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  • Black Hawk aids medical group's training

    Several Airmen from the 178th Medical Group, Springfield, Ohio, learned how to transport aeromedical evacuation patients from a UH-60 Black Hawk during the domestic operations portion of the 2011 Patriot Exercise July 13 - 14 at Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center, Wis.     The 178 MDG

  • 'Overwhelming success' at Patriot Exercise

    Thirty Airmen, eight different Air Force specialty codes, 104 patients and work hours in the double-digits. The two-day domestic operations portion of the 2011 Patriot Exercise at Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center, Wis., concluded July 14.     Patriot is a two-week, large-scale exercise in

  • 178 MDG prepares for Patriot Exercise 2011

         Members of the 178th Medical Group are gearing up for the domestic operations portion of Patriot Exercise 2011 beginning July 13 at Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center, Wis. 178 MDG Guardsmen spent July 12 training and preparing at Volk Field CRTC.     Senior Master Sgt. George Stevens

  • 178th Supports Return of fallen hero

         Hundreds of mourners turned out for a fallen comrade ceremony for Cpl. Paul Zanowick at Wright- Patterson Air Force Base June 9. Cpl. Zanowick was killed in Afghanistan June 3 as a result of enemy fire.     Many of the attendees were Wright-Patterson AFB employees as well as military service

  • 178 FW upgrades all ANG F-16 Block 30

         The 178th Fighter Wing has been tasked with upgrading all 160 of the Air National Guard's F-16 Fighting Falcon Block 30 radios.     "The problem with the airplane now is with the VHF/ UHF radios that are in it; they're line of sight airplanes. In other words, if they can't see who they are

  • Conaway earns national award

         Master Sgt. Amanda Conaway, 178th Fighter Wing Retention Office Manager, was awarded the national Rookie Retention Office of the Year award March 29, at the Retention Conference in Orlando, Fla.     Sergeant Conaway was selected from candidates from all the 54 states and territories.Nominees

  • 178th Fighter Wing member earns national award

         Senior Airman Joshua Curtis, an airfield manager with the 178th Fighter Wing Operations Group, was selected as the 2010 Air National Guard Airfield Management Airman of the Year by the Director, Air, Space and Information Operations.     Chief Master Sgt. Will Uithoven, 186th Air Refueling

  • 178 SFS supports Operation New Dawn

        Approximately 40 members of the 178th Security Forces Squadron from Springfield Air National Guard Base, Ohio, deployed to Iraq in support of Operation New Dawn in January.     The Airmen are providing force protection to all personnel at their deployed location, said Chief Master Sgt. Michael

  • Former Reds visit 178 FW

         Three African American baseball players who made the leap from segregated to desegregated baseball in the 1950s and 1960s joined the 178th Fighter Wing for a presentation Feb. 5 at the Springfield Air National Guard Base, Ohio.     Jane Esprit, the 178th Fighter Wing family readiness