Story by Senior Airman Darion Boyd and Senior Master Sgt. Andrew Merlock | 177th Fighter Wing - NJ Air National Guard | 07.10.2024
Last month, civil engineer Airmen from the 177th Fighter Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard, and the 171st Air Refueling Wing, Pennsylvania Air National Guard, participated in the Piney Devil Prime Base Engineer Emergency Force (Prime BEEF) exercise here at the 177th Fighter Wing. The exercise consisted of both classroom lectures and the performance of taskings to test their ability to......
Story by Master Sgt. Caycee Watson | 169th Fighter Wing | 05.17.2019
The South Carolina Air National Guard sent nearly 60 Airmen to Bellows Air Force Station in Waimanalo, Hawaii for the 169th Civil Engineer Squadron’s 2019 Deployment for Training. Bellows is an Air Force gem with its own private beaches and beautiful Hawaiian scenery, but the Swamp Foxes arrived to work hard to leave their mark by heavily improving the base....
Story by Airman 1st Class Parker Dubois | Joint Base Langley-Eustis | 06.20.2017
As an improvised explosive device detonated, everyone dropped to the ground. For just one moment, there is silence, then shouts of assurance echo throughout the air. Although just a training environment with simulated IEDs, the situation appeared real for the 633rd Civil Engineer Squadron Airmen donned in Kevlar vests and helmets. The simulated situation was part of the 633rd Civil......