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  • Staff Sgt. Amber Weaver, an Aeromedical Evacuation Technician with the Wyoming Air National Guard's 187th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron (foreground) conducts an inventory on inflight medical kits while Tech. Sgt. Matt Larson, a Medical Material Craftsman with the Minnesota ANG's 109th AES reads off the inventory checklist as part of MEDLITE 11 preparation, April 26, 2011 at the U.S. Embassay here. MEDLITE 11 is a joint medical exercise focused on aeromedical evacuation, to improve the readiness of U.S. Air Force and DRC personnel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. John Orrell)

    Total force brings aeromedical evacuation training to the Democratic Republic of the Congo

    A two week medical exercise, in partnership with the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and U.S. Air Forces Africa, focusing on aeromedical evacuation, kicked off here at the Centre Superior Militaire Academy Monday.MEDLITE 11 is an exercise that will improve the readiness of both countries' medical personnel and will consist of
  • Master Sgt. Jeff Tschacher, 153rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Wyoming Air National Guard, directs a C-130H Hercules equipped with the Modular Airborne Firefighting System(MAFFS) to start engine two in preparation to fight wildfires burning in Texas, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, April 19, 2011. MAFFS is capable of dispensing 3,000 gallons of water or fire retardant in less than five seconds. The wildfires have spread across various parts of Texas and have burned more than 1,000 square miles of land. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Harris)

    Wyo. Air Guard answers the Texas wildfire call

    The Wyoming Air National Guard will send 13 personnel and one aircraft to Texas in support of the Texas wildfires, on April 18. The Wyoming Air Guard is one of four military units nationwide equipped with the second generation of the U.S. Forest Service's Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System or MAFFS 2, capable of dispersing 3,000 gallons of fire

  • New Wyo. National Guard adjutant general assumes command

    Col. K. Luke Reiner will assume command of the Wyoming National Guard on April 1, at 2 p.m., at Little America, in Cheyenne. Reiner, who will be federally recognized as a brigadier general and will be brevetted to the rank of major general, will assume the duties of the adjutant general, from Maj. Gen. Ed Wright.Wright will retire in a ceremony

  • Inaugural class graduates Korean Vocational Training Center

    "Congratulations, you guys are awesome."U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Barton Allen of Cheyenne, Wyo., with the 455th Expeditionary Aerial Port Squadron, said it with a wave and a smile. His students sat among the 85 Afghans about to graduate from the Korean Vocational Training Center at Bagram Airfield Dec. 8, 2010.They had studied a wide range of
  • Master Sgt. Mark Gwin (left) and Staff Sgt. Adam Brannon, aerospace maintainers with the 153rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Wyoming Air National Guard, prepare to tow this WyANG C-130 off of the parking ramp of their Cheyenne base on Feb. 24, 2011. The aircraft will undergo a transformation over the weekend, having all four of it's 8-blade propellors replaced with 4-blade systems. (USAF Photo by Master Sgt. Paul Mann)(Released)

    Studebaker to Cadillac: experimental C-130 returns to Wyoming

    For the past six years, one Wyoming Air National Guard C-130 Hercules cargo plane has been the test bed for technological upgrades 60 years in the making. A return to Wyoming signals the final stages of the experimental program, with some of the critical modifications staying in the aircraft."We've got a Cadillac instead of a Studebaker," Chief
  • A C-130 Hercules Modular Airborne Firefighting System aircraft takes off for a mission during an annual MAFFS exercise at Donaldson Center Industrial Air Park in Greenville, S.C., on May 4, 2005. The exercise is a one-week annual training and re-certification exercise joining air and ground personnel from the Federal Department of Agriculture's Forest Service, U.S. Air National Guard and U.S. Air Force Reserve units. The exercise involves eight C-130 Hercules aircraft that fly continuous missions dropping water on South Carolina's Sumter National Forest to prepare crews for wild land firefighting missions. The C-130 is assigned to the 153rd Airlift Wing, Wyoming Air National Guard in Cheyenne, Wyo. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew Hannen, U.S. Air Force. (Released)

    Firefighting upgrade: MAFFS II

    The Wyoming Air National Guard's Modular Airborne Firefighting System has recently received an update in the form of a new system called MAFFS II.The Wyoming Air Guard, along with three other C-130 units throughout the United States, will now use the updated system in their forest firefighting efforts.According to Senior Master Sgt. Douglas

  • Col. Luke Reiner selected as next Adjutant General

    Gov. Matt Mead, today, named Col. Luke Reiner as Wyoming's next adjutant general, the commander for the Wyoming National Guard.Reiner will assume the position from Maj. Gen. Ed Wright, Wyoming's current adjutant general, April 1 at 2 p.m., in the ballroom at Little America, in Cheyenne. Wright's retirement ceremony will follow."Col. Reiner will

  • 153rd Operations Support Flight wins Airfield Management

    The Wyoming Air National Guard's 153rd Operations Support Flight was recently awarded the Ronald D. McCarthy Airfield Management Facility of the Year Award. The award is given to an airfield management facility at a particular unit that has, within the past year, made a notable contribution to the operations of the airfield.The Wyoming Air National

  • Wyo. Air National Guard members recognized as outstanding

    Members of the Wyoming Air National Guard were recognized for their outstanding service during 2010, at a formal banquet Saturday night."It's always an honor to recognize the outstanding achievements of our Wyoming Airmen," said Col. Dennis Grunstad, 153rd Airlift Wing commander. "These selfless men and women uphold the core values of the Wyoming
  • A Great Lakes Aviation aircraft taxis through a water arch, supplied by fire trucks from the 153rd Civil Engineer Squadron, Wyoming Air National Guard, Cheyenne, Wyo. The commercial aircraft is carrying 11 members of the 153 CES home from a 120-day deployment to Balad Air Base, Iraq and was given a special home coming via their fellow firefighters who protect and serve the Wyoming Air National Guard base and the Cheyenne Regional Airport. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Paul Mann)(Released)

    Air Guard firefighters return home from Iraq Friday

    Thirteen Wyoming Air National Guard firefighters will return to Cheyenne's Wyoming Air National Guard base Friday, after more than four months in Iraq, around 2:30 p.m.While in Balad, Iraq, the firefighters, members of the 153rd Civil Engineer Squadron, trained Iraqi firefighters on hazardous material response, emergency medical technician response
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