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  • 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

  • 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