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  • 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

  • Tucson-based F-16 pilot reaches 5,000 flying hours

    An Air Force Reserve pilot assigned to Tucson International Airport became the fourth person to rack up 5,000 flying hours in F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft during a flight here Monday, May 9.Col. Lenny Dick, vice commander of the Air National Guard Air Force Reserve Command Test Center, began flying

  • Dutch Air Force tells its story from Tucson

    Four months after starting up an F-16 pilot training program at the 162nd Fighter Wing here, the Royal Netherlands Air Force is graduating new pilots and showing the international media how it's done.A 10-member press delegation from the Netherlands visited Tucson International Airport April 28-29

  • 162FW Maintenance Top Performers 2nd Quarter

    From the 800 members of the 162nd Maintenance Group here, six were recognized as this quarter's Top Performers, April 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

  • Sexual Assault Awareness Month encourages bystander intervention

    The Air Force is observing Sexual Assault Awareness Month, starting April 1.The Defense Department theme for the month is "Hurts one. Affects all," which is designed to point out how sexual assault affects not only the victim, but the department as well. The Air Force's slogan supporting the DDD

  • DoD to drop Social Security numbers from ID cards

    Beginning June 1, Social Security numbers on military identification cards will begin to disappear, said Air Force Maj. Monica M. Matoush, a Pentagon spokeswoman.The effort is part of a larger plan to protect service members and other DOD identification card holders from identity theft, officials

  • Air Force leaders issue sexual assault prevention, response message

    Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James Roy issued the following message to the men and women of the United States Air Force:We must commit to eliminating sexual assault from our Air Force.Air Force leaders

  • Photo Slideshow: Heroes vs Legends

    Local service members played an exhibition baseball game against former Major League players March 12th.Click here to see slideshow.