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  • One of most complex Air Guard operations groups changes command

    Members of the Alaska Air National Guard's 176th Operations Group, who support five missions, received their new leader at a Change of Command ceremony here July 15.Lt. Col. Tom Bolin accepted responsibility for the group as Col. Darrin Slaten relinquished it to fill a FEMA position as liaison to

  • Wing members return from deployment to Djibouti

    Approximately 16 members of the Alaska Air National Guard's 176th Wing returned here June 12, after a four-month deployment to the Horn of Africa in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.The Guardsmen from the 210th Rescue Squadron, 211th Rescue Squadron, 176th Operations Group and the 176th

  • 176th Wing recognizes outstanding performers

    The Alaska Air National Guard's 176th Wing recognized the previous year's outstanding performers in a ceremony at the Talkeetna Theatre here June 7.The awards ceremony is an annual event, typically held over a drill weekend in June."If we put in for an award on the national level, we typically win

  • Air Defense Squadron gets new commander

    Lt. Col. Kevin Clifford assumed command of the Alaska Air National Guard's 176th Air Defense Squadron in a ceremony here Jan. 12.Clifford enlisted in the Air Force out of high school. His first assignment was at JBER (then called Elmendorf Air Force Base) in 1991. He received his commission in 2000

  • Passing the reigns, 176th Maintenance Group gets new commander

    Alaska Air National Guard's 176th Maintenance Group Airmen held a change of command ceremony here Dec. 6, welcoming their new commander.Lt. Col. Michael Griesbaum took authority of the group from relinquishing commander Col. Torrence Saxe who currently serves as the vice wing commander of the 168th

  • Alaska Air Guard HR advisor retires

    The 176th Wing and the Air National Guard lost one of its top human resource strategists to the civilian world Dec. 6 when Chief Master Sgt. William Yockell, the wing's HRA, celebrated his retirement here.During his 27 years of service, Yockell made his most notable mark not only on his colleagues,

  • Gettys assumes command of the 176th Wing

    One of the nation's largest and busiest Air National Guard wings officially recognized its new commanding officer at an assumption-of-command ceremony here Nov. 2.In the changing environment of the Alaska National Guard, Governor Sean Parnell appointed Col. Blake Gettys as the commander of the 176th

  • Deployed UAA grads hold ceremony of own

    On Thursday, Aug. 21, this year's graduating class from the University of Alaska Anchorage's MEDEX Northwest Physician Assistant Training Program walked across the stage in Anchorage and received their diplomas. Two students, however, were notably absent: Kris Abel and Nate Greene were not present