Alaska Air National Guard Rescues Injured Snowmachiner
By David Bedard, | Nov. 14, 2023
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - Alaska Air National Guardsmen rescued an injured snowmachiner Nov. 6 near Livengood, about 40 miles north of Fairbanks.The uninjured member of the two-member snowmachine party used a...
New York Guard Airman Honored for Rescuing Car Crash Victim
By Alexander Rector, | Nov. 14, 2023
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Joshua Carter, director of the New York Air National Guard’s 174th Operations Support Squadron’s commander’s action group, received the New York State Medal for Valor in a ceremony at...
Michigan Airmen Conduct Airworthiness Assessments in Africa
By Staff Sgt. Tristan Viglianco, | Nov. 13, 2023
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. - Two members of the 217th Air Component Operations Squadron traveled to Lagos and Abuja, Nigeria, for over a week in September to assess the airworthiness of foreign aircraft in support of U.S. Air Forces...
Virginia National Guard Trains for Firefighting Ground Support
By Cotton Puryear, | Nov. 13, 2023
FORT BARFOOT, Va. – Virginia National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crews completed aerial firefighting support and Soldiers and Airmen began ground firefighting training Nov. 11.After Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin...
167th Airlift Wing Conducts Multicapable Airmen Training
By Senior Master Sgt. Emily Beightol-Deyerle, | Nov. 13, 2023
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - A multicapable Airmen proof-of-concept training event was conducted at the 167th Airlift Wing at Shepherd Field Nov. 5.Approximately 50 Airmen representing maintenance, operations, logistics and...