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  • Lajes supports largest A-10 movement this year

    Eighteen A-10C Thunderbolts from the 175th Warfield Air National Guard Base landed at Lajes Field March 31, making it the largest A-10 coronet this year to Lajes Field.Members of the 175th Warfield Air National Guard Base Maintenance and Operations Group departed their base in Martin State Airport

  • SecAF: Cyberspace is an Air Force priority

    Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley highlighted cyberspace as an important Air Force priority and joint force enabler during remarks to Airmen, industry officials and Air Force Association members March 23 at the Air Force Association's 2012 CyberFutures Conference and Technology Exposition

  • New Rifle Qualification

    New firing procedures for rifle qualifying are changing in the Maryland Air National Guard, better preparing Airmen for current deployments.The new rifle qualification course will integrate both lateral and horizontal movement, as well as how to use immediate action. Members will also gain the

  • Air Force Details Plans for ISR Group, C-27 Divestment

    New details have emerged regarding how the fiscal year 2013 Air Force budget proposal might affect the Maryland Air National Guard.The budget proposal, portions of which were released in January, calls for the elimination of the C-27J Spartan from the Air Force inventory. The C-27 is currently

  • Washington native deploys to keep airmen safe

    Staff Sgt. Joanna Marriot, a driver with a security element, recently deployed to Southwest Asia from the 175th Security Forces Squadron, Maryland Air National Guard. Marriot, a native of Deming, Wash., along with other Air National Guard Security Forces Squadron members deployed as a group to join

  • Learning in America

    Staff Sgt. Ousseynou S. Sonko came to the United States for an education. Through mentoring, he has progressed through both his military and educational careers.Sonko, an avionics sensors and electronic warfare systems mechanic in the 175th Maintenance Squadron, was born in Dakar, Senegal in Africa.

  • Photo Essay: A-10C Training at the Nevada Test and Training Range

    An A-10C assigned to the 104th Fighter Squadron, Maryland Air National Guard, lands at Mud Lake on the Nevada Test and Training Range, November 29, 2011. The pilots landed on an unimproved dirt runway during the day and night as a part of continuing training through the U.S. Air Force Weapons

  • CES construction in California

    Every year the 175th Civil Engineer Squadron is tasked to complete a deployment for training which takes them to military bases around the world for real-world training. Each base project is assigned to four teams from Prime Beef Squadrons throughout the Air National Guard and all teams will deploy

  • Air Force announces force structure overview for FY 13 and beyond

    Air Force officials announced proposed force structure changes which support the new DoD strategic guidance retiring 286 aircraft over the next five years, including 227 in fiscal year 13.According to Secretary of the Air Force, Michael Donley, the Air Force is shaping itself for future challenges

  • New Fire Station Ribbon Cutting

    The Maryland Air National Guard celebrated the opening of the new Martin State Airport/Maryland Air National Guard Crash Fire Rescue Station with a ribbon cutting ceremony here today, Jan. 19th.Maj. Gen. James A. Adkins, the adjutant general for the Maryland National Guard hosted the ceremony. "This