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  • 175th Wing supports presidential inauguration

    Fifty-one members of the Maryland Air National Guard participated in Operation CAPITOL THUNDER, the inauguration of President Barack Obama, on January 20th. Members left Warfield Air National Guard Base early Monday to go to Washington, D.C. for training and to preposition for the inauguration on

  • Maryland World War II MIA honored

    A line in the Airman's creed states "I will never leave an Airman behind." For Tech. Sgt. Leonard J. Ray, a member of the Maryland National Guard killed during World War II, that promise was fulfilled, albeit 60-plus years after his B-24 bomber went down. An international crowd gathered at the

  • Generals re-enforce 'Citizenship Day' with core values

    Two Air Force generals visited a Greenpoint neighborhood elementary school in Brooklyn, N.Y., Feb. 11 during the school's Citizenship Day, as part of school-wide programs to instill pride in America and community service. The generals, Maj. Gen. Darren McDew, director of Air Force Public Affairs,

  • Responding to the Community

    "It's not the number that counts," said Senior Master Sgt. Walter Spencer Jr., Fire Chief of the 175th CES/CEF Fire Department, referring to the amount of incidents the military fire department responds to during the year. "The benefits to the community are the firefighters that work here, the

  • Birds of a Feather Flock Together

    A time compliance technical order has brought several A-10 units here to Warfield Air National Guard Base. Planes, pilots and maintenance crews from Air National Guard units at Fort Smith, Ark. and Battle Creek, Mich. along with active duty personnel from Moody Air Force Base, Ga. have been flying

  • Tuskegee Airman

    The Tuskegee Airmen served as the first African-American unit in the Army during the 1940's. Born in Charleston, W.Va on June 3, 1916, Edward Henry Hale, father of Senior Master Sgt. Frederic T. Hale, Small Air Terminal Superintendant, 135th Logistics Readiness Squadron, reached the rank of Staff

  • Airman of the Year

    The 175th Wing held its first Airman Recognition Ceremony in December. This annual event recognizes not only the winners of the Airman of the Year but also Community College of the Air Force graduates and other outstanding achievements by Airman during the year. Brig. Gen. James A. Adkins, the

  • Wyatt nominated as next Air National Guard director

    Less than 24 hours after taking the oath of office as chief of the National Guard Bureau (CNGB), Air Force Gen. Craig R. McKinley announced here today President George W. Bush will nominate Air Force Maj. Gen. Harry M. Wyatt III to the U.S. Senate for confirmation as the next director of the Air

  • Guard's first general ready to take Minutemen forward

    Air Force Gen. Craig R. McKinley officially became chief of the National Guard Bureau (CNGB) and was promoted to the rank of general by Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates in a ceremony today at the Pentagon. Gates and Navy Adm. Michael G. Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as well as

  • The last for a 1st Sgt.

    Master Sgt. Kathy Watson started her career in the military in 1984. She enlisted as an active duty personnel specialist in the USAF. Her first duty station was Minot AFB, North Dakota. The first day she was on the base it snowed. She said "Everyone was upset but me. I loved the snow." It was the