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  • 152nd Airlift Wing holds first Leadership Summit

    When Gen. Joseph Lengyel visited the Nevada Air National Guard Base in Reno on March 3, he did something he admitted was one of the most important things he does as chief of the National Guard — talk about the importance of leadership.“I think anytime I get the opportunity to come and participate in

  • Opportunity Strikes

    Hydraulic Mechanic from 152nd Maintenance Squadron gets opportunity of a lifetime.

  • Nevada National Guard Joint Marriage Ops

     On Sunday, the 152nd Airlift Wing hosted the Nevada National Guard's first ever joint "Couples Date Night" hosted by Chaplain Maj. Donny Crandell and the 152nd Airlift Wing's Chaplain Corps here at the Air Guard Base in Reno.There was a mix of Army and Air Guard couples among the attendees.  The

  • Nevada National Guard support to the 58th Presidential Inauguration

    Airmen from the Nevada National Guard, Reno Air National Guard Base, supported the 58th Presidential Inauguration from 16 to 22 January in Washington, D.C.Fourteen airmen from the 152nd Airlift Wing's Mission Support Group supported military members, including Security Forces and Army personnel, by

  • VG 17 Trains State, Federal Agencies In Disaster Response

    Vigilant Guard 2017 (VG 17) in Las Vegas was the first of four joint operational disaster readiness exercises this year hosted by United States Northern Command. This week's exercise, 14-18 Nov., involved multiple local, federal and state agencies including: the city of North Las Vegas, the Nevada

  • Nevada Air Guard supports Washoe Valley firefighting efforts

    Tim Daniels rushed to work after he heard about a wind-whipped fire early Friday morning that jumped around Washoe Valley and eventually destroyed 22 homes."As soon as I woke up, I left for work," said Daniels, a firefighter at 152nd Airlift Wing emergency fire services section. "If all fire assets

  • Nevada Air Guard pilot won cross-country race in first Reno Air Races

    It's been more than a half century since Reno pilot Wayne Adams flew a P-51 Mustang into National Championship Air Races lore.Long before the races became a multi-million dollar event for the region -- including the Blue Angels and even micro-drone racing this week at the 53rd National Championship

  • 'High Rollers' complete first MAFFS activation

    The 152nd Airlift Wing completed its first activation operating the U.S. Forest Service's Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System last week and the first of the unit's C-130s equipped with the system arrived at the base Thursday.During the last month, 12 aircrew members of the 152nd were activated as

  • Airman’s heartbreaking story drives home importance of traffic safety

    It's a lecture that evokes tears when a photo of a gravestone reveals the names of the couple killed.In his driver safety lecture, "One Violation from Tragedy," Nevada Air National Guard Master Sgt. Paul Hinen discusses how small traffic violations can lead to disastrous consequences -- what he

  • Nevada Air Guard unit begins MAFFS transition

    Maj. Ricardo Bravo watched as fires hurdled a ridgeline and crept toward his northern California farm.But the fire line halted a few hundred yards away -- moments before charring cropland -- after C-130 aircraft dropped thousands of pounds of fire retardant using the U.S. Forest Service's Modular