Story by Sgt. Noshoba Davis | Louisiana National Guard | 05.11.2018
PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana Air National Guard’s 122nd Air Support Operations Squadron, 159th Fighter Wing, conducted close air support training and Joint Tactical Air Control evaluations at the Claiborne Bombing and Gunnery Range near Alexandria, April 19. JTAC operators are a part of the Tactical Air Control Party, and are qualified individuals who direct the action of close air......
Story by Master Sgt. Becky Vanshur | 124th Fighter Wing | 03.08.2018
Envision a scenario where the crash of an avalanche has left several people missing, or you are skiing in the mountains and lose sight of your buddy. Visualize it’s you that is lost off-trail, hoping to be rescued, waiting for the sound of helicopter blades pulsating in the air or the sound of voices ahead. This is the mission of search and rescue teams – to find you....
Story by Capt. Larissa Ryan | Louisiana National Guard | 09.02.2017
SULPHUR, La. - The Louisiana Air National Guard’s 122nd Air Support Operations Squadron, headquartered in Pineville, mobilized two Joint Tactical Air Controller teams to Southland Field in Sulphur to assist with air search and rescue missions in response to Hurricane Harvey, Aug 30....
Story by Staff Sgt. Veronica McNabb | 102d Public Affairs Detachment | 06.07.2017
The 238th Air Support Operations Squadron, Mississippi Air National Guard, is conducting close air support at the National Training Center during the 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team’s rotation....
Story by Staff Sgt. Ryan Campbell | 107th Attack Wing | 05.08.2017
NIAGARA FALLS AIR RESERVE STATION, N.Y., (May 8, 2017) – Two Airmen assigned to the 274th Air Support Operations Squadron, New York Air National Guard in Syracuse, were on the scene of a car accident that occurred outside of the main gate to Hancock Airfield, April 4, 2017. Tech Sgt. Brandon Mason, a support services specialist, and Tech Sgt. Seth Stucker, a first sergeant assigned to the......
Story by Sgt. Nicholas Farina | 27th Public Affairs Detachment | 04.10.2017
Within a sea of green, there is a speckle of blue. It is the 20th ASOS, and they just carried its unit's colors 24 hours straight for a total of 1,307 miles to honor their fallen....
Story by Staff Sgt. Ryan Campbell | 107th Attack Wing | 09.15.2016
NIAGARA FALLS AIR RESERVE STATION, N.Y., (Sept. 14, 2016) – More than 15 Airmen from the 274th Air Support Operations Squadron, Syracuse, conducted airborne and air assault training at Ft. Drum, Sept. 10, 2016....
Story by 1st Lt. Alicia Lacy | 147th Attack Wing (Texas Air National Guard) | 04.13.2016
About two dozen tactical air control party members from the 147th Air Support Operations Squadron, 147th Reconnaissance Wing, Texas Air National Guard, and four Czech forward air controllers completed a full-mission profile April 16, 2016, in Gila Bend, Arizona, for an annual National Guard State Partnership Program exchange....
