It was miserable weather for flying for man and fowl alike ... in fact, there wasn't much of any flying going on.So it was at Dole/Tavaux Airfield, also known as Advanced Landing Ground Y-7, in France in late October 1944 where elements

  • Becoming a C-130 pilot or combat systems officer in the Air National Guard

    Do you want to learn how to become an air crew member aboard the Air Force C-130 Hercules cargo transport aircraft, the "workhorse of the Air Force," to serve your state and nation?You can explore the qualifications, selection process, and training for the pilot and combat systems officer, two of

  • 131st Bomb Wing Citizen-Airman is first responder

    A Missouri Air National Guardsman from the 131st Bomb Wing was the first responder on the scene of a serious car accident Oct. 11.While traveling back to his house after a leisurely day spent with his girlfriend, Senior Master Sgt. Sheldon G. Matthews, the 131st Bomb Wing staff first sergeant,

  • Colorado Air Guardsman's path to NFL

    Many young kids have hopes and dreams of doing something amazing when they grow up. Some want to be an astronaut, or a police officer, maybe a member in the armed forces or play a professional sport.  And some actually get to live more than one dream, as is the case with Capt. Ben Garland, a public

  • Firefighters train for domestic disasters

    As clouds of dust and noise fill the air, 15 firefighters, wearing hard hats, dust masks, hearing protection and overalls, fight their way through concrete. The hot afternoon sun beats down on them as they drill and saw their way through a concrete rubble pile in Harrisburg Sept. 5. Some crawl into

  • Wingmen serve terminally ill ‘Pilots for a Day’

    Eight-year-old Ne'Vaeh Littleton transforms from brain cancer patient to pilot as he promises to "have as much fun as military regulations allow" in the Pilot for a Day program.Looking handsome in his personalized flight suit, 8-year-old Ne'Vaeh took his oath of office promising to "ask questions,