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  • Texas Air National Guard serving in Haiti

    An aircraft that has proven its tremendous value during many of the recent hurricanes, was deployed to Haiti last week.     The RC-26, an aircraft traditionally used in support of drug interdiction and law enforcement missions, was heavily utilized during Hurricanes Katrina and many storms

  • Ten graduate from NCO Academy

    Satellite Non-Commissioned Officer graduates who had started their education at Lackland Air Force Base, completed their professional military education 15 December at McGhee-Tyson Air National Guard Base in Tennessee.      Ten 149th Fighter Wing students, including one 273rd member participated in

  • And the Outstanding Airmen are......

    During the Outstanding Airman of the Year Awards Ceremony here Sunday, the best of the best were recognized by family, friends and attending Airmen.     The Outstanding Airman Of the Year ribbon was authorized by the secretary of the Air Force on Feb. 21, 1968 with the criteria that the ribbon is to

  • MHS to Answer H1N1 Questions Online

    The Military Health System (MHS) will host a Web-based town hall on Nov. 10 from 3 to 4 p.m. EST to respond to questions about novel H1N1 influenza.      Military service members, their families, and health care providers and Department of Defense civilians may submit questions starting today, Nov.

  • Airmen begin exercise by providing children 'trip of a lifetime'

    For members of Twelfth Air Force (Air Forces Southern), a trip to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility typically begins with a long aircraft ride (often more than 10 hours), followed by a day of rest prior to beginning their mission of building partner nation capacity, relationships and

  • Air Guard JAG named top military reserve attorney in Texas

    Maj. Sonya Batchelor received the Col. Ted E. Bailey Jr. award from the State Bar of Texas, which is given to the best license military reserve attorney in the state. Batchelor serves as the Area Defense Counsel in the Texas Air National Guard's 149th Fighter Wing at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas,

  • Texas Air Guard and Czechs fly together

    The unmistakable red, white and blue flag -- the flag with one star, a lone star -- swayed back and forth on the flagpole, wisped by the breeze that floats across the former Soviet territory . The silence of the cool morning air was soon replaced with sounds of jet engines as the metal birds left

  • Air Guard JAG named top military reserve attorney in Texas

    Maj. Sonya Batchelor received the Col. Ted E. Bailey Jr. award from the State Bar of Texas, which is given to the best license military reserve attorney in the state.     Batchelor serves as the Area Defense Counsel in the Texas Air National Guard's 149th Fighter Wing at Lackland Air Force Base,

  • Local fighter wing members attend satellite NCO Academy

        Ten members of the Texas Air National Guard's 149th Fighter Wing began the satellite Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) Academy at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, this week. This course fulfills a professional development requirement that must be completed before a technical sergeant can be promoted