By Staff Sgt. Austin Harvill
163d Attack Wing Public Affairs
MARCH AFB, CA – James Clear, writer and continuous improvement speaker, once said, “you do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.”
Staff Sgt. Angel Mora, 163rd Operations Support Squadron information analyst, takes that idea of “systems” to it’s most basic, yet most complicated, form: programming systems for the Air Force, writ large.
In late September, Mora and a group of other Airmen from across the nation took 1st place in the 2022 “Hack the Ranch” programming competition in Tucson, Arizona, as a part of Code Militia. According to the National Guard, Code Militia is based on the premise of continuing to build...
Staff Sgt. Angel Mora, 163rd Operations Support Squadron information analyst, takes that idea of “systems” to it’s most basic, yet most complicated, form: programming systems for the Air Force, writ large.
Upon enlistment, many Airmen set out to accomplish one goal or another. Attaining rank, going to school, or seeking healthcare for family all come to mind; alongside the honor of service to state and country. But what happens when the ride is nearly over? Accolades and success are boon companions, and the end of service date looms ever closer. What do the final days afield look like? For California Air National Guardsman Tech. Sgt. Erik...
MORENO VALLEY, CA. -- On the 23rd of June, 2022 the 163d Attack Wing (ATKW) successfully leveraged the use of multi-capable Airman (MCA) and the MQ-9 Reaper’s autonomous capabilities to showcase the indispensability of the platform against near-peer adversaries.
May 4th marked a historic day for the 163d Attack Wing when our Multi-Capable Airmen (MCA) launched, recovered, rearmed and returned to home station, blazing the trail for the MQ-9 enterprise. Helping the 163d ATKW achieve this Agile Combat Employment (ACE) goal was the 160th Attack Squadron and the 492nd Attack Squadron. The 163d Attack Wing successfully performed an Automatic Takeoff and Landing Capability (ATLC) from March Air Reserve Base...
