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  • Ohio Air Guard Fighter Wing Trains at Volk Field

    CAMP DOUGLAS, Wis. - More than 90 Airmen and six F-16 Fighting Falcons assigned to the Ohio National Guard’s 180th Fighter Wing deployed to Volk Field Air National Guard Base, Wisconsin, in early August to participate in exercise Northern Lightning.Northern Lightning, an annual event at Volk Field,

  • Volk Field Hosts National Competition

    Volk Field, WI -- The U.S. Air Force’s eight most accomplished munitions teams from around the world converged here late last month for the third annual Air Force Combat Operations Competition (AFCOCOMP).Participants were evaluated for their speed and technique in assembling bombs, setting up and

  • Annual Northern Lightning Exercise Returns to Volk Field

    CAMP DOUGLAS, Wis. – Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center will host the annual Northern Lightning Counterland exercise Aug. 8-19, including almost 1,000 personnel from active-duty Air Force, National Guard, Navy and Marine Corps units.Northern Lightning is a tactical-level, joint training

  • Northern Thaw exercise concludes at Volk Field

    VOLK FIELD, Wis. – Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center, known for lighting up the skies with the annual Northern Lightning exercise, hosted multiple units from around the country for the two-week Northern Thaw exercise ended April 2.The total force exercise provided tailored, cost-effective,

  • Pease Airmen first to execute coronets with KC-46A Pegasus

    Pease achieved another historic first in military aerial refueling. A year after the 157th Air Refueling Wing became the first Air National Guard unit in the country to field the KC-46A Pegasus, New Hampshire Airmen helped plan and execute the new tanker's first coronet, a tactical air movement that

  • Northern Lightning exercise concludes at Volk Field

    CAMP DOUGLAS, Wis. – The skies over central Wisconsin will be a little emptier as exercise Northern Lightning hosted by Volk Field wrapped up Aug. 21.The two-week joint-training exercise involved nearly 25 units from all across the country – including Guam – and included Air Force, Army, Navy and

  • Annual Northern Lightning exercise returns to Volk Field

    CAMP DOUGLAS, Wis. — Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center is hosting approximately 50 aircraft and nearly 1,000 members of the National Guard, Air Force, Army, and Navy as part of the annual Northern Lightning Counterland training exercise.Units from California, Idaho, Minnesota, New York,

  • Northern Lightning: Vermont Guard Airmen train in Wisconsin

    SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. – Airmen, aircraft and support equipment from the 158th Fighter Wing, Vermont Air National Guard, began departing Aug. 3 to train at the Volk Field Air National Guard base in Wisconsin.The two-week Northern Lightning exercise will be conducted in a joint training environment,