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  • 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

  • National Guard celebrates 373rd birthday

    The United States is a relatively young country, but four of the oldest military organizations in the world are in our country's National Guard.The National Guard is celebrating its 373rd birthday this year. On Dec. 13, 1636, the Massachusetts Bay Colony divided its citizen-soldiers, or militia,

  • Arizona Guardsmen picked for national recruiting campaign

    In an effort to attract more prior active duty servicemembers to the Air Guard, the National Guard Bureau made the 162nd Fighter Wing the focus of a campaign photo shoot here Nov. 30 - Dec. 3.The Guard Bureau's recruiting and retention operations office sent an eight-member creative team to Tucson

  • Photos: Senator McCain visits 162nd Fighter Wing

    U.S. Senator John McCain visited the Airzona Air National Guard's 162nd Fighter Wing at Tucson International Airport Nov. 24 to show support for the wing and it's future.Hosted by Brig. Gen. Michael Colangelo, Arizona Air National Guard commander, and Col. Greg Stroud, 162nd Fighter Wing commander,

  • Minuteman Golf Tournament: a hole-in-one for worthy causes

    The 162nd Fighter Wing Minuteman Committee, the unit's community support organization, raised $12,500 at its annual golf tournament fund raiser here, Oct. 30.Approximately 100 golfers and 20 volunteers donned their best golfing attire at the Del Lago Golf Course to raise money for four different

  • Maintenance Group recognizes Top Performers

    From the 800 members of the 162nd Maintenance Group here, six were recognized as this quarter's Top Performers, Nov. 6.The quarterly Top Performer awards focus on recognizing maintainers who consistently perform quality work, maintain safe work practices, follow technical data, and engage in quality