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  • Nevada Airman receives Sijan Award for leadership

    Guard members strive for leadership roles. Some accomplish that goal, yet others excel at it. Performing the latter, Senior Master Sgt. Gilberto Carrera received the coveted 2012 Lance P. Sijan Leadership Award. He is among four Air Guardsmen named nationwide.Carrera, an Airman with the 232nd

  • Operation Baldilocks raises fast funds for High Rollers in need

    It's a haircut normally reserved for basic trainees, but by uttering a few quick words, senior leaders of the Nevada Air Guard were shorn the same as basic trainees at Lackland Air Force Base.In late June, the 152nd Airlift Wing Command Chief Master Sgt. Bill Moore said the Junior Enlisted Council

  • Airdrops prepare High Rollers for fall deployment

    Afghanistan's road system is in poor shape - underdeveloped, war-torn, and in some cases non-existent. Yet, ground forces in remote locations still need beans and bullets. While convoys remain the first choice, sometimes the only way to move critical supplies to forward operating bases and combat

  • Rappelling Reno Rollers

    On Saturday, Col. Burkett and Master Sgt. Hays rappelled from the top of the Grand Sierra Resort here in Reno to help raise money for the Special Olympics.According to Maggie Schwarz with the Special Olympics, there are eleven local programs for the more than 3,000 Special Olympics athletes here in

  • High Rollers gain low-cost dirt strip experience with Global Medic exercise

    The Nevada Air Guard's 192nd Airlift Squadron and about 30 additional support Airmen from the 152nd Airlift Wing are augmenting the Air Force Reserve exercise Global Medic 2012 at Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif. through the end of the month. Flight crews from Nevada have been flying to an unimproved

  • 152nd Airlift Wing receives Air Force Outstanding Unit Award

    It's one of the most significant symbols of teamwork by Air Force standards and an award a unit could never receive without the hard work of everyone assigned.Brig. Gen. Bill Burks, the Adjutant General for Nevada, and Brig. Gen. David Snyder, the commander of the Nevada Air National Guard,

  • All welcome to attend Nevada Air Guard Open House June 9

    To display its gratitude for more than six decades of community support, the Nevada Air National Guard invites all to attend its Open House set for June 9 from 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. The Open House will take place at the Nevada Air National Guard Base in Reno with more than a dozen types of aircraft on

  • Burkett Takes Command of 152nd Airlift Wing

    Col. Jeff Burkett assumed command of the 152nd Airlift Wing, May 5th at the Nevada Air National Guard base in Reno. He took the reins from interim commander, Col. Mike Williams.Addressing the formation of Airmen during the change of command ceremony, Burkett said he is looking forward to being in

  • Sexual Assault Message to Airmen

    Fellow Airmen:Sexual Assault Awareness Month reminds us to renew our collective and individual commitment to our core values and to focus on promoting an environment that prevents sexual assault. Sexual assault is criminal behavior that violates the basic tenets of our profession. There is no place

  • Nevada Air Guard Recruiting office supervisor takes home a gold badge

    The Nevada Air Guard has grown thanks in part to the leadership of one man.The Air National Guard bestowed the Silver State's own Master Sgt. Clint Dudley with the prestigious Air National Guard Gold Recruiting Badge for his leadership as the Recruiting Office Supervisor for 2011 during a ceremony