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  • Alert Bravo aircrew stands down after 10 years of alert missions

    After 10 years of providing a refueling bridge for contingency aircrafts flying over the North Atlantic Ocean en route to support Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom, aircrew and maintenance personnel from the 108th Wing's Bravo Alert Mission flew their last air refueling mission July 28 in

  • Not just another UTA for the 108th Security Forces

    When members of the 108th Security Forces Squadron come in on drill weekend, they never really know what to expect.  Not always is the weekend filled with CBT's and annual training requirements that usually keep everyone tied to their desks.  During the September drill, members from the 108th SF

  • 204th hosts’ AFRICOM theater course

    Africa, continent of mystery, became a little less mysterious for 67 intelligence analysts, instructors and civil affairs personnel from the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst community. The U.S. Air Force Special Operations School presented a week-long course covering political, military, religious

  • Picking up the pieces

    Body parts and remains littered the field while the sun blazed high in the sky and vultures stalked nearby hoping for their next meal.      Thankfully, this was just a training mission and the remains that were scattered through the field were only chunks of chicken and pork chops, along with body

  • Blum promoted to colonel

    The fireworks have ceased and the ashes have fallen, but the celebration is not over yet! After enjoying a four-day Independence Day weekend, it was time to celebrate the promotion of Lt. Col. Scott Blum to colonel.      It was a beautiful, sunny morning on July 7, as members of the 108th Wing

  • Egg Harbor Township resident assumes command of 108th Wing

    Col. Robert A. Meyer, Jr., assumed command of the 108th Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard, June 22 here.After receiving a final salute from the 108th Wing's Airmen, outgoing commander, Brig. Gen. Kevin Keehn, handed the 108th Wing's unit colors to Brig. Gen. Robert Bolton, commander, New Jersey

  • Wing deemed Highly Effective

    Col. Robert A. Meyer Jr., 108th Wing Commander, announced the Air Mobility Command Inspector General team's inspection results this morning to a packed hangar. Airmen from every squadron, flight and shop were there to hear the results of the Wing-wide Unit Effectiveness Inspection, which began on

  • Air Force Customs and Courtesies: It's a year-round tradition

    Customs and courtesies are time honored traditions and ways of showing respect in the Armed Forces. Each branch of military service has its own version of customs and courtesies, though many are the same. U.S. Air Force's customs and courtesies derive mostly from the U.S. Army, but since the

  • Orientation Flight Fuels B-2 Bomber and Cadet's Pilot Goal

    It's not unusual for a child to dream of becoming an airplane pilot when he grows up. And when that child grows up in a military family, the dream becomes more intense.Nick Strittmatter, 19, a Barnegat, N.J. resident, grew up in a military family: His father, Lt. Col. Martin Strittmatter, is a

  • Wing Holds ATSO Rodeo

    Rodeos are a test of skills: you know, barrel racing, cattle wrestling, bareback bronc riding - you get the picture.  ATSO (Ability to Survive and Operate) Rodeos are different: Here Airmen brush up on skills we don't use on a day-to-day basis.  "The importance of ATSO training is to teach our