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  • Services Airmen provide meals during Northern Lightning

    Approximately 40 services Airmen and Soldiers from across the nation flew in for the 2017 Northern Lightning Exercise at Volk Field Air National Guard Base, Camp Douglas, Wisconsin, to provide hot meals for the more than 6,500 participants April 27-May 12.

  • Critical law enforcement training aids security forces Airmen's readiness

    Members of the 115th Fighter Wing Security Forces Squadron participated in a quarterly training capstone exercise that was held on base March 18-19. The capstone exercise gave Airmen a chance to train on law enforcement fundamentals, knowledge they need when deployed with active duty units. The

  • Wisconsin fighter pilots dominate Nevada skies

    MADISON, Wis. – More than 190 Airmen from the 115th Fighter Wing returned home from a three-week TDY at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, on Feb. 11.The Airmen participated in the base’s Red Flag 17-1 exercise Jan. 23 – Feb. 10. “Red Flag was founded to create a large scale realistic tactical exercise

  • Airmen receive recognition at annual awards ceremony

    More than 800 Airmen attended the 115th Fighter Wing's annual awards ceremony in Hangar 406 on base Jan. 7.During the ceremony, there were eight categories of awards presented, including Airman of the Year, Non-commissioned Officer of the Year and Company Grade Officer of the Year, among others."I

  • 115th Fighter Wing gains new commander

    Airmen of the 115th Fighter Wing attended the wing change of command ceremony in hangar 406 Oct. 1.During the ceremony, Maj. Gen. Donald P. Dunbar, Wisconsin adjutant general, thanked Wiegand for his contributions as commander of the wing. He then assured the Airmen in attendance that the incoming

  • Wisconsin Guardsmen support innovative training

    More than 80 Soldiers and Airmen from the Wisconsin National Guard traveled to Pleasanton, California Sept. 15-19, for an Innovative Readiness Training exercise intended to improve their deployment and readiness capabilities.The four day event, titled East Bay Stand Down, allowed the service members

  • Wisconsin provides premiere joint training opportunity

    Active duty and guard service members and aircraft from across the nation participated in the 2016 Northern Lighting Exercise at Volk Field Air National Guard Base, Wisconsin, Aug. 22-Sept. 2.The two-week exercise allowed more than 1,000 service members and both fourth and fifth generation aircraft

  • Wisconsin Airmen gain state mission insight

    Thirty-three Airmen from across the state of Wisconsin participated in the Junior Enlisted Orientation Program held throughout the state July 26-28.The program gave enlisted Airmen a chance to travel to the 115th Fighter Wing, Volk Field Air National Guard Base and the 128th Air Refueling Wing,

  • Truax fire department receives accreditation

    The 115th Fighter Wing Truax Fire and Emergency Services fire department became the first in Dane County and the ninth in the state to be accredited during an accreditation hearing in Orlando, Florida, March 16.The Commission on Fire Accreditation International hearing was the final benchmark during