Topping off-ceremony

Col Steven H. Benden, Mission Support Group Commander (center) and several of buildings the new occupants pose for a group photo after a short tour of the new 175th Wing Headquarters, Mission Support Group and Medical Group facility at Warfield Air National Guard Base, Baltimore, Md. February 28, 2013. This facility has a projected cost $11.8 million, and features multiple green roofs and is anticipated to achieve certified LEED Silver status with the numerous energy enhancement measures upon its completion. (National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Ed Bard)

Topping off-ceremony

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Scott L. Kelly, 175th Wing Commander, (center) and Col. Steven H. Benden, Mission Support Group Commander (right) speak with Brian Malanchuk, project manager from Costello Construction before attended a topping off-ceremony to see the beginning phase of work completed on the new 175th Wing Headquarters, Mission Support Group and Medical Group facility at Warfield Air National Guard Base, Baltimore, Md. February 28, 2013. This facility has a projected cost $11.8 million, and features multiple green roofs and is anticipated to achieve certified LEED Silver status with the numerous energy enhancement measures upon its completion. Functional areas include offices, medical/dental examination and treatment space, classrooms, administration space, command section, conference rooms, telephone switching/data automation center as well as utility systems services and connections. (National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Ed Bard)

Military Officers Association of America award

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Scott Kelly, Commander of the 175th Wing, Maryland Air National Guard and Colonel Randolph Staudenraus, incoming Vice commander of the 175th Wing, Maryland Air National Guard, accept the Military Officer of America Association, Maryland Chapter, with the 2012 outstanding Maryland National Guard unit from retired United States Air Force Major John Whitman on February 10, 2013 at Warfield Air National Guard Base, Baltimore, Md. (National Guard Photo By Tech. Sgt. Christopher Schepers/RELEASED)

Military Officers Association of America award

Retired United States Air Force Major John Whitman (left) and retired United States Air Force Lt. Col. Jack Fringer (right) present the 175th Wing Maryland Air National Guard with the Military Officers Association of America, Maryland chapter, with the 2012 outstanding Maryland National Guard unit on February 10, 2013 at Warfield Air National Guard Base, Baltimore, Md. (National Guard Photo By Tech Sgt. Christopher Schepers/RELEASED)

Ready To Bomb

Airman 1st Class Brandon J. Manning loads a BDU-33 practice bomb onto an A-10C Thunderbolt II at Warfield Air National Guard base in Baltimore, Md. The weapon loader with the 175th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron was uploading munitions for a training sortie Nov. 30. (National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. David Speicher)

Filler Up

Master Sgt. Tony Thalachira, a crew chief with the 175th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, fuels an A-10C Thunderbolt II at Warfield Air National Guard base in Baltimore, Md. The aircraft was being readied for a training sortie Nov. 30. (National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. David Speicher)

Picture in picture

Bosnian Maj. Slobodan Simic documents a fellow Bosnian public affairs officer learning about an A-10C during a tour of Warfield Air National Guard Base in Baltimore, Md. on Friday, September 14, 2012. (National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. David Speicher)

Plane talk

Senior Master Sgt. Brian McNabb, right, maintenance operation center senior controller, 175th Maintenance Operation Flight, discusses the A-10C with Bosnians Maj. Slobodan Simic and Capt. Zeljko Krajina. A group of Bosnian public affairs officers toured Warfield Air National Guard Base in Baltimore, Md. on Friday, September 14, 2012. (National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. David Speicher)

Getting the message out

Major Slobodan Simic, center, and Senior Master Sgt. Ed Bard discuss a Bosnia-Herzegovina military web page, Friday, September 14, 2012. Simic is part of group of Bosnian public affairs officers touring Warfield Air National Guard Base in Baltimore, Md. Bard, 175th Wing Public Affairs superintendent, explained how the 175th Wing gets their message out to the public. (National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. David Speicher)

Welcome home

The Maryland Air National Guard’s 135th Airlift Squadron returned to Warfield Air National Base on June 25, from a deployment to Afghanistan supporting Operation Enduring Freedom to a crowd of family members and well wishers happy to see them return. The unit's C-27Js were deployed since April. (National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. David Speicher)

Happy return

The Maryland Air National Guard’s 135th Airlift Squadron returned to Warfield Air National Base on June 25, from a deployment to Afghanistan supporting Operation Enduring Freedom to a crowd of family members and well wishers happy to see them return. The unit's C-27Js were deployed since April.

Signature support

(L-R), Airman 1st Class Brandon Wilson, Maryland Air National Guard, George Doetsch, Md. ESGR State Chairman, James Dunbar, Sr., Chairman/Founder of Dunbar Armored, Kevin Dunbar, President/CEO Dunbar Armored, Spc. Dexter Johnson, U.S. Army Reserve, Cpl. Najee Corbett, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve stand in front of a Dunbar Armored vehicle after signing a statement of support with the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve. ESGR is a Department of Defense agency whose mission is to promote a culture in which all American employers support and value their military employees. ESGR educates the employers about their employee’s rights who leave their civilian employment to perform their military training whether it is drill weekends, annual training, schooling or deployments. The statement of support is to reinforce to the employer that they are taking care of their employees. (Courtesy Photo)