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  • Hendra Brings Emotional Leadership to Medical Post

    Col. Jill L. Hendra began establishing a new culture here when she took command of the 145th Medical Squadron October 3. Succeeding retiring Col. Robert Taylor, Hendra is a Board Certified psychiatrist who has been participating in a National Guard Bureau emotional resiliency project at the national

  • NCANG Loadmaster Achieves 12,500 Flying Hour Milestone

    Chief Master Sergeant Andrew Huneycutt is a patriot. For the last twenty-nine years he has served as a loadmaster in the 156th Airlift Squadron of the 145th Airlift Wing, North Carolina Air National Guard. He is currently the Loadmaster Supervisor for the squadron, responsible for the recruiting,

  • Adjutant General visits 145th Maintenance Group Training Assembly

    The 145th Maintenance Group kicked off its three-day training assembly November 6 at the Charlotte Police and Fire Training Academy with a "Group Year End Review and Recognition Ceremony." With their training modules, troops took part in a variety of activities throughout the long UTA weekend to

  • Guard Emergency Responders Gain Practical Road Experience

    Community cooperation took a big step forward as North Carolina National Guard and Charlotte Fire Department emergency crews responded to a no-notice exercise on the grounds here October 8. The simulation; passengers trapped in a vehicle at the bottom of a steep ravine requiring rescue and medical

  • Airmen of the Year - 2008

    By Staff Sgt Cassandra Locke, 145th Airlift Wing Public Affairs Four Airmen were recognized for their above-and-beyond contributions to the Air National Guard mission. Master Sgt. Wendy Larsen was awarded Senior Noncommissioned Officer of the Year. Master Sgt. Michael Smith was awarded as

  • 145th Contributes to Presidential Inaugural Success

    Thirteen members of the 145th Services Flight and the 263rd Combat Communications Squadron (as part of the Joint Incident Site Communications Capability team) took part in activities supporting the inauguration of Barak Obama, the 44th President of the United States of America, January 20th. North

  • 245th Community of Practice Integral to Unit’s Mission

    The newest squadron at Charlotte's 145th Airlift Wing already has an international reputation, with just a year under its' belt. The 245th Civil Engineering Flight, an Air Force (Air National Guard) Staff Augmentation Team providing architectural, engineering and environmental design services to

  • We Do Make a Difference

    Living in a metropolitan area like Charlotte, we seldom consider how different the situation is for citizens that live in many parts of the western United States. While we have fire departments often just down the street from where we live, folks in large tracts of Arizona and the great southwest

  • Annual Spring Training

    Several members of the North Carolina National Guard's 145th Airlift Wing are undergoing Modular Aerial Fire Fighting System training for the first time, during annual re-certification exercises at the Arizona National Guard Base on the Tucson International Airport in Tucson, Arizona May 3 through

  • Botswana Airmen prepare to bring MAFFS mission home

    Tucson, AZ - An annual aerial fire-fighting recertification exercise took on greater international tones this year in the Coronado National Forest. In addition to recertification, while also spinning up new Airmen from the 145th Airlift Wing, additional time was spent introducing the Modular Aerial