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Aug. 3, 2017
Airmen from 152nd Civil Engineer Squadron help build homes for non-profit organization

Opportunities and Resources Inc. is a non-profit organization located in Wahiawa, Hawaii. Its primary mission is to provide relief and promote the general welfare of the disabled, elderly, and disadvantaged. Susanna F. Cheung, the agency’s founder and CEO, has a relationship with the military that
July 27, 2017
High Rollers deploy for first MAFFS activation

FRESNO, Calif. (July 22, 2017) -- More than a year after being named the newest military C-130 unit equipped with the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System, the 152nd Airlift Wing flew its first firefighting operation Saturday at the Fresno Air Attack Base here in support of the U.S. Forest Service.
July 19, 2017
Nevada Air Guard Pueblo activation nears 50th anniversary

News of North Korea’s intercontinental ballistic missile test launch last week represents the latest chapter in a complex, 64-year armed truce that included a sudden activation of the Nevada Air National Guard nearly half century ago.
May 3, 2017
High Roller Firefighters participate in Airport Authority Triennial Exercise, “Broken Wing”

On April 27th, Nevada Air National Guard firefighters, along with approximately fifty other entities, participated in the Airport Authority’s “Broken Wing” exercise hosted by Reno-Tahoe International Airport. This exercise is a full-scale, multiagency aircraft disaster exercise held every three
April 28, 2017
Nevada Air National Guard’s homeland response force prepares for inspection

Approximately two-hundred Airmen and twenty-five vehicles from the Nevada Air National Guard’s CBRNE (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and High Yield Explosive) Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP) and JISCC (Joint Incident Site Communications Capability) traveled to the Regional
April 24, 2017
Guard, Reserve units complete annual firefighting training with U.S. Forest Service

121 sorties. 124 flight hours. 373,900 gallons of water dropped. Impressive statistics for the more than 400 firefighting aircrew members from four different C-130 military units participating in a five-day Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System annual training sponsored by the U.S. Forest Service
April 21, 2017
Guard, Reserve gather for annual aerial firefighting training

One by one, C-130 tail flashes adorned with vibrant orange numbers arrived Wednesday on the flight line here at the Idaho Air National Guard Base. Each orange number represents one of the eight planes on the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System team, including three Air National Guard units and one
April 13, 2017
Hometown son takes rein of Reno Air Guard unit

For Col. Eric Wade, home means Nevada.However, in 1996, Wade, a Reno High and University of Nevada, Reno graduate, left the sagebrush and the pinyon pine after the 152nd Reconnaissance Group’s conversion from RF-4C jets to C-130 aircraft.Following a decade-long active duty tour overseas, though, he
April 2, 2017
Long-serving Nevada Air Guardsmen recognized at ceremony

Ten long-serving members of the Nevada National Guard received recognition Sunday for their decades of service. Retired Maj. Gen. Drennan A. Clark, former adjutant general of Nevada, helped present the awards, which bear his name, “The Drennan A. Clark Order of Nevada,” during a ceremony at the Air
March 29, 2017
‘Bittersweet’ outgoing 152nd Airlift Wing commander embraces new journey

Col. Karl Stark feels bittersweet and exhausted, but that’s a good thing.“For any outgoing commander, when you get down to it, it’s always bittersweet,” said Stark, whose three-year tenure as the 152nd Airlift Wing commander comes to a close 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the Nevada Air National Guard Base