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  • Airman Magazine visits the 162nd

    Two staff members from Airman Magazine visited the 162nd Fighter Wing July 7-11 to highlight the unit's international pilot training mission in the magazine's November-December edition.Staff Sgt. J. Paul Croxon, magazine staff writer, and Master Sgt. Jack Braden, photojournalist, spent a week with

  • ESGR raises awareness, honors those who serve

    The Arizona Committee of Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve is generating public and employer support for Guardsmen and Reservists while honoring one of the state's biggest advocates for U.S. servicemembers this summer.As the 1.3 million members of the National Guard and Reserve continue to

  • Photo: Post Independence Day FOD walk

    Nearly 100 Arizona Air National Guardsmen walk the flightline here July 6 in search of Foreign Object Damage, or FOD. Small rocks and loose screws are the usual culprits when aircraft maintainers encounter FOD, but after Independence Day a massive FOD walk was needed to find debris from fireworks

  • Online personnel services for ANG members

    Do you want to avoid waiting in line at your Military Personnel office? Did you know that you can perform many personnel actions from your home using a variety of online services? For ANG members, the virtual Personnel Center-Guard and Reserve (vPC-GR), the virtual Military Personnel Flight (vMPF),

  • Air Guardsman donates bone marrow, schedules drive to help others do same

    An Arizona Air Guardsman here helped save a life by donating vital bone marrow, and he wants others to jump on the bandwagon. Scheduled for Saturday, July 10, from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Arizona Air National Guard base at Tucson International Airport, Senior Master Sgt. Armando Gonzalez will

  • Air Guard opens F-16 maintenance school in Arizona

    New Air Guard F-16 mechanics currently faced with the possibility of waiting up to two years for formal training courses will soon see their wait time drastically reduced by a new training program here.The first class of aspiring F-16 Fighting Falcon crew chiefs reported June 1 to the newly-formed

  • Photo Feature: Arizona Air Guardsmen welcomed home from Iraq

    Family and friends celebrated the return of 29 security forces Airmen assigned to the 162nd Fighter Wing at Tucson International Airport, June 6-7. The Arizona Air Guardmen were deployed to Iraq on a five-month tour.Click here to see the photo slide show.

  • Services Airmen train to cook expeditionary style

    There is nothing like a home-cooked meal. For Airmen at bare-base locations eating such a meal isn't always possible. When meals-ready-to-eat, MREs, are common fair in austere locations, Airmen welcome the site of a kitchen set up to serve hot food.One such kitchen used by the 162nd Services Flight

  • Official commuting distance set to change

    New changes to the official commuting distance for which 162nd Fighter Wing Guardsmen may be reimbursed for travel entitlements will take effect beginning June 13. The changes are in accordance with public law, DoD directives and federal regulations.Brig. Gen. Greg Stroud, 162nd Fighter Wing

  • Test Center welcomes new commander

    The Air National Guard Air Force Reserve Command Test Center (AATC) at Tucson International Airport welcomed a new commander May 21. Col. Richard Dennee assumed command receiving the AATC guideon from Maj. Gen. Rick Moisio, the deputy director of the Air National Guard and former 162nd Fighter Wing