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  • Tucson Air National Guard Defenders honored with Air Force-level award

    Last year, the 162nd SFS earned the 2017 Air National Guard’s Outstanding Security Forces Award, and today, squadron leaders are in Norman, Oklahoma, to accept the 2017 United States Air Force Outstanding Security Forces Unit “Air Reserve Component” Award at the Air National Guard Security Forces

  • Arizona Guard deploys to Czech Republic for Ample Strike 2018

    Ample Strike is an annual Czech Republic-led, live exercise intended to increase proficiency levels for all forward air controllers and joint terminal attack controllers (JTACs), as well as to improve standardization and interoperability among NATO allies and partners.

  • Truax Field fulfills another chapter in Arizona Airman’s life

    Truax Field has a great deal of military history; from being an Active Army Air Base in 1942, to being Truax Air Force Base from 1952 to 1967 and now being a part of the Wisconsin Air National Guard, there is a lot of monumental military culture to be found here. For Senior Master Sgt. Oscar

  • Mission feature: AGE generates airpower from the ground up

    TUCSON, Ariz. -- The 162nd Maintenance Group dedicates more than eight hundred personnel to keeping the wing’s F-16 Fighting Falcons airborne, but for one flight in the 162nd Maintenance Squadron, air superiority starts on the ground. The Aerospace Ground Equipment flight operates by its motto,

  • Kicking off CrossTell 2018

    Guardsmen from the 141st Air Refueling Wing flew to the western skies of Oregon to support F-16D Fighting Falcons from the 162nd Fighter Wing and F-15A Eagles from the 142nd Fighter Wing participating in Aerospace Control Alert CrossTell 2018, a live-fly training exercise out of the Portland Air

  • Local climate survey measures wing’s performance, offers feedback

    TUCSON, Ariz. -- Members of the 162nd Wing expressed an overall favorable outlook of the organization’s effectiveness and culture through the recent climate survey, but they did cite the need for improvement in areas like communication and feedback. “I am proud to see that the 162nd Wing team has

  • Visit Solidifies Partnership

    The State Secretary of Defense along with the Vice Chief of Defense and Director of Operations of the Royal Netherlands , took the time to visit the 148th Fighter Squadron at the Arizona Air National Guard’s 162nd Wing located at the Tucson International Airport, Wednesday, Jan. 24.State Secretary

  • Civic Leaders get unique view of pilot training

    944th Fighter Wing Reserve Citizen Airmen and 162nd Wing Arizona Air National Guardsmen partnered to offer civic leaders from Phoenix and Tucson a unique view of pilot training during an overnight trip to Gila Bend Auxiliary Airfield and the Barry M. Goldwater Range Jan. 18 and 19.

  • Military families celebrate the season

    The tenth annual Holiday Open House delivered toys to military families at the Arizona Air National Guard's 162nd Wing, Saturday, Dec. 16. The Family Readiness Office teamed up with non-profit organizations in Arizona that are dedicated to supporting military families, to host the annual holiday