April 27, 2014 Request for volunteers ***GREAT OPPORTUNITY -- 20-30 VOLUNTEERS NEEDED***The Airport Authority is having their tri-annual exercise "Broken Wing" on29 May 2014 & has asked us to participate as volunteers. For more info orto sign up, please contact MSgt Tracy Woodfolk tracy.woodfolk@ang.af.mil .The volunteers will be role
April 15, 2014 Nevada, Tonga partner in the spirit of 'Fe tokoni aki' The Nevada National Guard and the Kingdom of Tonga marked the formation of the newest official relationship in the National Guard's State Partnership Program on April 11 with a formal signing ceremony here in the Tongan capital. The two parties vow, in Tongan, to 'Fe tokoni aki,' (help one
April 8, 2014 Saving lives through the sky Picture it-a devastating earthquake strikes and injures hundreds locally who then fill local hospitals here to maximum capacity. What happens to the countless others who are in dire need of medical attention?The Air National Guard participated in Alaska Shield 14 by conducting a patient evacuation
April 2, 2014 Gov. helps open new Air Guard indoor shooting range Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval was one of several dignitaries who participated in the ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the official opening of the Nevada Air Guard's $5 million indoor shooting range here on Tuesday. The state-of-the-art Modular Containerized Small Arms Training Set range gives
April 2, 2014 Former warfare center advisor Reiss new ops squadron commander Lt. Col. Walter Reiss III, formerly an advisor to the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center, became the third commander in the history of the Nevada Air Guard's 232nd Operations Squadron when he received the flag of command for the unit here in a ceremony on March 20. Reiss, 44, succeeded Lt. Col. Warren
March 18, 2014 152nd Airlift Wing hosts ASIST Training On the 12th and 13th of February, the 152nd Airlift Wing hosted Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST). Nevada Army National Guard Capt. Mike Bordallo, along with representatives from the Nevada Governor's Office of Suicide Prevention, Ms. Misty Allen and Ms. Janett Massolo,
March 18, 2014 Airman’s ‘Core Value’ involves bone-breaks, deployment, helping the homeless The Air Force's "Service Before Self" core value at the 152nd Airlift Wing here in Reno summarizes Airman 1st Class Rita Middleton's life.Middleton serves in the operations squadron and recently earned "Nevada Air National Guard Airman of the Year" for 2013 with a history of helping others."It's a
March 4, 2014 Tuskegee Airmen inspire youth and veterans in Northern Nevada It didn't take long for the audience to warm up to military members of our greatest generation as young people and the young at heart welcomed two of the original Tuskegee Airmen here in Reno on Feb. 28. Retired Army Air Corps Lt. Cols. Robert Ashby and Theodore Lumpkin Jr. regaled students at Fred
Feb. 5, 2014 Floyd Edsall, Nevada Guard's 1st full-time adjutant general, dies at 92 Retired Maj. Gen. Floyd Edsall, who guided the Nevada National Guard through a period of expansion in the 1960s and 1970s despite the backdrop of the Vietnam War, passed away Jan. 29 in Sparks, Nev., at age 92.Edsall was the adjutant general for Nevada and commanded both the Nevada Air and Army
Jan. 31, 2014 Nevada Guard recognizes top 2013 Airmen The top performers in the Nevada Air National Guard in 2013 were recognized here Jan. 25 during the annual Airman of the Year Banquet. Dignitaries attending the annual event at the Nevada Air National Guard base included Brig. Gen. Bill Burks, Brig. Gen. Ondra Berry, Brig. Gen. Michael Hanifan, Col.