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  • 178th hosts fitness expo

    178th Hosts Fitness ExpoThe 178th Fighter Wing hosted a fitness expo Oct. 13 at the Springfield Air National Guard Base to raise awareness of various fitness activities that are available.Tech. Sgt. Dexter Vaughn and Senior Airman Madeline Carpenter, both of the 178th Civil Engineering Squadron

  • Wing hosts pancake breakfast to kick off new program

    A pancake breakfast was held July 11 with more than 130 178th Fighter Wing members showing at the Yoxford dining facility to kick off the new Bounce program.The Bounce program is not exactly a new initiative but rather a more coordinated collaboration between Airmen Family Readiness, the Chaplain's

  • 178th participates in Operation Guardian Comfort

    Approximately 23 members of the 178th Fighter Wing participated in Operation Guardian Comfort by conducting health and wellness checks of citizens July 1-2, in Montgomery County, Ohio in response to recent storm damage.The storm left thousands without power and Ohio Governor John Kasich declared a

  • Guard and Reserve liasons visit TCM

    When a Guardsman or Reservist is activated and deploys for the first time, the transition can be challenging. Faced with a plethora of new information regarding entitlements, automated systems and an alphabet soup of acronyms to memorize; the shift can potentially leave the service member with more

  • Bosch has unique experience at officer school

         2nd Lt. Marcus Bosch, an intelligence operations specialist with the 178th Fighter Wing, Springfield, Ohio had a unique experience at his Academy of Military Science officer's school in March 2011.     Bosch began his active duty military career when he went to basic training Dec. 1993. Three

  • 178th Medical Group deploys to Alabama

    Members of the Army and Air National Guard, Navy Reserve and Air Force joined forces to train in a two-week exercise in which they provided free medical care to Alabama residents starting April 28. The exercise, called Alabama Black Belt, consists of military teams offering free dental,

  • 178th honors World War II veterans

    Members of the 178th Fighter Wing honored more than 40 World War II veterans for their military service April 19 at Young's Jersey Dairy, Springfield, Ohio.Wing members in formation greeted the veterans as they arrived with a Patriot Guard escort and presented them with a check of more than $900

  • Wear earns top Human Resource Advisor for Ohio

    Senior Master Sgt. Brian Wear, 178th Fighter Wing human resources advisor, was selected as the 2011 Human Resource Advisor of the year for the Ohio Air National Guard at an awards presentation March 17.This award is presented to the ANG Human Resource Advisor in Ohio, who excels in advocating and

  • Firefighters participate in unique circuit training

    Firefighters from the 178th Civil Engineering Squadron, Springfield, Ohio, use a unique circuit training program to incorporate firefighter related activities into a fitness program. The inspiration for this training comes from Master Sgt. Kevin Stuebs and Tech. Sgt. Adam Long. They use a similar