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  • F-16s return to new runway at Buckley AFB

    The Colorado Air National Guard's F-16 fleet is heading back ahead of schedule to the newly reconstructed runway at Buckley Air Force Base after spending three months at Denver International Airport. Personnel from the 140th Wing relocated their flying mission to DIA back in April, with the intent

  • New commander arrives at EADS

    Col. Michael J. Norton became the commander of the Eastern Air Defense Sector today during an assumption of command ceremony at the Air Force Research Laboratory.Norton took command before a crowd of 150 family, friends and fellow Air National Guard members. The ceremony was presided over by Lt.

  • CONR deputy to command Canadian contingent in international march event

    Here, as deputy commander of the Continental United States North American Aerospace Defense Region, he helps lead the organization's domestic air-defense efforts.But soon, BGen. Alain Pelletier is going to find himself in a much different leadership role much further away -- in the Netherlands.

  • First Air Force Commander Visits the 138th Fighter Wing

    First Air Force Commander, Lieutenant General William Etter visited the Oklahoma Air National Guard's 138th Fighter Wing in Tulsa Okla., 24 June, 2014 to fly a routine training mission with the F-16 pilots of the 125th Fighter Squadron. Etter was greeted upon his arrival by 138th Fighter Wing

  • Fly the fiery sky: MAFFS prepares Wyo. Air Guard for summer fire season

    It's not as simple as calling 911 when Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS)-equipped C-130s and crews assigned to the Wyoming Air National Guard's 153rd Airlift Wing, are requested to help suppress a wildfire.A lot of people and agencies are involved in the process that ultimately calls for

  • AFNORTH CC hosts World War II, Korean War veterans

    Their collective pasts found them in war-torn areas of the Pacific, Europe and Korea.But recently their collective presence found them in a much more pleasant environment - attending a reception at the Heritage Club commemorating their military service and expressing thanks for it.Eleven veterans