News Search

News

  • Maj. Gen. Donald E. Morris: Founder of Tucson's Air Guard, dies at 92

    Retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Donald E. Morris, 92, died Tuesday, June 7. He is survived by his wife Cherie, two children, two grandchildren, five great grandchildren as he leaves behind one of Arizona's greatest military legacies.The Arizona Air National Guard's 162nd Wing, owes its modern-day

  • 162nd Wing Recognizes Year's Finest

    The 162nd Wing of the Arizona Air National Guard recognized its annual award winners from 2015 in a ceremony at the Tucson International Airport June 5.The ceremony recognized outstanding individuals and teams that contributed to the state and nation.Maj. Gen. Edward P. Maxwell, commander of the

  • 162nd Wing celebrates 60 years; a military legacy continues

    On any given day, F-16 Fighting Falcons zip through the southern Arizona skies - their pilots perfecting their skills - showcasing military readiness thousands of feet above the desert.It's a reoccurring scene similar to what an observer might have experienced in 1956 - the birth year of what is now

  • 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