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  • NCO volunteers for ‘Tucson Monsoon’ season

    Tucson Monsoon season is approaching and promises to bring a different kind of storm - and it has nothing to do with the weather. In his spare time, Staff Sgt. Michael Holly of the 162nd Fighter Wing here is the assistant coach for the Tucson Monsoon, a women's full-tackle football team and part of

  • Guardswoman makes history at 162nd

    Keeping the world's most advanced F-16s up and running isn't a "man's" job - but rather a woman's. At the Arizona Air National Guard's 162nd Fighter Wing at Tucson Airport a fleet of F-16 Desert Falcon's from the United Arab Emirates Air Force are maintained under the supervision of Senior Master

  • Armament flight puts the ‘fight’ in Fighting Falcons

    Air Guardsmen in charge of "alternate" mission equipment, or AME, know their mission is "primary" for the F-16 Fighting Falcons that take off here daily. Airmen at the162nd Armament Flight maintain the F-16's complex matrix of pylons, launchers, adapters and other equipment used to hold bombs and

  • What life would be like without AGE

    A mighty roar erupts close by; but the area is shrouded from sight. Into the summer sky with a jet blast strong and bold, an F-16 Fighting Falcon climbs quickly above the buildings that once blocked it from view. In stark contrast to the mighty roaring Falcon, the attention now focuses on the quiet

  • Guarding America: a family tradition

    The term Guard Family has two meanings at the Arizona Air National Guard's 162nd Fighter Wing. In its most common use, it's a term of endearment  alluding to the close bonds of Guardsmen serving side by side, often for several decades; creating a rich personal and professional support network for

  • Confessions of a Super Bowl Journalist

    At Super Bowl XLII in Glendale, Ariz., the heavy hitters came out to play. ESPN, FOX News, Sports Illustrated and El Tigre News (that's right... El Tigre), sent their finest journalists to cover one of the biggest upsets in Super Bowl history. Just as the New York Giants were unlikely contenders

  • JEC: developing leaders, making a difference

    Junior Enlisted Council mission: "Giving voice to the junior enlisted ranks, while playing an integral part in leadership development." Getting involved The 162nd Fighter Wing Junior Enlisted Council (JEC) is the wing's leading organization for the development of its junior members and serves as a

  • What is the Jimmy Jet Foundation?

    You may have eaten a Jimmy Jet breakfast burrito at a unit training assembly. You may have purchased a wing or squadron shirt from a Jimmy Jet Foundation member. And you may have asked yourself, "Who is Jimmy Jet, and what is this foundation?" The Jimmy Jet Foundation (JJF) is a non-profit Arizona