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Top Air National Guard officer presents awards to 105th Airlift Wing Airmen
Posted on 03/10/2014Twenty members of the New York Air National Guard's 105th Airlift Wing -including two airmen who received two Purple Hearts for wounds suffered in action - were recognized by the Air National Guard's top general at a ceremony here on Sunday, March 2.
The 20 members of the 105th Base Defense Squadron, who deployed to Afghanistan last year, received a total of 29 medals during from Lt. Gen. Stanley E. Clarke III, the director of the 100,000-member Air National Guard.
It was the first time he had ever awarded a Purple Heart medal and it was unusual to present 12 of them and present two airmen with more than one, Clarke said.
more...New York Air National Guard Pararescue Jumpers Hone Emergency Medical Skills
Posted on 03/10/2014New York Air National Guard Pararescuemen and Combat Rescue Officers of the 106th Rescue Wing's 103rd Rescue Squadron tested their emergency medical skills with real-world scenarios that modeled what they would see on the battlefield or in a crash.
The Feb. 27 training sent the pararescuemen, known as PJs, and the Combat Rescue Officers, dubbed CROS for short, rotating through various trauma and medical scenarios, replicating the types of injuries and illnesses often seen on the battlefield, or in rescue settings.
more...ANGRC commander talks to Chief's Executive Course: We are here for you
Posted on 03/05/2014The Commander of the Air National Guard Readiness Center discusses the purpose of the ANGRC with Chief Master Sergeants from across the country during the Chief' Executive Course here Wednesday.
"We are here to serve the 89 wings and [geographically separated units] in the states, territories and the District [of Columbia]," said Air Force Brig. Gen. R. Scott, the ANGRC commander. "We are here to provide resources, information, and guidance ... we are here for you."
The purpose of the CEC is to provide new Chief Master Sergeants with a broad view of operations at the strategic level. Williams took this opportunity to share the mission of the ANGRC for those in attendance to take back to their wings and units.
more...181st Intelligence Wing launches first-ever aerial domestic support mission
Posted on 03/05/2014The roar of the jets is long gone but Airmen from the Indiana Air National Guard's 181st Intelligence Wing here still stand watch for the Hoosiers of Indiana.
The 181st IW was tasked Feb. 21 to conduct aerial operations for Operation Blue Sky at the request of Indiana Department of Homeland Security.
"The ice dams were moving downstream with the size and potential strength to damage bridges and other key infrastructure in their paths due to the historically heavy icing on the river this season," said Jan Crider, IDHS. "Due to flooding in the area only an 'air picture' could provide this assessment."
more...177th Airmen take part in Cajun Care 2014
Posted on 03/04/2014Fourteen Airmen from the 177th Medical Group, New Jersey Air National Guard, are taking part in one of the largest Department of Defense community outreach efforts in the South from Feb. 26 to March 6 here during Cajun Care 2014.
Navy and Air National Guard medical personnel are providing free medical, dental, optometric, and pharmaceutical services to residents here and its surrounding communities.
New Jersey Air National Guardsman and Cajun Care Mission Commander Lt. Col. Jamie Ruffing said although their primary mission is ensuring U.S. military medical professionals are able to rapidly establish a functional medical facility, the mission's benefits to the community cannot be understated.
more...ANG Director present medals to NY Air Guardsmen
Posted on 03/04/2014Twenty Air Force Airmen with the 105th Base Defense Squadron here received 29 medals Sunday during an awards ceremony attended by Lt. Gen. Stanley E. Clarke III, the director of the Air National Guard.
Clarke presented awards to Air Guardsmen who deployed with the 820th Base Defense Group, Moody Air Force Base, Ga., to provide "outside the wire" base defense at Bagram Airfield, Parwan province, Afghanistan.
"I've done multiple award ceremonies throughout my thirty something years, never one like this; in any capacity, in any place that I've ever served," said Clarke. "It's a historic day obviously for the members themselves, their families, the unit, the New York National Guard, the Air National Guard, and the United States Air Force, and the Nation."
more...Kingsley adds new, distinctive jet to 173rd fleet
Posted on 03/01/2014
The 173rd Fighter Wing welcomed a distinctive new Air Force F-15C Eagle aircraft to its growing fleet Feb. 7 here.
The jet sports a tan, desert paint scheme rather than the typical grey-blue worn by all the other aircraft at the wing.
The aircraft comes from the aggressor squadron at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., where it simulated adversary aircraft. Two more aircraft from Nellis are scheduled to arrive between now and June 2014, but those will have the standard F-15 paint.
"There was a scheduling conflict for [this] aircraft that prevented it from being painted prior to transfer," said Lt. Col. Jeff "Sled" Smith, 173rd Maintenance Group deputy commander. "When asked if we would accept a brown "lizard" paint scheme, we agreed to it!"
The arrival of this aircraft and six others scheduled between now and June will bring the total number of assigned to Kingsley Field t
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