U.S. Airmen with the 127th Wing, Michigan Air National Guard, board a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft assigned to the 167th Airlift Wing, West Virginia Air National Guard, in preparation for exercise Sentry Unicorn 2024 at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan, April 18, 2024. Members of the 127th Maintenance Group's "ACE Team” will travel to Martinsburg, West Virginia to practice quickly receiving, rearming, refueling and launching A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft in a simulated combat environment. (U.S. Air National Guard video by Tom Demerly and Munnaf Joarder)
Members of the 127th Force Support Squadron tested an important piece of equipment when they successfully served freshly burgers and chocolate chip cookies within an hour of setting up their single pallet expeditionary kitchen. The FSS team trained with the E-SPEK when they served lunch at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan, during the March 7, 2024 training.
“The new E-SPEK gives us the capabilities to use one feeding platform rather than two when transiting through the force modules,” said U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Dawn Porter, 127th Force Support Squadron's services chief. “Prior to this we would serve (unitized group rations) during the bare base setup, while building another feeding platform to produce...
03.15.2024 | SELFRIDGE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, MI, US |
Story by Tom Demerly
U.S. Airmen with the 127th Wing, Michigan Air National Guard, prepare to depart Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan on a C-17 Globemaster III, assigned to the 167th Airlift Wing, West Virginia Air National Guard, April 18, 2024. The Airmen practiced agile combat employment tactics as part of Exercise Sentry Unicorn 2024 when they were transported to Martinsburg, West Virginia, simulated receiving, arming, fueling and launching A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft in a combat scenario and returned to Selfridge Air National Guard Base on a C-130 Hercules aircraft, all on the same day. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tom Demerly)
