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  • Homecoming for 185th deployers

    SIOUX CITY, Iowa - A homecoming event where family and friends welcomed 185th Air Refueling Wing Airmen back from their deployment from the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility was held today. Excited welcomers waited in the unit’s main hanger for the arrival of their loved ones. Airmen were

  • Massachusetts Air Guard Squadron Completes Deployment for Training in Japan

    YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan - The Massachusetts Air National Guard’s 102nd Civil Engineer Squadron completed a deployment for training, or DFT, July 1-12 on Yokota Air Base, Japan.Members integrated with their active component counterparts within the 374th Civil Engineer Squadron, or CES, to accomplish

  • 167th Wing concludes overseas deployment

    MARTINSBURG, W.Va. -- Airmen with the 167th Airlift Wing returned home to West Virginia on Sept. 26, ending a three-month deployment overseas. Approximately 150 Airmen with the 167th served as an expeditionary C-17 squadron, supporting airlift functions in theatre with other units.

  • KC-135 Maintenance: A Family Business

    From the outskirts of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to the heart of U.S. Central Command, a father-son duo workedhand-in-hand to enable air refueling operations that contribute to peace and security throughout the region.

  • New York Guard Security Forces Airmen Hone Weapons Skills

    JERICHO, Vt. - Nineteen Airmen assigned to the New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing’s Security Forces Squadron spent their Aug. 2-4 drill honing their weapons handling and tactical skills at the Ethan Allen Firing Range in Vermont.At the Vermont Army National Guard facility, the Airmen

  • Iowa Air Guard Support Dog, Chaplain Reunite Post-Deployment

    SIOUX CITY, Iowa - For Adele (the dog, not the singer), after her person, Chaplain Lt. Col. Stephen Peters, deployed to Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar last fall, it was like he was gone for years in dog time.The 6-year-old English Cream Golden Retriever and Peters reunited in Sioux City this week.While

  • Total Force Airmen participate in AFFORGEN Silver Flag exercise

    Silver Flag is one of the first Air Force exercise programs to align with the new AFFORGEN deployment model. Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, hosted the Air Force’s first Silver Flag course for its Airmen in the AFFORGEN deployment cycle earlier this year.

  • LRS helps establish economic hub at Little Rock AFB

    LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE, Ark. -- Department of Defense resources are a hot commodity. With budget restrictions and changes, the need to utilize resources smartly is important more now than ever. Recently, members of the 189th Logistics Readiness Squadron partnered with active duty and other Guard