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  • Appearance standards change

    Air Force dress and appearance standards were updated Feb. 9.Updates included changed language and new authorizations per a memorandum attachment published by Lt. Gen. Gina M. Grosso, Headquarters U.S. Air Force manpower, personnel and services deputy chief of staff.New authorizations pertain to,

  • 105th Airlift Wing enhances Air Guard capabilities with 60K training

    The 105th Airlift Wing, the only unit in the Air National Guard to train Air Guardsmen on the Turner 60K loader, held a three-day refresher course here Feb. 8, 2017.The 105th Airlift Wing trains between 20 and 30 Air Guardsman annually in both initial operation training and the refresher course.

  • AF tattoo policy updates take effect Feb. 1

    According to an Air Force Policy Memorandum for Appearance and Accession Standards Review, revisions for tattoo standards applicable to the Total Force take effect Feb. 1. The guidance, which will be incorporated into Air Force Instruction 36-2903, Dress and Personal Appearance of Air Force

  • Non-Commissioned Officers Induction Ceremony

    Stewart Air National Guard Base Newburgh, N.Y.(08 Jan 17)—Airmen from the 105th Airlift Wing gathered to show support for approximately 22 newly appointed non-commissioned officers Jan 07, 2017.

  • ‘Ruck March to Remember’ honors 1-year anniversary of fallen

    BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan-- The pre-dawn light illuminated the downturned faces of nearly fifty gathered in a circle. Their heads bowed, their breath misting in the cold, each listened intently to the chaplain’s prayer.  The prayer circle is a tradition for Task Force Crimson, one usually

  • Air National Guard E&I Team - saving U.S. Strategic Command millions

    Select personnel from 15 Air National Guard Engineering and Installation organizations are either in place or will soon arrive at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. Before the next three years have passed, they will have installed more than 600 miles of cabling in support of the U.S. Strategic Command

  • The Air National Guard's Newest Cold Warriors

    The air temperature on the ground was -25 degrees Celsius when New York Air National Guard Capt. James Cartica, a pilot with the 137th Airlift Squadron made his first rough field landing ever.He "nailed it",  landing a 105th Airlift Wing C-17 Globemaster III onto the compacted snow and gravel runway

  • NY Air National Guardsman posthumously awarded the Bronze Star with Valor

    Staff Sgt. Todd "T.J." Lobraico, a member of the 105th Airlift Wing who was killed in action in Afghanistan on Sept. 5, 2013, was honored with a posthumous award of the Bronze Star Medal with Valor, during a ceremony held at Stewart Air National Guard Base on Saturday afternoon April 11,