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

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

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

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

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

Dual military couple share promotion rank, date

MSG commanders discuss tough support issues at national conference

Air National Guard security forces and civil engineer squadrons will be mobilizing at an increased rate over the next few years. With a large population of those critical support functions deployed, there will most definitely be an impact on day-to-day missions at home stations across the United

Pilot of Hill AFB F-16 crash confirmed dead

Hill Air Force Base officials confirmed an F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot was killed at about 10:25 p.m. June 21 after the aircraft crashed on the Utah Test and Training Range about 35 miles south of Wendover, Utah. The pilot, Capt. George Bryan Houghton, 28, from the 388th Fighter Wing here, graduated

Maintainers sniff out solution to F-16 fuel cell issues

Inspections are a regular but critical part of the job for the 115th Fighter Wing fuel systems maintenance team. During an extensive inspection of an F-16 in April, shop mechanics discovered its fuel cell was leaking. With their attention to detail during inspections and their ability to work