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Tops in Blue set to perform in Tucson

Tops in Blue is scheduled to perform at the Tucson Convention Center, Wednesday, June 4, at 7 p.m. Admission is free. Tech. Sgt. Chandra Smith, a personnel specialist in the Arizona Air National Guard’s 162nd Fighter Wing, is one of the featured performers. Sergeant Smith says she’s excited about performing for her hometown crowed. “I can’t believe the Tucson show is scheduled so soon in our tour. Our first show was May 18 at Lackland,” said Smith who reported to Tops in Blue in March. Known as the Air Force’s Expeditionary Entertainers, Tops in Blue performs a 90-minute musical extravaganza wherever U.S. troops are stationed. The enormous popularity of the group has made them goodwill ambassadors around the world. For more on Tops in Blue visit www.topsinblue.com. (Air National Guard Photo by Capt. Gabe Johnson)

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Project ChalleNGe

Air rushing through the Hush House baffles gave Project ChalleNGe corpsmembers a feel for the power of an F-16 fighter jet engine during an engine test here, May 16. The 162nd Fighter Wing showed 68 Project ChalleNGe corpsmembers a day-in-the-life of an F-16 training wing while reinforcing the program’s objective to inspire and motivate young high school dropouts to return to education, set goals and accomplish them. Through this 21-week program the Arizona National Guard provides a challenging military-based educational program in residence for teenagers who desire to succeed. The program produces functional members of the community with a success rate of 85 percent; measured by the number of youth who return to school or are placed in a career after graduation. (Air National Guard Photo by Capt. Gabe Johnson)

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New Family Readiness Group coordinator joins the 162nd Fighter Wing

Barb Gavre (left) introduces herself to Tech. Sgt. Kris Jones as the new Family Readiness Group (FRG) coordinator. Sergeant Jones, who works in the medical group, is one of several FRG volunteers. The FRG is always seeking volunteers to assist with Family readiness programs. Wing members are encouraged to use their skills and talents to help fellow members and their families. (Air National Guard Photo by Capt. Gabe Johnson)

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Crew chief honored for selfless act of heroism

Staff Sgt. Jay Rosenberry prepares his F-16 for a sortie at Tucson International Airport. Sergeant Rosenberry was awarded the Coast Guard Silver Lifesaving medal for the heroic rescue of three young children caught in a riptide while vacationing in the Outer Banks of North Carolina in July 2006. The medal is awarded to any person who rescues or endeavors to rescue any other person from drowning, shipwreck or other perils of the water. (Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Desiree Twombly)

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Crew chief honored for selfless act of heroism

Staff Sgt. Jay Rosenberry visits the gravesite of his friend Kevin Mark Emerson in Jetersville, Va., April 11. Sergeant Rosenberry was awarded the Coast Guard Silver Lifesaving medal, and Emerson was posthumously awarded the Gold Lifesaving Medal for the heroic rescue of three young children caught in a riptide while vacationing in the Outer Banks of North Carolina in July 2006. Emerson died as a result of his heroic actions. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Evanson)

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Wright Flight helps students stay on course

Wright Flight students watch a fire truck demonstration at the 162nd Fighter Wing firehouse. The tour showed local school kids several examples of jobs found in the Air National Guard. (Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Dave Neve)

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Wright Flight helps students stay on course

Tech. Sgt. Victoria Lacey shows a fourth-grade student the parachute simulator at the 162nd Operations Group. The tour, organized for the Wright Flight program, showed local school kids several examples of jobs found in the Air National Guard. (Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Dave Neve)

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Country music star flies with Arizona Guard

F-16 pilot, Capt. Jason Lewis (right) checks on Joe Nichols before his orientation flight with the 162nd Fighter Wing.

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Country music star flies with Arizona Guard

Country Thunder U.S.A. performing artist Joe Nichols gets ready to board an F-16D on the flightline here, April 17. The orientation flight was organized in support of the Arizona National Guard’s partnership with the Country Thunder concert series that made a stop in Florence, Ariz., April 17-20. The concert, and celebrity orientation flight, drew national attention to the Arizona National Guard, increasing awareness while enhancing recruiting efforts. (Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Dave Neve)

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Super Bowl Journalists

FOX News personality Brian Kilmeade stops to take a photo with fellow Super Bowl Correspondent Tech. Sgt. Angela Walz, 162nd Fighter Wing public affairs. (Air National Gaurd photo by Senior Airman Sarah Flint)

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Maintenance officer volunteers for exchange program tour

Capt. Andrew Chilcoat, a maintenance officer for the 162nd Fighter Wing, will represent the Arizona National Guard as a bilateral affairs officer at the U.S. Embassy in Kazakhstan for one year. The exchange program supports Arizona's relations with its Central Asian partner state in the Partnership for Peace program. (Air National Guard photo by Capt. Gabe Johnson)

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Aviation logisitics information exchange

With help from interpreters, logistics staff from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan learn how the 162nd Fighter Wing manages materiel in the base warehouse. (Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Dave Neve)

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Bring a buddy to drill

Master Sgt. Mark Franklin (right) explains how the hush houses on base help the wing safely and quietly test F-16 engines. The recruiting effort successfully showcased several job opportunities for the 25 ‘buddies’ that participated April 5. Three of the visitors initiated the enlistment process that very day, and several others asked recruiters to follow up with them. (Air National Guard Photo by Senior Airman Sarah Flint)

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162nd Fighter Wing Junior Enlisted Council

Staff Sgt. David Nichols, aircraft maintainer and Junior Enlisted Council member, helps pick up trash in front of the base as part of the council’s ‘Adopt Valencia’ monthly cleanup effort. The JEC takes on several projects each year to improve the base and the local community. (Air National Guard photo by Capt. Gabe Johnson)

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Arizona Fighting Falcons roost over Super Bowl

GLENDALE, Ariz. - Capt. Patrick McClelland, a pilot assigned to the Arizona Air National Guard’s 162nd Fighter Wing based in Tucson, flies an F-16 Fighting Falcon over University of Phoenix Stadium before Super Bowl weekend kicks off. The purpose of the pre-game flight was to raise public awareness that U.S. air defenses would be at work Feb. 3 enforcing the FAA’s temporary flight restriction over the National Football League’s championship game while ensuring the safety of the crowd. (Photo by Lt. Col. Moon Milham)

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Holocaust survivor speaks to Tucson students at the 162nd Fighter Wing

Holocaust survivor Irving Senor shows Tucson-area high school students the concentration camp number etched into his arm 64 years ago at Auschwitz during World War II. Senor, along with six other survivors, spoke to more than 300 students at the 162nd Fighter Wing for a Holocaust remembrance program, March 27. (Photo by Master Sgt. Dave Neve, 162nd Fighter Wing)

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Arizona Air National Guard F-16

Arizona Air National Guard F-16

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Air Guardsman at sea, shooting down a satellite

Navy Capt. Randall Hendrickson, the Lake Erie’s commanding officer (left), congratulates Byron Koomia on a job well done. Koomia, an engineer with Raytheon based in Tucson, Ariz., is also an Air Guardsman assigned to the 162nd Figher Wing. (U.S. Navy Photo)

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Jimmy "Jet" Bracamonte

Jimmy "Jet" Bracamonte, once an active member of the 162nd Fighter Wing, continues to help fellow Guardsmen through a foundation named for him - The Jimmy Jet Foundation.

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