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  • Crime scene processing, traffic enforcement, firearms familiarization, and building searches were just a few of the law enforcement duties 1st Lt. Berlinda White and 2nd Lt. Carly York were introduced to during their eight week attendance at the Citizen’s Police Academy.

    Wyoming Air Guard officers graduate the Citizen's Police Academy

    Crime scene processing, traffic enforcement, firearms familiarization, and building searches were just a few of the law enforcement duties 1st Lt. Berlinda White and 2nd Lt. Carly York were introduced to during their eight week attendance at the Citizen's Police Academy. Hosted by the Cheyenne Police Department, the course is a community education

  • Laura Hensala selected as the 2012 ANG Family Program Volunteer

    Laura Hensala, the wife of Master Sgt. Michael Hensala, 187th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, was selected as the National Guard Bureau Family Programs 2012 Region 8 Volunteer of the Year.She will be recognized during the Wyoming Air National Guard's Wing formation on July 14.Hensala has been volunteering with the Airman and Family Readiness
  • Maj. Janice Weixelman and 1st Lt. Shane Ryan, 187th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron flight surgeon and flight nurse, traveled to Bizerte, Tunisia, May 22-24 to participate in the Medlite 2012 exercise. The purpose of this exercise was to help the Tunisian medical military personnel train for aeromedical evacuation of large casualty events.

    Wyoming Air National Guard partners with Tunisia for life saving training

    Maj. Janice Weixelman and 1st Lt. Shane Ryan, Wyoming Air National Guard, Cheyenne, Wyo., 187th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron flight surgeon and flight nurse, traveled to Bizerte, Tunisia, May 22-24, to participate in the Medlite 2012 exercise.The purpose of this exercise was to help the Tunisian medical military personnel train for aeromedical

  • WyANG Assistant Adjutant General assumes command

    Col. Dennis D. Grunstad II will assume command of the Wyoming Air National Guard on June 2, at 8:30 a.m., at the Cheyenne Civic Center.Grunstad, who will be promoted to brigadier general at a later date, will assume the duties of the Assistant Adjutant General - Air, from Brig. Gen. Donald A. Haught.Haught will retire from the Wyoming Air National
  • A Wyoming Air National Guard C-130 Hercules, assigned to the 153rd Airlift Wing, becomes the first to test the new Lt. Gen. Wright Tactical Airfield at the Camp Guernsey Joint Training Center's North Training Area, May 15, 2012. The airfield concept for Camp Guernsey was conceived 20 years ago and will provide aircrews real-world tactical training in coordination with ground combat forces. (Photo by Dewey Baars)

    Tactical airfield landing

  • Memorial Day observance set for state veterans' cemetery

    The Oregon Trail State Veterans Cemetery will host the Natrona County United Veterans Council's Memorial Day Ceremony, at 11 a.m., May 28, on the cemetery grounds, in Evansville.Wyoming Secretary of State, Max Maxfield will give the keynote address following a Tribute to Departed Comrades given by Casper Police Chief Chris Walsh.The Oregon Trail
  • Master Sgt. Stephen Johnson, 153rd Logistics Readiness Squadron air transportation craftsman, prepares pallets of simulated vaccine as part of a Strategic National Stockpile exercise May 14, 2012, at the Wyoming Air National Guard base, Cheyenne, Wyo. Airmen assigned to the Wyoming Air National Guard worked with multiple state agencies to test abilities to receive, deliver and distribute medical supplies to various parts of the state. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Rusty Ridley)

    Wyoming Air National Guard participates in state exercise

    Members of the 153rd Airlift Wing participated in a Strategic National Stockpile exercise named Prairie Eagle May 14, 2012, delivering simulated vaccines via a C-130, a first for the state of Wyoming.The Wyoming Air National Guard, in conjunction with the Wyoming Department of Health, flew a mission to Jackson Hole, Wyo. The Centers for Disease
  • A stewardess serves a passenger on a flight in the early days of the stewardess program in Cheyenne, Wyo. (Image courtesty of Wyoming State Archives)

    Where the friendly skies began

    This is part two of a two-part series about Wyoming's role in aviation history. Part one may be found by clicking here.You've just reached altitude on your commercial airline flight and are looking forward to kicking back and enjoying a snack and a drink. You look around and there are no flight attendants to be found. All of a sudden the pilot
  • A C-130 assigned to the 153rd Airlift Wing, Wyoming Air National Guard, drops water during Modular Airborne Firefighting System (MAFFS) training April 16, 2012, over Camp Guernsey Joint Training Center, Wyo. Annual training is conducted to maintain currency and upgrade qualifications for pilots, aircrew and ground crews in preparation for the fire season. (Photo by Mr. Dewey Baars)

    MAFFS II training conducted at the Wyoming Air Guard

    Select C-130 cargo plane crews with the Wyoming Air National Guard's 153rd Airlift Wing began preparing for their mission to fight fires from the air with a new training regiment centered on practicing in Wyoming.The Airmen conducted annual Modular Airborne Firefighting System II training with the U.S. Forest Service at the Wyoming Air National

  • U.S. Air Force announce local cuts to Wyoming Air National Guard

    The U.S. Air Force announced Tuesday, the Wyoming Air National Guard's 187th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron is one of the units proposed to be cut in the president's 2013 budget.The Air Force made the proposed force structure decision resulting in 5,500 manpower cuts to the Air National Guard nationwide, but is still subject to congressional
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