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  • Moldovan Military Members Visit NCNG

    Five members of the Moldovan military force toured two North Carolina National Guard bases last week as a part of the NATO State Partnership Program. The team traveled to the United States with the intent of learning about medical evacuation and search and rescue operations conducted by the North

  • N.C. National Guard Partners with Community to Support "School Tools"

    As schools in the Mecklenburg and its surrounding counties ready to open for the coming fall semester, once again, the guard joins with WSOC-TV, Communities in Schools, and Classroom Central to collect school supply donations for needy students."This is our fourteenth year of helping to provide

  • 2010 Air National Guard Youth of the Year

    Dakota C. Johnson, of Gastonia, NC, was selected as the nation's Air National Guard 2010 Youth of the Year. The senior at Highland School of Technology, along with ten Air Force Youths of the Year Winners will be flown to Washington, DC, to attend a ceremony and Teen Forum at the Pentagon.Dakota's

  • JISCC Enables Military, Civillian Communication During Exercise

    Five North Carolina Air Guardsmen with the 263rd Combat Communications Squadron and four service members with a staff element from Joint Forces Headquarter - North Carolina set up the Joint Incident Site Communications Capability to support the Alaska National Guard's Vigilant Guard 2010 exercise

  • Ukraine Officials Observe As Airmen Train for MAFFS Mission

    Military and civilian officials from Ukraine are observing airmen from the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserves training for use of the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System at the South Carolina Technology and Aviation Center in Greenville, S.C., this week. The Ministry of Defense of the

  • Airmen in Greenville to Practice Fire Fighting

    Hundreds from the Air National Guard's 146th Air Expeditionary Group are converging on the Pisgah National Forest this week for wild fire fighting certification. Airmen of the 146th Air Expeditionary Group, comprised of North Carolina's 145th AW, the 146th AW from Channel Islands, Calif., the 153rd

  • North Carolina Air National Guard Train for MAFFS Mission

    Airmen from the North Carolina Air National Guard are training for use of the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System at the South Carolina Technology and Aviation Center in Greenville, S.C., April 25-30. The 145 AW, NCANG based out of Charlotte is one of four military units assigned to perform the

  • MAFFS Training Ends With Airman Prepared to Fight Wildfires

    Members of military and civilian organizations closed Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System training operations April 30 after completing nearly 130 flying missions throughout the week over the Chattahoochee, Francis Marion, Pisgah, and Nantahala forests. The recurrent training, which took several

  • Sharing Medical Ideas During Botswana Workshop

    Lt. Col. Rick Vatt, an officer from the North Carolina Air National Guard and U.S. Army Africa's Maj. Terry Clark and Sgt. 1st Class Roddy Rieger spent the last week of January sharing medical information in Gaborone, Botswana."Our intent was to familiarize the Botswana Defense Force with U.S. Army