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  • Air Guard fighter wing commander makes one-star general

    The commander of the largest Air National Guard fighter wing in the country was promoted to the rank of brigadier general here March 4.Brig. Gen. Greg Stroud, a full-time F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot with the 162nd Fighter Wing at Tucson International Airport, pinned on the one-star general rank

  • Change of command for Medical Group

    Col. Greg Stroud, 162nd Fighter Wing commander, officiated a change of command ceremony here where Lt. Col. Eric Kendle assumed command of the 162nd Medical Group from Col. James Balserak, Feb. 7. Lieutenant Colonel Kendle has served all 18 of his years in the Air National Guard here in Tucson,

  • Arizona Air Guard to train Moroccan F-16 pilots

    A new destination was recently added to the mile marker post outside the Operations Group here. It reads: Marrakech 5,754 miles. The sign is indicative of the newest partner nation to be trained by the 162nd Fighter Wing here--the Kingdom of Morocco. Maj. Steve "Scratch" Haase, 162nd operation's

  • New commander set to lead Arizona Predator unit

    The 214th Reconnaissance Group welcomed a new commander during an assumption of command ceremony here Feb. 6. Unit members, family and friends of Lt. Col. Michael McGuire attended the ceremony officiated by Brig. Gen. Michael Colangelo, commander of the Arizona Air National Guard. Colonel McGuire

  • Maintenance Group recognizes Top Performers

    02/04/2010 - TUCSON, Ariz. -- From the 800 members of the 162nd Maintenance Group here, five were recognized as this quarter's Top Performers, Feb 4.The quarterly Top Performer awards focus on recognizing maintainers who consistently perform quality work, maintain safe work practices, follow

  • Safety promotion offers free reflective vests to base motorcyclists

    As part of a new traffic safety promotion the 162nd Fighter Wing at Tucson International Airport is issuing high-visibility reflective vests to all assigned Air Guardsmen who ride motorcycles - free of charge.Col. Greg Stroud, the wing commander, ceremoniously issued the first of 150 vests currently

  • Tucson community members launch F-35 support project

    The 162nd Fighter Wing Minuteman Committee, a group of Southern Arizona business and community leaders dedicated to sustaining the mission of the Arizona Air National Guard at Tucson International Airport, launched an F-35 Lightning II public support campaign, Jan. 22.The project titled Tucson

  • Wing members fill gaps oversees, at home

    It wasn't a typical Security Forces troop checking IDs at the gate that cold January morning - it was an augmentee.When 31 members of the 162nd Security Forces Squadron (SFS) deployed to Iraq Jan. 2, members of the 162nd Fighter Wing and surrounding military installations stepped in to help the

  • Arizona Security Forces en route to Iraq

    After Arizona Air Guardsmen from the 162nd Fighter Wing at Tucson International Airport rang in the New Year, they bid farewell to 31 Security Forces Airmen on their way to Iraq, Jan. 2.The airbase security specialists will spend two weeks at a regional training center in Dallas before heading out

  • Chaplain’s training, faith save an Arizona man’s life

    Military chaplains are often credited with saving lives, and most of the time it's a spiritual life that is saved. For one Air Guard chaplain, a recent hunting trip turned into a different kind of rescue operation. When a 162nd Fighter Wing chaplain, Maj. Mike Martinez, went hunting in early