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  • For RAF pilot the road to the Netherlands goes through Tucson

    Royal Air Force fighter pilots qualified on the F-16 are few and far between but surely exist as a result of exchange programs with the United States and other partner nation air forces. This month the 162nd Fighter Wing here is adding one more to the short list.RAF Flt. Lt. Jean-Claude Guertin, an

  • Air Force releases updated dress and appearance instructions

    The Air Force's instruction on dress and personal appearance recently received an appearance upgrade with the release of the updated instruction on July 18. Air Force Instruction 36-2903, Dress and Personal Appearance, received the facelift after several years of interim updates as uniform items

  • 162FW Maintenance Top Performers 3rd Quarter

     From the 800 members of the 162nd Maintenance Group here, six were recognized as this quarter's Top Performers, Jul 15.The quarterly Top Performer awards focus on recognizing maintainers who consistently perform quality work, maintain safe work practices, follow technical data, and engage in

  • JEC delivers cool treats to wing members

    JEC members regularly conduct activities to help 162nd Guardsmen and the larger Tucson community through organizing food and blood drives, volunteering at worthy causes like Habitat for Humanity and highway cleanup, and also spearheading morale-boosting activities such as the Haunted Hanger for Wing

  • Wing pilots set flying record

    Four members of the 162nd Fighter Wing flew with the largest number of F-16 flying hours ever flown in a four-ship formation - a total of 14,834.3 - in 4th of July flybys this year.The flybys, which took place over Independence Day celebrations in Sierra Vista and Mt. Lemmon, Ariz., were flown by

  • Guard members have one-stop information shop for benefits

    Officials with the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs have created a one-stop website for Guard members to access and administer their service benefits-related information in a secure manner, said the undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness.In a November 2010 memorandum to all

  • First Moroccan F-16 pilots to complete training in Arizona

    In July, the Kingdom of Morocco, a strategic partner for U.S. forces in North Africa, will become the 25th country to own and operate F-16 Fighting Falcons. The pilots tapped to fly them are scheduled to finish training here in time to bring them home, July 30.Four Royal Moroccan Air Force officers,

  • Change of command for mission support group

    The 162nd Mission Support Group at Tucson International Airport welcomed its new commander here June 4.Lt. Col. Garry Beauregard assumed command of the group and accepted the unit flag from Col. Mick McGuire, 162nd Fighter Wing commander, during a ceremony before unit members, family and

  • Photo Slideshow: Tucson Padres 162nd Night

    The Tucson Padres, Old Pueblo's new minor league baseball team, invited the 162nd Fighter Wing to Kino Memorial Stadium for a military appreciation game in honor of the Arizona Air National Guard, June 5.(Click here to view the slideshow)In addition to filling the stands, wing members threw out the

  • Former support group commander looks back on colorful career

    When an Air Guard recruiting ad caught Col. Karen Bence's eye as she walked though the airport in Sioux Falls, S.D., in 1975 she had no inclination that she'd retire one day as the commander of the Guard's largest mission support group."A college buddy of mine and I were dropping someone off when we