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  • Mission Support Group gets new commander

         Lt. Col. Joseph W. Schulz took command of the 178th Mission Support Group in a formal ceremony presided by Col. Greg N. Schnulo, 178th Fighter Wing Commander, Sept. 18 at the 178th Fighter Wing, Springfield, Ohio.Col. William C. Wolfarth relinquished command and will become the 178th Fighter Wing Vice Commander effective Sept. 18. Wolfarth
  • Medical Group takes home nine national awards

         The 178th Medical Group received nine national-level awards June 25 at the 2011 Air National Guard Medical Service Annual Awards Ceremony in San Antonio.In addition to being presented the Theodore C. Marrs Award for outstanding medical unit of the year, eight 178 MDG Airmen received individual awards.      "Their outstanding accomplishments
  • Col. Schnulo takes command

         Col. Gregory N. Schnulo, former Director of Staff, Ohio Joint Forces Headquarters, Columbus, Ohio, took command of the 178th Fighter Wing in a formal ceremony presided over by Brig. Gen. Mark E. Bartman Aug. 21 in Springfield, Ohio.     Col. Harry M. "Mike" Roberts has been the commander of the 178th Fighter Wing for the past two and a half
  • 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 staffed an in Expeditionary Medical Support Basic,
  • '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 which participating units plan their scenarios
  • 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 and Master Sgt. Chris Keller, who are part of the
  • 20 years later: Former Gulf War POW, current Ohio Air National Guard member remembers captivity

    The colonel in the olive drab flight suit picks up a remote control lying on his desk, aims it at the television mounted to his office wall and pushes play. The screen flickers on to a crude black and white video overlaid with numbers and symbols -- some fixed to the screen, others tilting with the horizon. A man's breathing, raspy and ragged,
  • 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 representatives to include 20 178th Fighter Wing
  • 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 talking to they can't communicate," said Senior Master
  • 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 for the rookie award had to have been in the job for
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