U.S. Air Force Command Chief Master Sgt. Thomas L. James, Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Adjutant General of the California Military Department, presents a custom California pararescue shirt to Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Ramón “CZ” Colón-López after SEAC's keynote remarks during the California Military Department Service Member of the Year Banquet, Jan. 18, 2020, in San Diego. SEAC, himself a pararescueman, spent the day meeting with California National Guard Soldiers and Airmen during the Cal Guard's annual leadership conference. The California Air National Guard is home to the 129th Rescue Wing which has recorded more than a thousand lives saved. (U.S. Army National Guard video by Sgt....
California Air National Guard personnel from the 146th Airlift Wing (146 AW) participated in a 3-day exercise testing their ability to survive and Operate in various simulated base attack scenarios during the wing’s regular scheduled drill. Nov. 14, 2019.
On a particularly cold morning (at least for California standards) and in the span of a few hours on the second day of a regularly scheduled drill, U.S. Air National Guard Tech. Sgt. Jenifer Bibee is raising money for the wing’s first local Airman of the Year Banquet as she plunges into a giant dunk tank filled with freezing water. Strategically placed in front of the dining facility on base, onlooking airmen witness the ear-to-ear grinning...
