278th Military Intellingence Annual Training, MITS Tier II, Range 69, Ft. Campbell, Ky, 14 June 2023 JUNE 30, 2023 - Tennessee’s Military Intelligence Company proved it could effectively gather mission-critical information from the battlefield during a validation event at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Observer Coach Trainers (OCTs) headquartered at 1st Army out of Fort … [Read more...]
Kid’s Artwork Selected for Nose Art on F-15
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgts. Michael and Ashyln HartmanKaelynn Hartmann, 173rd Maintenance Group, pose for a photo with their daughters next to eleven-year-old Kaeylnn Hartman'sartwork on the nose of an F-15C at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls Falls, Oregon, June 23, 2023. Kaelynn submitted her artwork to a Nose Art contest hosted by the Military and Family Readiness office in … [Read more...]
Air Guard Remotely Pilots MQ-9 From California
JUNE 28, 2023 - The Tennessee Air National Guard’s 118th Wing remotely flew an MQ-9 from California to Tennessee June 7 without ground crews and support facilities usually deployed for line-of-sight taxiing, takeoff and landing. As part of exercise Whiskey Fury, designed around the Air Force’s new Agile Combat Employment model, members from the 118th Operations Group piloted … [Read more...]
Contingency Response Airmen Bring AD23 Participants
U.S. Airmen with 123rd and 156th Contingency Response Groups and the 172nd and 146th Contingency Response Flights help to load a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft assigned to the 172nd Airlift Wing, Mississippi National Guard, with personnel and cargo following exercise Air Defender 2023 (AD23) at Wunstorf Air Base, Wunstorf, Germany, June 27, 2023. Exercise AD 23 … [Read more...]
Guard Recruiters Optimistic Amid Private Sector Competition
JUNE 26, 2023 – The Defense Department faces one of the most challenging recruiting environments in history, Col. Anthony Pasquale, chief of the Air National Guard recruiting and retention division, told reporters June 21. Pasquale expressed optimism but expects the Air National Guard to fall 3,000 to 4,000 recruits short of this year’s goal. He noted the Air National Guard … [Read more...]