Story by Staff Sgt. David Sherman | 122nd Fighter Wing | 07.14.2023
FORT WAYNE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Ind - Chaos stills into order as a teenage voice barks commands at a group of youngsters early on a sunny Friday morning. However, these students were no ordinary batch of adolescents. An encampment of bright and disciplined Civil Air Patrol (CAP) cadets had arrived on the installation in a crisp clockwork of conversion vans....
Story by Staff Sgt. David Sherman | 122nd Fighter Wing | 07.05.2023
FORT WAYNE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Ind - Pilots have a lot to keep track of when they take to the skies. While flying the aircraft, they are operating the radio, navigating, checking instruments, minding their fuel, watching for enemies, executing the mission, and adapting when things go wrong. Aircrew flight equipment (AFE) technicians make sure the pilot never has to worry about their gear,......
Story by Staff Sgt. David Sherman | 122nd Fighter Wing | 04.06.2023
FORT WAYNE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Ind - In the dimly lit hallways at 122nd Fighter Wing headquarters, a rich warm glow beckons from one office that all Airmen know well. Inside, an entire wall of windows illuminates the customer service counter and its light-hearted decorations. Beyond is a set of workstations manned by the cheery experts of the 122nd Comptroller Flight....
Story by Staff Sgt. Justin Andras | 122nd Fighter Wing | 02.04.2023
U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Dale Shetler, the senior enlisted leader for the Indiana National Guard, visited the 122nd Fighter Wing (FW) to conduct a town hall meeting with Airmen and tour the base to increase knowledge and experience with his sister service Feb. 4, 2023....
Story by Staff Sgt. Justin Andras | 122nd Fighter Wing | 07.10.2022
FORT WAYNE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Ind. - U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Michael C. May, state command chief, Indiana Air National Guard, donated blood at a drive hosted by the 122nd Fighter Wing and operated by the American Red Cross May 15, 2022....
Story by Master Sgt. William Hopper | 122nd Fighter Wing | 05.04.2022
FORT WAYNE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Ind. - U.S. Air Force Col. Michael D. "Stoli" Stohler, commander of the 122nd Fighter Wing, took his final flight in an A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft April 23, 2022, at the Indiana Air National Guard (IANG) base in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He now moves on to serve as the next Indiana Assistant Adjutant General - Air (ATAG) at state headquarters....
Story by Staff Sgt. Justin Andras | 122nd Fighter Wing | 04.25.2021
FORT WAYNE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Ind. - Senior Airman Jacquline Graves, an Aircrew Flight Equipment (AFE) journeyman assigned to the 122nd Fighter Wing, was awarded the Air National Guard Outstanding AFE Airman of the Year in addition to the Air Force Achievement Medal, April 24, 2021....
Story by Staff Sgt. Justin Andras | 122nd Fighter Wing | 01.25.2021
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, NEV. - Airmen assigned to the 122nd Fighter Wing, Fort Wayne, Indiana, began participating in Red Flag 21-1 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Jan. 25, 2021. The three-week multi-annual event, conducted by the 57th Wing's 414th Combat Training Squadron, is a U.S. Air Force premier air-to-air combat training exercise designed to provide aircrews the experience of multiple,......
