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  • 167th Mission Support Group Airmen participate in annual training event

    MARTINSBURG, W.Va. -- Approximately 90 167th Mission Support Group Airmen participated in an annual training event at Camp Dawson, Kingwood, W.Va., May 14-19.Multiple training stations and scenarios were presented to the Airmen to shore up basic fundamental skills and enforce mission critical skills

  • 167th Airlift Wing members participate in Green Flag Little Rock exercise

    MARTINSBURG, WV -- The 167th Airlift Wing successfully completed the Green Flag Little Rock 22-03 exercise hosted by the 34th Combat Training Squadron at Little Rock Air Force Base, Jacksonville, Arkansas, January 9-21.The primary objective of GFLR is to support the Joint Readiness Training Center

  • Airman's lifestyle changes opened door to military service

    MARTINSBURG, WV -- “Discipline” and “resilience” are terms that many members of the military are familiar with. They are ideals taught from day one of enlistment, engraved in the lifestyle associated with military service and carried throughout a service member’s career.For one Airman at the 167th

  • 167th AW flying operations diverse and unpredictable in 2021

    MARTINSBURG, W.Va. -- With a fleet of eight C-17 Globemaster III aircraft, the 167th Operations Group supported a wide range of airlift missions, stateside and abroad, in 2021.The unit flew more than 900 sorties, transported approximately 6,000 passengers and hauled nearly 4,800 tons of cargo.“This

  • 167th Airlift Wing reinforces readiness in extended drill

    MARTINSBURG, W.Va. – The 167th Airlift Wing focused on readiness and training during an extended annual drill weekend June 9-13.The four-day assembly, instead of the standard two-day weekend, is known as “super drill” and offers an extended opportunity for wing members to catch up on necessary

  • 167th Airlift Wing BASH program vital to airfield safety

    MARTINSBURG, W.Va. – At the 167th Airlift Wing, airfield management ensures a safe, efficient and effective airfield and responds to safety hazards affecting the airfield environment.Safety threats like the weather, foreign object damage and even local wildlife pose a serious risk to aircraft

  • Delaware, West Virginia Air Guard units team up for training

    NEW CASTLE, Del. — The key to any airlift mission is safely and effectively loading and unloading the cargo, regardless of the type of aircraft. The 167th and 166th Airlift Wings partnered together to conduct a joint cargo loading exercise as part of the 166th's home station operational readiness

  • 167th firefighters train to save lives, rescue local man

    MARTINSBURG, W.Va. -- Rigorous training, every shift, often blindfolded. That’s how 167th firefighters prepared to respond to a structure fire, pulling an unconscious man from a second story bedroom to medics on the ground below, saving him from imminent death. Staff Sgt. Daniel Coffman and Senior

  • Air National Guard Director visits 167th Airlift Wing

    MARTINSBURG, W.Va. -- The director of the Air National Guard visited the 167th Airlift Wing March 9.Lt. Gen. Michael Loh and his wife, Diane, met with Airmen and saw first-hand how the unit adapted and continued the mission in a COVID-19 environment. “He was very appreciative of the mission

  • Hard work pays off for 167th Airlift Wing Airman

    MARTINSBURG, W.Va. – West Virginia Air National Guard Master Sgt. Jesseca Shipe is a maintenance support supply technician for the 167th Logistics Readiness Squadron.She has served with the 167th Airlift Wing for more than 16 years and is a full-time member of the wing.Shipe is responsible for