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  • Hunter sight-in at Camp Guernsey

    The Wyoming National Guard's Camp Guernsey Joint Training Center will host a free day of shooting at the camp's 1,000-yard known distance range, near Guernsey, Wyo., Sept. 9-10, from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.All big game rifle hunters are welcome to sight-in their rifles at no cost, but must supply their own

  • Wyo. Air Guard College Tour starts Monday

    The Wyoming Air National Guard is hosting a Wyoming Air National Guard College Tour, at the state's colleges and university, Aug. 27-Sept. 7.The tour will consist of Wyoming Air National Guardsmen representing different units from the 153rd Airlift Wing, with demonstrations and displays.College

  • MAFFS meets major mission milestone

    Department of Defense Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System C-130s reached a major mission milestone on Friday, Aug. 24, by dropping the 2 millionth gallon of retardant for the season.MAFFS 5, assigned to the Air Force Reserve Command's 302nd Airlift Wing, based at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo.,

  • 153rd Civil Engineers train, maintain flexibility

    'Semper Gumby', or 'always flexible', is the motto Master Sgt. Lee Najera, power production shop supervisor, lives by when it comes to his job with the Wyoming Air National Guard's 153rd Civil Engineer Squadron, power production shop. "You have to remain flexible because you never know what you'll

  • Wyoming Air National Guard "Dirt Boyz" continue to train

    The Wyoming Air National Guard's 153rd Civil Engineer heavy equipment operators donned their hard hats and revved up heavy equipment Aug. 13, 2012, during their annual training in Oberammergau, Germany. Over the next two weeks, the heavy equipment operators will work on multiple projects around the

  • Wyoming Guardsmen get hands-on training

    The mountains of Oberammergau, Germany, echoed with the sounds of hammers, heavy equipment and general construction early on Aug. 13, as the members of the 153rd Civil  Engineer Squadron began their annual training at the NATO School.The structure shop is just one part of the 153 CES that was off

  • Additional MAFFS aircraft head to Boise

    The U.S. Forest Service has modified its request for assistance for the MAFFS-equipped C-130s. The new request, received late yesterday, tasks an additional two C-130s using Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems, to assist with fires in the Rocky Mountain area.The two aircraft from the 302nd

  • North Carolina Air National Guard returns to MAFFS mission

    The North Carolina Air National Guard's 145th Airlift Wing will return to flying MAFFS Aug. 14, six weeks after four of the unit's Airmen were killed in a C-130 crash during a fire fighting mission in South Dakota."Charlotte's MAFFS 8 will replace MAFFS 9, from California, for three weeks while the

  • U.S. Forest Service requests increase in MAFFS operations

    Increased fire activity in the Western United States has prompted the U.S. Forest Service to call two additional MAFFS-equipped C-130s to resume operations by Tuesday. Those aircraft will come from the Wyoming Air National Guard's 153rd Airlift Wing, in Cheyenne, Wyo."This has been an interesting

  • U.S. Forest Service modifies MAFFS operations

    A favorable fire outlook has prompted the U.S. Forest Service to allow the 302nd Airlift Wing's two MAFFS-equipped C-130s to return home today."The forest service is very comfortable with where they are, in terms of fire danger," said Col. Jerry Champlin, 153 Air Expeditionary Group commander.