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
March 29, 2017 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
March 4, 2017 Opportunity Strikes Hydraulic Mechanic from 152nd Maintenance Squadron gets opportunity of a lifetime.