15 Jul 2008

Satellites provides solutions to save lives and support rescue efforts in Calif. wildfires

Lessons and technology from the battlefront are quickly coming to the home front as more Air Force resources are being utilized in the ongoing California wildfires. As the Air Force organization that provides Defense Support to Civil Authorities works with several federal agencies to provide support to American communities, Operation Iraqi Freedom

11 Jul 2008

Beale Airmen prepare to roll out welcome mat for 450 of their neighbors

Like many other Air Force bases, the Airmen of Beale AFB are constantly working to be good neighbors with the civilian communities outside their front gate.           The Beale community may soon have a chance to demonstrate just how far they will go as they make preparations to welcome up to 450 local residents displaced by the expanding

3 Jul 2008

A C-130H assigned with North Carolina’s Air National Guard 145th Air Lift Wing taxies down the ramp

3 Jul 2008

An Airman with Wyoming’s Air National Guard 153rd Airlift Wing washes down a C-130H July 1 at McClellan Airfield in Sacramento, Calif

3 Jul 2008

302nd AEG Continues to Provide California Fire Support

Aircraft of the 302nd Air Expeditionary Group have launched their seventh day of support missions July 2 in a coordinated effort to control wildfires in northern California.           Airmen of the 302nd AEG are operating out of McClellan Airfield in Sacramento and are flying C-130 Hercules aircraft equipped with the modular airborne firefighting

1 Jul 2008

Air Force Unit Providing Domestic Air Security Reaches 50,000th Mission Milestone

The Continental U.S. NORAD Region (CONR) reached a significant milestone last night as the 50,000th Operation NOBLE EAGLE (ONE) sortie conducted over the continental United States was flown locally over South Carolina airspace.        Two F-16s from the 20th Fighter Wing at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., flew the landmark ONE sortie. The overall total

1 Jul 2008

50,000th ONE Mission Flown at Shaw

Two F-16 CJs assigned to the 20th Fighter Wing flew the 50,000th Operation Noble Eagle sortie last night.           This mission, flown in support of ONE, is a significant milestone and serves to demonstrate Air Force capability to monitor the skies to keep the United States safe.           Two pilots from the 20th Fighter Wing flew the 50,000th

19 May 2008

D. C. AIR GUARD REACHES OPERATION NOBLE EAGLE MILESTONE

The 113th Wing, District of Columbia Air National Guard responded to their 2000th scramble since Sept. 11, 2001 on May 6.           "Although the D.C. Air National Guard did not have an alert mission before the events of Sept. 11, 2001, they have established themselves as both the busiest and best alert unit in the nation," said Lt. Col. David

7 May 2008

Civil Air Patrol aids national crisis preparedness as part of Ardent Sentry exercise

Civil Air Patrol members on both coasts are participating in Ardent Sentry 08, a homeland security and disaster response exercise that tests the readiness of local, state and national organizations responding to national-level emergencies, including both natural disasters and terrorism incidents.           The East Coast exercise is involving CAP

15 Apr 2008

NEADS ANG members return after deployment to Kyrgyzstan

The Northeast Air Defense Sector doesn't deploy people, right? Wrong.      In the unit's largest deployment ever, nearly 30 security force members deployed on a six-month tour to Manas Air Base, located in Kyrgyzstan, in September 2007. The deployment also involved Guard units in six other states, which resulted in the first-ever all Guard Security