JANUARY 19, 2022 — When Steve Alby traveled to Mayfield, Kentucky, a few days after the devastating Dec. 10, 2021, tornado, he was led by a desire to make a difference in the community’s recovery. Equipped with 12 years of experience as a Marine Corps firefighter, civilian experience as a first responder, an innate need to help others and the organizational prowess of an … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2022
Airmen Urged to Review SBP Before Retirement
JANUARY 19, 2022 - The Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) is a voluntary program which provides the survivors of participating retirees a monthly income that starts when the member dies and retired pay stops. Although some may not be aware of it, automatic SBP spouse coverage became effective Sept. 10, 2001, under the National Defense Authorization Act of 2002. While on active … [Read more...]
National Guard Works with Partners on Winter Storm Response
JANUARY 19, 2022 – Hundreds of members of the National Guard assisted state and local officials responding to winter weather over the weekend in multiple states, including Virginia, North and South Carolina and Pennsylvania. The South Carolina National Guard staged 120 personnel and equipment throughout Upstate South Carolina to respond to requests for support from state … [Read more...]
U.S. Aircraft Will Not Return to Taliban
JANUARY 19, 2022 - When the U.S. left Afghanistan in August 2021, so too did many members of the Afghanistan Air Force. Some Afghan pilots took themselves and their families out of the country to nearby Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, aboard aircraft which had belonged to the Afghanistan Air Force. Included among those aircraft were some which had been provided by the United … [Read more...]
Idaho Army National Guard Completes UH-60M Transition
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Oceana Chamberlain practices flight maneuvers throughout Idaho’s snowy Owyhee Mountains, south of Gowen Field, on Jan. 13, 2022. The Idaho National Guard recently replaced 20 of its UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters with the latest design UH-60M Black Hawks, a modernized and high-tech version aircraft, and the 1st of the 183rd Assault Helicopter Battalion … [Read more...]