Story by Niki Gentry | Tennessee National Guard Joint Public Affairs Office | 04.30.2015
Tennessee Air National Guard members from the 164th Airlift Wing in Memphis, Tennessee, touched down April 28 with 60 personnel from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and approximately 55,000 pounds of aid and relief at Kathmandu International Airport. The mission was part of a global support effort to render assistance to the millions of citizens struggling for survival......
Story by Niki Gentry | Tennessee National Guard Joint Public Affairs Office | 08.04.2014
Tennessee Air National Guard personnel and equipment from Memphis to Knoxville participated in Patriot 14, a disaster relief training exercise at Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center, Wis., during 22-24 July. Members of the 134th Air Refueling Wing and 119th Command and Control Squadron in Knoxville, the 118th Wing in Nashville, and the 164th Airlift Wing in Memphis, traveled to Volk......
Story by Niki Gentry | Tennessee National Guard Joint Public Affairs Office | 06.23.2014
Soldiers, Airmen and civilian emergency response personnel throughout the state concluded the TNCAT14 Exercise on June 20, simulating the Tennessee Military Department's response to a catastrophic earthquake along the New Madrid Fault. On June 16, a simulated 7.7 magnitude earthquake scenario was declared, setting into action requests for military support requests from the Tennessee......
Story by Niki Gentry | Tennessee National Guard Joint Public Affairs Office | 02.02.2013
On a cold February afternoon, Tennessee’s 164th Air Wing was once again poised on the edge of historic change and opportunity to serve the nation and state. Local, state and national dignitaries, airmen assigned to the base and friends of the Wing witnessed the delivery of its first C-17 Globemaster III aircraft ushering in a new era for the Tennessee Air National Guard, the city of Memphis......
