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  • Outstanding Airmen of the Year announced

    Leadership of the 175th Wing Maryland Air National Guard have selected and announced the wing's top enlisted members for Outstanding Airman of the Year. Twenty nine members from five groups including Airman, Non-commissioned officer, Senior Non-commissioned officer, Honor Guard and First Sergeant

  • December Airman Spotlight

    Name: Andrea ChavesRank: Airman 1st ClassMilitary Job Description: Emergency ManagementFull-time Job: StudentHometown: BaltimoreJoined the MDANG: 2012Total Service Years: 2Family: siblings - Nicole Chaves, Orlany ChavesFavorite Movie: Forrest GumpLast Book Read: The Glass CastleFavorite Food:

  • November Airman Spotlight

    Name: Sara NittingerRank: Staff SergeantUnit: 135th Intelligence SquadronMilitary Job Description: Commander's Support StaffFull-time Job: SameHometown: BaltimoreJoined the MDANG: 2009Total Service Years: 4Family: Spouse - Pei Chi OngFavorite Movie: The Sound of MusicLast Book Read: The Goal

  • Guardsman fights fires and stereotypes

    In the firefighting profession, fear is not an option and the challenges can be big.Senior Airman Sheila M. Fuentes, a full-time firefighter here at Warfield Air National Guard Base, put the fear of leaving her unit and home in Puerto Rico behind her to pursue the challenge of a career in

  • 175th Rocks RED FLAG - Alaska 14-3

    PlanningLate August nearly 150 personnel and 10 A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft from the 175th Wing, Maryland Air National Guard, Baltimore, Maryland, returned home from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. The aircraft and personnel were there taking part in Exercise RED FLAG - Alaska 14-3, a simulated

  • Air Force revamps AEF

    The Air Force will deploy Agile Combat Support Airmen under its redesigned air expeditionary force construct October 1. The primary purpose of the redesign was to look at ways to deploy more ACS Airmen with their units and standardize dwell times across the Air Force as much as possible to present a

  • Tornado hits, Guardsman responds

    A Maryland Air National Guardsman survived a tornado and then went into first responder mode to help others while camping. Airman 1st Class John McCulloch, a crew chief assigned to the 175th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Warfield Air National Guard Base, was camping with his girlfriend, her

  • September Airman Spotlight

    The 175th Wing would like to present Senior Airman Andrew Bracken, structural journeyman assigned to the 175th Civil Engineering Squadron, as this months Spotlight Airman. Bracken joined the Maryland Air National Guard in 2008 and is a volunteer fire fighter with the Dallastown Volunteer Fire

  • Bilateral Affairs Officer for Estonia

    When the new Bilateral Affairs Officer for Estonia starts working in October, it will be the first time a Maryland Air Guardsman will hold the position.Captain Daniel Griffin, an A-10C pilot with Maryland Air National Guard, has been selected. This position is open to both Army and Air Guard

  • August Airman Spotlight

    The 175th Wing would like to present Staff Sgt. Ousseynou Soumou Sonko, Avionics Test Station and Components Craftsman, as this month's Spotlight Airman. Sonko joined the Maryland Air National Guard in 2007 and is a recent graduate of Georgetown University. Here is some more information about Staff