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  • JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - Col. Marcel Dionne, a team chief for the Air Force Inspection Agency, cheers with the announcement that the Alaska Air National Guard's 176 Medical Group passed their health services inspection here March 4, 2012. Health service inspections assess medical readiness, management effectiveness and quality of health-care delivery at all Air Force medical units. The 176 Medical Group received a rating of satisfactory indicating that they are carrying out their procedures and activities in an effective and competent manner. National Guard photo by Master Sgt Shannon Oleson

    176 Wing earns positive inspection grade

    The 176 Wing finished a triple inspection from its higher headquarters Mar 12 with an overall satisfactory grade in all three.A satisfactory grade means the wing is effective and competent."We have an outstanding group of people doing amazing things every day," said Chief Master Sgt. Steven Calvin, command chief of the 176 Wing. "I think that's
  • Chief Master Sgt. Steven Calvin, command chief master sergeant of the Alaska Air National Guard's 176th Wing.

    The Calvin Conversation: Q&A with new command chief

    Chief Master Sgt. Steven Calvin received the position as the wing's new command chief from the new wing commander, Col. Donald S. Wenke.After joining the Alaska Air National Guard in 2003, Calvin worked his way through the 176 Air Control Squadron, and most recently served as superintendent of the 176 Operations Group.The public affairs staff met
  • Col. Donald S. Wenke, commander of the Alaska Air National Guard's 176th Wing

    A Word with Wenke: Q&A with new 176 Wing commander

    On Sept. 18, 2011, Col. Donald S. Wenke received the 176 Wing command flag, after serving since May as wing vice commander. A former fighter, tanker and instructor pilot, Wenke previously served as commander of the Eielson-based 168 Air Refueling Wing.Col. Wenke recently spoke with the wing's public affairs staff about his vision for the wing. Now
  • JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - Col. Donald S. Wenke, the new commander of the 176th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard, accepts the wing guidon from Maj. Gen. Thomas H. Katkus, commander of the Alaska National Guard, during the wing's change of command ceremony Sept. 18, 2011. Wenke assumed command of the wing from Brig. Gen. Charles E. Foster, who has served as the wing commander since 2008. Alaska Air National Guard photo by Master Shannon Oleson.

    176th gets new wing king

    Col. Donald S. Wenke received the 176th Wing's command flag from Alaska's Adjutant General, Maj. Gen. Thomas Katkus, at a change-of-command ceremony here Sept. 18.More than 500 guardsmen and community leaders attended the event that publicly demonstrated the change in leadership of one of the country's largest and busiest Air Guard wings.Brig. Gen.
  • JBER, Alaska -- Airman 1st Class Ray Rush, a crew chief from the 176th Maintenaince Group, gives an interiew here July 16 to Air Guard videographer Tech. Sgt. James Michaels. The 176th Wing's student flight program was filmed for a National Guard Bureau project to enhance recruiting, career development and diversity. Rush recently moved on from the wing's student flight.

    176th Wing Student Flight program highlighted in National Guard Bureau video project

    An Air National Guard Training and Education Center videographer visited the 176th Wing July 16 to help showcase the wing's Student Flight as a model component of the Air National Guard's  (ANG) diversity program changes. Sponsored by National Guard Bureau's Diversity Operations, the program aims to create a legacy free of barriers so all members
  • JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - Air Guardsmen with the 176th Wing compete in a duathlon during drill, July 16, 2011. The duathlon was created to help encourage a culture of fitness and esprit de corps within the wing and was sponsored by the Kulis Senior Enlisted Association. The event kicked off the "Kulis Family" Block Picnic, an annual wing get-together with co-workers and family. The course was roughly a 1.5 mile run, five mile bike ride and then a mile run to finish. Alaska Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Shannon Oleson

    Garling wins second annual duathlon

    Twenty-two Air Guardsmen with the 176th Wing competed in the wing's second annual duathlon here July 16 during drill for prizes and pride. Sponsored by the Kulis Senior Enlisted Association, the duathlon was created in 2010 to help encourage a culture of fitness and esprit de corps within the wing. The 2011 event kicked off the "Kulis Family" Block
  • TALKEETNA, Alaska -- Technical Sgt. Kris Abel, a pararescueman from the 212th Rescue Squadron, checks the lungs of double-lung transplant recipient Navy Lieutenant Justin Legg in preparation for a climb up Mount McKinley. Three members of the 212th Rescue Squadron supported a three-week, grassroots wounded-warrior project to take combat-injured veterans up Mount McKinley starting June 24.

    Alaska Air National Guard 'Guardian Angels' assist wounded warriors up Denali

    Alaska Air National Guard pararescuemen -- or PJs, as they are more commonly called -- aren't just helping wounded veterans down Mount McKinley. This year, they're helping them up, as part of a three-week, rehabilitation-oriented expedition that started June 24.Three of the 212th Rescue Squadron's PJs are supporting the Combat Wounded Veteran

  • Joint force wraps up medical mission to rural Alabama

    HAYNEVILLE, Ala. -- The 70 service members -- half members of the Alaska Air National Guard, and another 35 drawn from a variety of units across the country -- who deployed to this tiny, rural town to host a free medical clinic wrapped up their mission today and began preparing to head home.Exact numbers were still being tallied, but unofficial
  • HAYNEVILLE, Ala. - Master Sgt. Ryan Voigt, a a bioenvironmental engineering technician with the 176th Medical Group, Alaska Air National Guard, collects a sample of water from the City of Hayneville?s waste-water treatment lagoon while Tech. Sgt. Dainard Caldwell, a public health technician with group, holds onto him to keep him from falling into the lagoon, May 8, 2011. Voigt and Caldwell were in Alabama to help test the waste water for permit compliance and related treatment adjustments, and with drinking water for chlorine amount. They were also deploy with another seventy servicemembers from numerous military components and services in Hayneville for an Innovative Readiness Training (IRT) mission. The IRT program allows for real world training opportunities for military personnel while providing needed services to under-served communities in the United States. Alaska Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Shannon Oleson.

    Preventative Aerospace Medicine team deploys to Alabama

    A four-person Preventative Aerospace Medicine (PAM) team deployed to this tiny, rural town May 2 as part of a larger mission to open a free medical clinic in this historically underserved community.A PAM team's mission is to ensure that the Air Force's fighting men and women are able to fight. Historically, most military casualties -- even in
  • HAYNEVILLE, Ala. - U.S. Navy Commander Dan Ratkus, a dentist with Volunteer Training Unit at the Naval Operational Support Command, Phoenix, Az. and Senior Airman Daniel Micelli, a dental technician with the 176th Medical Group, Alaska Air National Guard, work on a patient, May 5, 2011. Ratkus and Micelli are in Alabama along with about sixty other medical professional from numerous military components and services for an Innovative Readiness Training (IRT) mission. The IRT program allows for real world training opportunities for military personnel while providing needed services to under-served communities in the United States. Alaska Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Shannon Oleson.

    Military clinic offers dental care in rural Alabama

    As a part of the medical component for the Innovative Readiness Training (IRT) mission, the 176th Wing's Medical Group has two dental professionals deployed to this small Alabama town. This mission offers free medical services to the residents of this area and gives military personnel an opportunity to train. The twenty-five member team from
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