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  • Be a Green Dot

    In May members of the Arizona Air National Guard's 162nd Wing located at the Tucson International Airport will take the first step of a five-year strategy to decrease interpersonal violence across the Air Force when the Green Dot violence-prevention initiative gains momentum.The Air Force contracted

  • Security experts build relationships through exchange

    Security experts from the Arizona Air National Guard's 162nd Wing located at the Tucson International Airport teamed up with 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern), Davis-Monthan Air Force Base Explosive Ordinance Disposal, AF Office of Special Investigations and local agencies to participate in a

  • Airmen and Marines fuel the fight

    The 162nd Wing's F-16 schoolhouse at the Tucson International Airport often serves as a model for security cooperation with America's global allies. It's not common, however, that the international training center hosts Marine Corps reservists to augment Guard Airmen here. Beginning in late March

  • 162nd Wing Airmen seek financial peace

    Airman and their families at the Arizona Air National Guard's 162nd Wing, located at the Tucson international Airport attended Financial Peace University here Jan. 27-March 30.The course is a DVD-based lecture series designed by nationally syndicated talk show host and founder of FPU, Dave Ramsey.

  • Commander of the 19th Air Force visits Arizona guardsmen

    Maj. Gen. James Hecker, 19th Air Force commander, visited the Arizona Air National Guard's 162nd Wing located at the Tucson International Airport, March 30-April 1, to witness the premier F-16 fighter pilot training program in action.During his visit, Hecker met with members of the 162nd Wing, whose

  • 162nd Wing members commit to service of state and country

    New Airmen embarking on the journey of becoming members of the Arizona Air National Guard's 162nd Wing and members renewing their commitment to service recited the oath of enlistment at the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base "Thunder and Lightning over Arizona" March 12.In front of hundreds of D-M open

  • Sun sets on training for Japanese students at the 162nd Wing

    As Japan prepares to mark five years since a massive earthquake triggered a tsunami that devastated its northeast coast, the Japanese students at the Arizona Air National Guard's 162nd Wing located at Tucson International Airport completed their F-16 pilot training.Japan turned to the premier

  • Gov. Ducey visits Davis-Monthan Airmen, Arizona Air National Guardsmen

    Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey spent Monday afternoon visiting with Airmen and getting a firsthand look at the diverse operations conducted here, including the missions of the Arizona Air National Guard's 162nd Wing, which the governor oversees as commander-in-chief of all Arizona's guardsmen not mobilized

  • 162nd Wing alert detachment receives Air Force Outstanding Unit Award

    The Air Force Outstanding Unit Award has been awarded to the Arizona Air National Guard's 162nd Wing Aerospace Control Alert detachment located at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base for the period of Nov. 1, 2012 through Oct. 31, 2014.The award is given to units that have distinguished themselves by

  • MAGIC provides tools for Airmen

    The Arizona Air National Guard's 162nd Wing located at Tucson International Airport held the 6th annual My Air Guard Incentive Career, or MAGIC event at Pima Community College West Campus Jan. 9-10."This year's goal was to provide Airmen with the tools they need to make informed career, personal and