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  • Springfield celebrates the Queen's Birthday

    The Royal Netherlands Air Force squadron here hosted the Queen's Birthday Barty April 25 at Young's Jersey Dairy in Yellow Springs, Ohio. The QBP is traditionally held in Holland either April 30--or April 29 if the 30th falls on a Sunday. According to online sources, Queen's Day celebrates the

  • Deployed 178 FW Airman named 'Warrior of the Week'

    Senior Airman Christopher Morris, a deployed member of the 178th Fighter Wing Sustainment Services Flight, was selected as "Warrior of the Week" in April at Manas Air Base, Kyrgyz Republic. He was chosen because of his involvement in base activities as the intramural sports director. "In layman's

  • Chief Adducchio receives outstanding service award

    Chief Master Sgt. David Adducchio, the 178th Component Maintenance Flight chief here , was awarded the 2009 Lt. Henry A. Beckley Award May 4 during the 28th Annual Springfield-Clark County Armed Forces Day Luncheon. The award recognizes individuals who have distinguished themselves in the service of

  • September marks end of hard-copy 'Thunderer'

    Beginning in October, the 178th Fighter Wing's publication, the Thunderer, will no longer be distributed in hard copy. The September issue of the Thunderer will be the last one to hit your mailbox. The Air Force and Air National Guard are moving away from printed newspapers and newsletters and

  • Springfield cleans up at Ohio ANG State Award Banquet

    Col. Mike Roberts, the commander of the 178th Fighter Wing, hosted the 2009 Ohio Air National Guard Awards Banquet held May 14 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Nearly 160 attendees from across the state were in attendance including Maj. Gen. Gregory Wayt, the Adjutant General for Ohio, and Maj.

  • Fuels Management awarded 'best in ANG'

         The National Guard Bureau named the 178th Logistics Readiness Squadron Fuels Management Flight "the Best in the Air National Guard" for their field. The flight has been selected as the Air National Guard Outstanding Fuels Management Flight Award Winner of the Best Fuels Operation for 2008.     

  • Springfield Honor Guard class graduates

    Eighteen Airmen earned their silver aiguillettes and "taps" as they graduated from an honor guard training course March 27 at Springfield Air National Guard Base. This two-week training course was completed in one week's time, said Master Sgt. Jeff Sallee, the NCO in charge of the Springfield Air

  • Operation Buckeye Pride

    A staff sergeant is busy doing electrical work in a building at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, when he notices a throw blanket that looks like it has an Ohio State emblem on it. The sergeant walks into the room for a better look when it dawns on him that he is standing in a really nice office. "I turned

  • Ohio Employers receive 'Guard 101'

    More than 20 Ohio employers experienced first hand what their employees do when participating in military duty as part of their commitment to the Ohio National Guard March 7. This is the first event for the Joint Employer Readiness Program, and they seek to recognize employers for their support,

  • Be Green with Blue bins

        We've all seen those unmistakable blue plastic bins with the arrows forming the shape of a triangle on them, and we have all heard about the new single-stream recycling dumpsters here on base, but do we really understand what the fuss is all about?      Our base recycling program is much more