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June 17, 2015
80+ Ga. Guard installers certified during training event at Robins

The Georgia Air National Guard's 202nd Engineering Installation Squadron recently capped off a weeklong training exercise where more than 80 Airmen were certified here in career-field tasks crucial to their deployed and homeland missions.As one of 15 engineering installation squadrons throughout the
June 2, 2015
Deployed JSTARS E-8C mission surpasses 100,000 combat flying hours supporting USCENTCOM

Team JSTARS set a major milestone Friday when they surpassed 100,000-combat flying hours in support of the U.S. Central Command while flying the E-8C Joint STARS out of Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar.Earlier in 2014, the joint and total force team comprised of the 116th Air Control Wing, from the Georgia
May 27, 2015
NGAGA: The Georgia Guard member’s voice on Capitol Hill

Service to its members is the number one goal of the National Guard Association of Georgia, according to the NGAGA website."Unlike other military organizations, NGAGA works purely for the Georgia Army and Air National Guard, its members, and families," said NGAGA president Col. John Verhage, 116th
May 20, 2015
Georgia Guard combat communications and air control squadrons join forces for air war exercise

Two Georgia Air National Guard squadrons joined forces providing crucial air space control services for a simulated air war during Exercise Sentry Savannah 15-2, May 4-16, at the Air Dominance Center in Savannah, Georgia.This exercise and an earlier Sentry Savannah exercise in February served as the
April 30, 2015
Georgia ANG civil engineers lead the pack for Boy Scout construction project

A team of 34 civil engineers from the Georgia Air National Guard headed north April 19 for two weeks to provide their muscle and expertise to the Boy Scouts while training for a new method of deployment at Camp William Hinds.Of the 87 Prime Base Engineer Emergency Force--or Prime BEEF--the 116th
April 30, 2015
JSTARS provides maritime over-watch for lost diver simulation

The E-8C Joint Stars, provided real-time maritime over-watch to personnel on the water during a lost diver simulation for the Emerald Warrior exercise in April.Flying off the waters of the Gulf Coast, JSTARS' unique wide-area, all-weather, surface surveillance radar and on-board communications suite
April 27, 2015
116th ACW member named GA ANG’s Airman of the Year

It's one thing to just do the assigned job, but going above and beyond is what makes someone outstanding.Senior Airman David, an aircraft structural mechanic from the 116th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, did just that and in January, was named the 2014 Outstanding Airman of the Year for both the
March 20, 2015
116th Medical Group partners with civil authorities, Army for Vigilant Guard exercise

Airmen from the 116th Medical Group's highly-trained emergency response team joined approximately 2,000 military and civilian emergency responders in Vigilant Guard, a multi-agency emergency preparedness exercise in South Carolina, March 7-8.The members of the Georgia National Guard unit worked
March 20, 2015
116th Air Control Wing readies to improve logistics for disaster response exercise

The Georgia Air National Guard's 116th Air Control Wing is preparing to serve as the logistical hub for a large, multi-state, joint-force natural disaster exercise in 2016.The wing will serve as the central location for the Joint Reception, Staging, Onward Movement and Integration, or JRSOI, of all
March 18, 2015
JSTARS dominates as agile Airborne Battle Management Crew of the Year

A squadron within the 116th Air Control Wing was chosen as the National Guard Bureau level Airborne Battle Management Crew of the Year for 2014 by the Air Force Association, announced in February through military channels.Professionalism, superior knowledge, and agile technical skills in airborne

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