1 Jul 2008

Wisconsin National Guard provides real-time video of flood damaged areas

Flying at 8,000 feet above flood-ravaged Wisconsin, members of the Wisconsin National Guard with assistance from Guard units in Mississippi and Arkansas provided emergency management officials with "eyes in the sky" to help with disaster relief efforts. Recent heavy rains have left Wisconsin rivers and lakes swollen and in many cases the

5 May 2008

115th Fighter Wing Recognized For Service

115th Fighter Wing Recognized For Service

5 May 2008

115th ANG FW Deploys for Iraq

115th ANG FW Deploys for Iraq

28 Apr 2008

Chisholm reprises roles as State Command Chief

Chief Master Sgt. James F. Chisholm has been chosen as the next Command Chief Master Sergeant for the Wisconsin Air National Guard. Chisholm had once previously served at State Headquarters in Madison as the State Command Chief. In this latest assignment as the top enlisted member of the Wisconsin Air National Guard, Chisholm will succeed current

18 Apr 2008

Wisconsin ANG change of command

Brig. Gen. Donald Dunbar (center), the Wisconsin Adjutant General, is flanked by outgoing Deputy Adjutant General-Air Brig. Gen. Gerald Olesen and incoming Deputy Adjutant General-Air Col. John McCoy (right) during the change of command ceremony February 29, 2008. Colonel McCoy was the state director of staff prior to his appointment to the deputy

18 Apr 2008

The end of an era

No, I'm not referring to Brett Favre retiring. I'm talking about some of the equipment used in the Volk Field Radar Approach Control (RAPCON). Since the RAPCON opened their fixed facility in February of 1999, they have been controlling the skies using the GPN-20/TPX-42 RADAR system. The system was taken out of DEPOT after being decommissioned when

17 Apr 2008

Volk Field CRTC airfield ops named top of 2007

The Air Traffic Control and Airfield Management sections of Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center have been named the 2007 Air National Guard Operations Complex of the Year. "I'm very proud of both our Air Traffic Control and Airfield Management sections," said Lt. Col. Brendan Smith, Volk Field CRTC director of operations. The complex has