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  • Capt. Michael Western, 71st Expeditionary Air Control Squadron air surveillance officer and southwest regional interface control officer, is deployed alongside his sister, Capt. Jeannie Horn, 71 EACS maintenance chief. Captains Western and Horn hail from Boyd, Wis. and are deployed from the Wisconsin Air National Guard in support of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason W. Edwards)

    Sibling Airmen share deployments

    Editor's note: This is the final article in a series chronicling on family members deployed together here in Southwest Asia. They shared first-hand experiences on the challenges as well as the bliss of being deployed more than 6,000 miles from home with a loved one. When brothers and sisters spend their entire childhoods together, they normally
  • Civic leaders from seven Midwestern states attending the National Guard Bureau sponsored Business and Industry Days, watch demonstrations of the Air National Guard's chemical war defensive capabilities at Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center, WI, Aug. 20, 2009. The two-day event is designed to give business and industry leaders a better understanding of the citizen soldiers and Airmen who are employed in their respective states. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ashley Bell)

    Business leaders gain appreciation for National Guard training, mission

    With monthly and annual training dates to serve, schools to attend, professional development to fulfill and the never-ending opportunity to serve overseas, being a Citizen Soldier or Airman in the National Guard can be demanding. Aside from the service members and their families, perhaps no one realizes these demands more so than employers of
  • Tech. Sgt. Joe Klich, Staff Sgt. Nate Silvers, Staff Sgt. Jon Emmerich, Senior Airman Jonathon Jaeger and Staff Sgt. Michael Alvareaz, members of the 376th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, stand in formation at Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyz Republic. These five members are joined by 26 of their Madison-based counterparts, from the 115th Security Forces Squadron, in providing perimeter and flight line defense at the base until their return home early next year. (Photo Courtesy)

    115th SFS Airmen provide security for critical supply, transit air base

    The 31 Airmen deployed from the 115th Security Forces Squadron have integrated with their deployed counterparts and provided a smooth transition for operations as part of the 376th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyz Republic. "We play a direct role in securing base personnel, coalition forces and resources
  • Gen. Moises Omar Halleslevens, head of the Nicaraguan military, and Brig. Gen. Jorge Alberto Miranda, chief of the Nicaraguan army air force, observe as Capt. Joseph Walter, 115th Fighter Wing, details the cockpit of an F-16 fighter jet. Capt. Gilberto Ruiz, who served as an escort for the Nicaraguan officers, looks on. The Nicaraguan Chief of Defense staff visited Wisconsin July 22 through 24 as part of the ongoing State Partnership Program between Wisconsin and the Republic of Nicaragua. The military exchange has been in place since 2003. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Jon LaDue)

    Nicaraguan defense chief visits Truax Field

  • Not offset but online, Wisconsin National Guard press dispatches go digital

    "Bye-Bye BAM," began a recent post on the 115th Fighter Wing's website signaling October's monthly newsletter as the final print product, and the transition to an online publication. But the Badger Air Militia, better known as BAM, isn't the only Wisconsin Guard publication going "green" - The Tankard, from the 128th Air Refueling Wing and At Ease,
  • Maj. John Klatt, a pilot from the Minnesota Air National Guard’s 148th Fighter Wing in Duluth, Minn., is also a civilian aerobatic pilot that partners with the Air National Guard to assist in their recruiting efforts at air shows across the nation. In addition to his performances at the air shows, Maj. Klatt provides incentive flights to recruiters and Guard volunteers as part of his work to promote the Air National Guard, while helping recruit and retain its members. Maj. Klatt owns the Staudacher S-300D, which is capable of pulling more than 20 G’s, which is twice the load of the F-16C Fighting Falcon. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Don Nelson, 115 FW/PA)

    Aerobatic pilot promotes the Air Guard at EAA Air Venture

    In the shadows of the world's largest commercial airliner and the very first commercial space vehicle, the greatest part at the Experimental Aviation Association's AirVenture event this year for some Wisconsin Air Guard members was an incentive ride in a Air National Guard-sponsored stunt plane. Maj. John Klatt, a pilot from the Minnesota Air

  • Truax pilot reaches 3,000-hr milestone in F-16

    Lt. Col. Jeff Wiegand, 115th Operations Group commander, is celebrated by family and fellow pilots after landing from a flight that took him over 3000 flying hours in the F-16 Fighting Falcon, July 16. Colonel Wiegand, call sign "Ace", is one of two current 115th pilots to reach this milestone, an accomplishment achieved by fewer than 200 F-16
  • Staff Sgt. John Brown, refueling unit mechanic for the Air National Guard's 115th Fighter Wing in Madison, WI, readies the refueling hose for hot pit refueling operations at Dane County Regional Airport on June 28, 2009. Hot pit refueling provides rapid sortie generation by allowing 115FW F-16 aircraft to refuel and return to flight without shutting down their engines. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Paul Gorman)

    Petroleum, Oil and Lubricants Mission Feature

    Known best by its acronym that few can decode from memory, the Petroleum, Oils and Lubricants flight, or POL, with the 115th Logistics Readiness Squadron here does more than just drive a big green truck and pump fuel ... it helps save lives. With extensive quality control, accounting and storing programs that encompass every aspect of the fuels
  • Lt. Col. Doug Read, 115th Fighter Wing Operations Support Flight commander, is greeted by 116th Combat Wing commander, Col. Kostas Vouzios, upon arrival to Araxos Air Force Base, Greece, June 20. The reunion between the two friends who formerly worked together during Colonel Read's year stationed there 12 years ago, occurred during an F-16 Fighting Falcon delivery by four 115th FW pilots to the Hellenic air force. (Photo submitted by Mr. Clyde Williams)

    115 FW Pilots Deliver F-16s to Hellenic AF, Build Coalition Ties

    Four pilots with the 115th Fighter Wing proved developing the bonds of comradeship with coalition partners can occur in the most unique situations when they delivered four F-16 Fighting Falcons to Araxos Air Base, Greece, on June 20. Lt. Cols. Bruce Fischer, Matt McCunn and Doug Read and Maj. Bart Van Roo flew four new F-16s purchased by the
  • Tech. Sgt. Michael A. Lien, 115th Communications Squadron noncommissioned officer in charge of voice networks, and Tech. Sgt. Tracy L. Lien, a communications-computer systems planning and implementation management specialist also with the 115 CS, are promoted to master sergeant June 27. Together they have 32 years of military experience and five years of marriage. They reside in Mazomanie, WI. (Photo by AIrman 1st Class Ryan Roth)

    Dual military couple share promotion rank, date

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