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  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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,

  • U.S. airspace a situación crítica with foreign flyers

    At Sun 'n Fun 2008, US Navy Lieutenant Hector "Z-Man" Zayas describes the appropriate procedures for entering U.S. airspace with a private pilot from Puerto Rico:      "Aeronaves entrando y maniobrando en espacio extranjero deben de respetar las reglas de aviación del mismo, de acuerdo a la

  • NORAD brings 50th celebration to general aviation at Sun 'n Fun

    Jim Heneric worked his way through vendor kiosks in Hanger D at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport. Moving slowly he spies Garmin here, NavAir there, and then a wholly unexpected and nostalgic pause.      "I'm browsing the aviation exhibits and suddenly, here's NORAD and I'm thinking 'what the (heck)

  • AFRCC, CAP set to support Sun ‘n Fun 2008 aviators

    First Air Force units have taken measures to help speed search and rescue assistance to pilots flying here for the 2008 Sun 'n Fun fly-in.      The Air Force Rescue Coordination Center, located at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., opened a precautionary mission last Sunday to enhance the Civil Air