Story by Senior Airman Brooke Keisler | 125th Fighter Wing | 08.26.2024
PANAMA CITY, Fla. – When faced with uncertainty, people respond in various ways—some choose to flee, while others confront the challenge head-on. U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Victoria Truppo, a personnel specialist with the 101st Air and Space Operations Group, saw a family in distress and sprang into action....
Story by Staff Sgt. Jacob Hancock and Tech. Sgt. Chelsea Smith | 125th Fighter Wing | 12.03.2023
WASHINGTON – U.S. Air Force Maj. Kevin Cho Tipton, a critical care nurse practitioner with the 125th Fighter Wing of the Florida Air National Guard, received the Surgeon General’s Medallion on Sept. 18, 2023 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts....
Story by Maj. Andrew Scott | CONR-1AF (AFNORTH and AFSPACE) | 08.17.2023
TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – The 101st Air and Space Operations Group welcomed a new commander during a ceremony held here on August 17, 2023....
Story by Tech. Sgt. Chelsea Smith | 125th Fighter Wing | 06.15.2023
JACKSONVILLE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Fla. – Airmen of the 114th Electromagnetic Warfare Squadron are on the brink of pioneering the most advanced counter communications system (CCS) within the electromagnetic warfare community....
Story by Staff Sgt. Jacob Hancock | 125th Fighter Wing | 10.04.2022
The Florida Air National Guard’s 202nd Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operations Repair Squadron Engineers Squadron is clearing debris from barrier island roads damaged by Hurricane Ian in southwest Florida....
Story by Tech. Sgt. Chelsea Smith | 125th Fighter Wing | 08.04.2022
JACKSONVILLE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Fla. – Weapons patch is a distinction earned only after graduating from the U.S. Air Force’s elite Weapons School, one of the most academically-rigorous schoolhouses in the world. Tech. Sgt. Ryan “Throwdown” Colon, a 114th Space Control Squadron weapons instructor or “patch,” not only earned the esteemed title of weapons patch, but also......
Story by Master Sgt. Regina Young | 601st Air Operations Center | 06.03.2022
TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – U.S. Air Force Col. Clayton Schaefer took command of the 601st Air Operations Center from U.S. Air Force Col. Greg Krane during a ceremony held here on June 1, 2022....
Story by Tech. Sgt. Chelsea Smith | 125th Fighter Wing | 06.01.2022
Senior leaders from the Florida Air National Guard welcomed Command Chief Master Sgt. David Callaghan, of the Air National Guard Readiness Center, to the annual Chief’s Huddle held May 17-20 at MacDill Air Force Base, FL....
