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  • Family Appreciation Day... the tradition continues

    While November marks the beginning of the holiday season, the 162nd Fighter Wing will recognize those who embolden the spirit of wing Airmen: their families.The wing will host Family Appreciation Day, the annual gathering of members, retirees and their families here Nov. 4.According to Chief Master

  • Luke AFB selected for F-35, Tucson remains a candidate

    The F-35A Lightning II joint strike fighter is going to Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., and Tucson International Airport will continue to be an option for a future basing decision Air Force officials announced Aug. 2.Luke, an F-16 Fighting Falcon training base located west of Phoenix, will house 72 of

  • Air Guard recruit becomes U.S. citizen, heads to basic training

    At the U.S. District Court here 53 new American citizens took the Oath of Allegiance to the United States July 20; each one eager for the duties of citizenship. One new American among the proud group was equally eager to assume the duties of an Airman.Vivian Gutierrez de Pineres, originally from

  • Wing commander commends CCAF graduates

    Thirty members of the 162nd Fighter Wing received Associate in Applied Science degrees from the Community College of the Air Force, and were recognized during a ceremony in the base auditorium here July 15. The Community College of the Air Force is a federally-chartered degree-granting institution

  • Air Guard medics rehearse crisis response

    When disaster strikes, Air National Guard medical teams are called upon to save lives. That's why 47 members of the 162nd Medical Group from Tucson International Airport deployed here for Expeditionary Medical Support, or EMEDS, training at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center here, June

  • Photos - Tucson military, community leader laid to rest with honor

    Guard and Reserve servicemembers representing all branches of the United States armed forces provided military funeral honors for Bill Valenzuela at his final resting place at Holy Hope Cemetery in Tucson, Ariz., July 12. (Click here to view the Photo Slideshow)Valenzuela was a veteran of the Korean

  • Arizona, Japanese Airmen team up for post-tsunami fighter capabilities

    While the island nation of Japan continues to rebuild in the wake of the March 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, its airmen look to reconstitute the country's air defenses - learning to fly the F-16 Fighting Falcon here with the Arizona Air National Guard. The disaster left the Japan Air

  • Citizen Airmen, Soldiers join forces to deliver jet fuel

    When American Soldiers need practice managing the vital fuel that keeps the military mobile, they look to the Arizona Air National Guard for hands-on experience.It's not often that Army reserve quartermasters, experts in military logistics and supply, get to transport, store and test JP8 jet fuel