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  • The toughest mission

    In the movies, the toughest mission is the one where they ask for volunteers.

  • Age is just a number: KC-135 celebrates 60th anniversary

    The 108th Wing is celebrating the 60th anniversary of the KC-135 Stratotanker August 31. The air refueling aircraft, which has been a steadfast part of the Air Force fleet, was first flown on August 31, 1956."It's a great airplane," said Lt. Col. Pete Desautelle, the 141st Air Refueling Squadron

  • Keehn to command NJANG

    The New Jersey Air National Guard has a new commander.Brig. Gen. Kevin J. Keehn, of Bayville, assumed command of the state's 2,400 Airmen at a ceremony Aug. 13, 2016, at the 108th Wing, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.He replaced Brig. Gen. Robert C. Bolton, of Rumson, who is retiring.Keehn, a

  • A Win-Win for Everybody

    Personnel from the Air National Guard, U.S. Army Reserves, and Navy Reserves provided no cost medical, dental, optometry, and veterinary services to local citizens from July 15 - 24, 2016 at Homer Intermediate School in Homer, N.Y.The medical professionals participated in the Innovative Readiness

  • Military gift of hope for hardscrabble town

    Corporate America abandoned this area years ago, closing factories and taking many of the jobs and healthcare options that came with them.Now, nearly one in three people in this rural farming community near the New York Finger Lakes region are without jobs or access to a regular doctor. Many have

  • First Deployment to Paradise

    At the end of April, about 100 Airmen from the 108th Wing deployed to Guam to support the Pacific Theater missions. The KC-135 Stratotankers will keep a continuous presence to assist and refuel deployed fighter jets and bombers in the Pacific region.This deployment will be the first for a lot of the

  • NGB Top NCO Visits New Jersey National Guardsmen

    The Senior Enlisted Advisor of the National Guard Bureau, Chief Master Sgt. Mitchell O. Brush, paid a visit to New Jersey National Guardsmen at the Joint Training and Training Development Center in Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, March 20, 2016.Brush advises the Chief, National Guard

  • Three Airmen chosen as outstanding

    The 108th Wing announced their 2015 Airmen of the Year winners this past January.Senior Airman Edwin Rodrigues with the 108th Logistics Readiness Squadron won the Airman of the Year award. Staff Sgt. Paula Daniels with the 108th Force Support Squadron won the Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year

  • Good Guardsmen Wear Clasps

    For those who have spent their entire careers in the Air Force, communicating with members of the other services can be as difficult as ordering a pineapple pizza in Istanbul. The Navy and Marines have a language all their own; at least the Army and Air Force speak a similar language, as it wasn't