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  • 116th Air Control Wing guardsmen help Hurricane Matthew victims recover

    ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga.-- Citizen Airmen from the 116th Air Control Wing, Georgia Air National Guard, answered the call for support to Georgia's southeast coast after Hurricane Matthew devastated the area. "The Guard takes two oaths; one to the nation, one to the state," said Col. Jonathan Cox ,

  • Georgia Air Guard engineers partner with Armenia to renovate elderly center

    A team of military civil engineers from Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, completed a humanitarian mission renovating a residential wing of a home for the elderly in Yerevan, Armenia, May 10-25.Airmen from the Georgia Air National Guard's 116th Air Control Wing and an active duty structural craftsman

  • Top Doc takes command Georgia Air Guard medical group

    The 116th Medical Group of the Georgia Air National Guard welcomed Col. Louis J. Perino as its new commander during a change of command ceremony, January 10.Currently the Chief of Aerospace Medicine and the Deputy State Air Surgeon for the Georgia Air National Guard, Perino brings a wealth of

  • Team JSTARS brings manned wide-area view to joint-force combat exercise

    Team Joint STARS joined military forces from more than 20 states and four coalition countries, providing manned, battle management, command and control, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities during the Northern Strike 2015 combat training exercise from July 20-31.The exercise,

  • JSTARS Airmen welcome ANG Command Chief Hotaling

    The Air National Guard's top enlisted advisor spent the day with Airmen from the 116th Air Control Wing, Georgia Air National Guard, sharing key messages from his Aim Points and listening to their concerns during his visit here, July 16.During his visit, Chief Master Sgt. James W. Hotaling, command

  • 116th Air Control Wing Changes command

    The 116th Air Control Wing, Georgia Air National Guard welcomed Col. Mark A. Weber as the new commander during a change of command ceremony held Saturday, here.Presiding over the ceremony was Brig. Gen. Jesse Simmons, Jr., commander of the Georgia Air National Guard."The 116th ACW is more than a

  • Ready on the spot: National Guard members are today's Minute Men

    Three hundred years ago people revolted against British rule. Farmers and local community members rose up to fight. They were called Minute Men, ready to be called to action in a minute.That legacy lives on in the National Guard today.A little more than 1,100 miles away is a statue at the Minute Man