DECEMBER 12, 2022 – A Pennsylvania Air National Guard KC-135 tanker crew from the 171st Air Refueling Wing responded recently to an unexpected request for fuel from a B-2 bomber crew. The three-man crew was performing a preflight checklist on the KC-135, call sign Steel 51, preparing to depart from Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma City, to their home base near Pittsburgh Oct. … [Read more...]

Senior Airman Jeremy Adams of the 195th Wing Security Forces Flight, California Air National Guard, demonstrates new upgrades to the Street Smarts VR System (SSVRS) on Aug. 6, 2022, at Sepulveda Air Guard Station, Van Nuys, California. The upgrades incorporate a gas-operated, orange-marked practice rifle that mimics the weight and recoil of the standard issue M18 arms into … [Read more...]

DECEMBER 9, 2022 – A World War II veteran of the 42nd Infantry Division shared his combat stories with 300 New York Army National Guard Soldiers serving in the division's headquarters for the unit's annual dining out. Lockered "Bud" Gahs, from Perry Hall, Maryland, who served as a private in the division's 222nd Infantry Regiment, shared his memories on Dec. 2, 2022, at a … [Read more...]

DECEMBER 6, 2022 — Two dozen New York National Guard Soldiers helped spread the holiday spirit by volunteering to load donated Christmas trees bound for service members and their families across the country. The Soldiers joined veterans and Gold Star and Blue Star families at Ellms Family Farm in Ballston Spa on Nov. 28 to load 100 trees. These trees go to military bases and … [Read more...]

Logisticians of the Georgia National Guard’s logistics directorate discuss large sustainment issues for large-scale combat operations during a staff ride at City Point, Va., the site of Lt. Gen. Ulysses Grant’s supply depot for the Petersburg and Richmond Campaigns in 1864 and 1865. DECEMBER 6, 2022 – Georgia National Guard Soldiers visited Virginia to consider what lessons … [Read more...]