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  • Instructor pilot reaches great heights as triathlon coach, cycling icon

    Whether donning a flight suit or workout gear, speed is what sets Maj. Brian Grasky apart from the rest of the competition.As an F-16 instructor pilot with the 162nd Fighter Wing here, Grasky can easily pull nine Gs in a jet. On the ground, he's more apt to be seen flying down the pavement on a road

  • Human relations assessment prompts leadership challenge

    The 162nd Fighter Wing's annual Human Relations Climate Assessment Committee met here during the November drill weekend. The gathering, held annually within 60 days of the closeout of each fiscal year, is actually a working group with the purpose of identifying human resource-related trends, said

  • Off-the-shelf solutions speed new equipment to Reserve, Guard

    By using ideas from recently deployed Airmen and using off-the-shelf technology, the Reserve Component has developed new equipment that saved lives and led to highly successful combat operations in Afghanistan and Iraq.This streamlined process is speeding high-tech acquisitions and was briefed by

  • Guard members encouraged to nominate supportive employers

    Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), a Department of Defense agency, is now accepting nominations for the 2012 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award. The Freedom Award is the DoD's highest award for civilian employers supporting Guard and Reserve members. The DoD

  • RAF ambassador, aviation pioneer flies with Air Guard F-16s

    At a base where student pilots from all over the globe come to train in the F-16, it's common to see an array of different military uniforms - but none stand out like a bright red flight suit.Standing out is a way of life for Royal Air Force Flight Lt. Kirsty Stewart, who wears the scarlet uniform

  • Air Guard delivers cool treats to elementary students

    What kind of ice cream do you want? Sponge Bob, Batman or Bugs Bunny?Members of the 162nd Mission Support Group at Tucson International Airport visited Los Ranchitos Elementary School in South Tucson Oct. 6 to give every student a free ice cream.(Click here to see all the photos on Facebook)After

  • JEC Cake Walk Thank you

    The Junior Enlisted Council would like to extend a big thank you to all members and their families who graciously donated baked goods to this year's JEC Cake Walk. Without your donations the Cake Walk would not have been such a huge success! Over 200 goodies were donated, and all were gone by the

  • Annual Awards honor Guardsmen, fighter wing supporters

    Servicemembers, families, friends, distinguished guests and visitors filled Maintenance Hangar 10 at Tucson International Airport for the 162nd Fighter Wing's 2011 Annual Awards and Hometown Heroes Salute ceremony here Oct. 1.(Click here for photos from the Hometown Heroes Salute)(Click here to view

  • Chief's promotion highlights Air Guard's community ties

    A diploma from Sunnyside High School is not a prerequisite for promotion to the Air Force's highest enlisted rank, but five chief master sergeants at the 162nd Fighter Wing here have both achievements in common.Chief Master Sergeants Rene Lopez, George Silvas, Edisa Salcido and Gil Quiroz are all

  • Test Center proves modern weapons for light attack aircraft

    It's light, lean, cost effective - and now lethal. The AT-6C light attack aircraft in testing here successfully employed precision-guided munitions for the first time Sept. 28. In three test flights over Southern Arizona's Barry M. Goldwater Range the experimental airplane dropped three GBU-12s -