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  • 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

  • Air Force officials unveil new strategic basing process

    Senior Air Force officials have applied a new basing process to more than 200 sites for training and operational basing of the F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter aircraft. In fall 2008, Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley and Air Force Chief of Staff Norton Schwartz sought to redefine

  • ESGR encourages Guardsmen to nominate supportive employers

    Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), a Department of Defense agency, announced the opening of the nomination season for the 2010 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award. National Guard and Reserve members and their families are eligible and encouraged to nominate employers,

  • 162nd Fighter Wing announced as candidate base for F-35

    Air Force officials announced that the 162nd Fighter Wing at Tucson International Airport is one of the top five locations under consideration for F-35 Joint Strike Fighter training. "We are honored to be included on the initial list of bases being considered for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter," said

  • Photos: 162nd Fighter Wing 'Haunted Hangar' 2009

    The 162nd Fighter Wing celebrated Halloween here Oct. 25 with its annual Haunted Hangar event for wing members and families. The unit's Junior Enlisted Council organized a cake walk; children painted pumpkins; family readiness sponsored a chili cook off; teens participated in a "Guitar Hero"

  • Education benefits at a glance

    There has been a lot of talk recently regarding education benefits, more specifically, the education benefit known as the Post-9/11 GI Bill. "A lot of people think they qualify for the Post-9/11 GI Bill, when they don't," said Master Sgt. Patricia Switzer-Monks, 162nd Fighter Wing retention office

  • Photos: Services flight comes home

    Services Airmen assigned to the 162nd Force Support Squadron here were reunited with family and friends at Tucson International Airport after a four-month deployment to Southwest Asia, Oct. 22. The Arizona Air National Guardsmen left Tucson June 8 to serve with the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing to

  • Weapons, tactics conference puts warfighters' needs in focus

    Nearly 1,200 Air Force warfighters are meeting here this week in 30 working groups on Air Force weapons systems to decide on what's needed to succeed in future battles and missions. This year's Air Guard and Reserve Weapons and Tactics Conference (WEPTAC) is the biggest ever, said Air Force Col. Jon

  • Test center welcomes new commander

    The Air National Guard Air Force Reserve Command Test Center (AATC) at Tucson International Airport welcomed a new commander Oct. 16. Col. Jon Mott assumed command receiving the AATC guideon from Maj. Gen. Rick Moisio, the deputy director of the Air National Guard and former 162nd Fighter Wing