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  • Diamante Astellero from the Summer Transportation Institute, Cheney University, Pa. sits in the pilot seat of an A-10 jet while Shane Walker and Edward Shepard, from Young Minds that Soar and Delaware Police Athletic League wait there turn to get into the plane. The 111th Fighter Wing hosted Tuskegee Airman Youth Day on Saturday July 19th. Young men and women from Greater Philadelphia and Delaware came to ARS Willow Grove to meet Tuskegee Airmen and see up close aircraft such as an A-10, F-16, T-6A and P-3.

    111th Fighter Wing hosts Tuskegee Airmen Youth Day

    Several youth organizations and service members participated in Tuskegee Airmen Youth Day at the Willow Grove Air Reserve Station, Pa. here July 19. Some activities included: life support training, operation of night vision goggles, and speaking through the intercom of a military aircraft. Those attending were treated to a living piece of history.
  • Tech. Sgt. Matthew P. Youngers and Staff Sgt. Matthew C. Haas, both of the 111th Maintenance Sq., Pa. Air National Guard, remove obstructions from their lines during a Team Commanders Course at the Hawk Mountain Ranger School in Kempton, Pa. on July 17.

    Learning the ropes vital at Hawk Mountain Ranger School

    TSgt Matthew P. Youngers and Staff Sgt. Matthew C. Haas, both of the 111th Maintenance Squadron, Pa. Air National Guard, attended the Team Commander Course July 12-20 at the Hawk Mountain Ranger School in Kempton, Pa. A variety of classes taught during the day included: equipment and techniques used in team searches and rescues, navigation, cutting
  • WILLOW GROVE AIR RESERVE STATION, Pa. -- Maj. Angel Burris, a nurse, and Maj. Michael Morgenstern, a physician's assistant, both of the 111th Medical Group, Pa. Air National Guard, bandage an "injured" civilian during Operation Red Rose III, an emergency response exercise, at the Lancaster County Public Safety Training Center in Manheim, Pa. May 8. After a casualty is decontaminated, medical personnel identify and treat injuries before transporting them to a civilian medical facility.

    Medical element of CERFP treats injured, validated during Red Rose III

  • WILLOW GROVE AIR RESERVE STATION, Pa. -- Several members of the 111th Communications Flight, Pa. Air National Guard, trained on a Joint Incident Site Communications Capability (JISCC) equipment package with the 175th Communications Sq., Md. Air National Guard in Baltimore Apr. 17-19. Guardsmen set-up and operated the communications equipment in preparation for Red Rose III, an emergency response exercise to be held at the Lancaster County Public Safety Training Center in Manheim, Pa. May 5-10.

    111th Communications Flight gears up for emergency response exercise Red Rose III

  • Local civic leaders, school district and media representatives got a birds-eye-view of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard mission, in an orientation flight hosted by the 111th Fighter Wing May 23 at the Willow Grove Air Reserve Station, Pa. The KC-135 and crew that refueled the A-10s was from the 171st Air Refueling Wing out of Pittsburgh.

    Air Force Week fuels up, takes flight in Philadelphia

    On a typical Friday afternoon Gary Feldman can be found moving from meeting to meeting, visiting schools or maybe talking with parents. But the Philadelphia School District regional support case manager was some place entirely different when a call came in around 2 p.m. today. "Yeah, I can't talk right now. I'm in the belly of a KC-135. I'm doing a
  • On April 5, more than 100 guardsmen sported the red caps for the first time and cheerfully yelled “to the HORSE” during the 201st RED HORSE Squadron, Det. 1 activation ceremony at Willow Grove Air Reserve Station, Pa. RED HORSE stands for Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineer. These units are self sufficient, 404-person mobile squadrons that provide major force bed-down, heavy damage repair, and heavy engineering operations in remote, high-threat environments worldwide.

    New mission, new chapter unfolds at Willow Grove

    The most coveted uniform item at the 111th Fighter Wing is no longer the new Airman Battle Uniform, it's a red cap. On April 5, more than 100 guardsmen sported the red caps for the first time and cheerfully yelled "to the HORSE" during the 201st RED HORSE Squadron, Det. 1 activation ceremony at Willow Grove Air Reserve Station, Pa. "What a proud
  • Col. Paul W. Comtois, 111th Fighter Wing commander, presents Master Sgt. David R. Austin, 111th Maintenance Squadron, a $10,000 check from the NGB Suggestion Program Feb. 10 at Willow Grove Air Reserve Station, Pa. Austin developed an A-10 fuel systems tester that saved the Air Force almost $600,000.

    Suggestion program awards Pa. guardsman $10,000 for A-10 innovation

    Necessity was the mother of invention for Master Sgt, David R. Austin, 111th Maintenance Squadron, who developed an A-10 External Fuel System Replacement Tester after the current tester became unavailable for purchase. He developed a new tester, submitted his idea to the NGB Suggestion Program and was awarded $10,000 on Feb. 5 after officials found
  • Members of the 270th Engineering Installation Squadron, 111th Fighter Wing, and 253rd Combat Communications Group from Otis ANGB, Cape Cod, Mass., participated in an operational readiness exercise (ORE) here Feb. 9.

    270th EIS engages in ORE, preps for ORI

    Members of the 270th Engineering Installation Squadron, 111th Fighter Wing, and 253rd Combat Communications Group from Otis ANGB, Cape Cod, Mass., participated in an operational readiness exercise (ORE) here Feb. 9. Guardsmen trained on the ability to survive and operate (ATSO), self-aid buddy care (SABC), identifying and reporting) explosive
  • Army Lt. Gen. Lloyd Austin, XVIII Airborne Corps Commander, and Iraqi Army Lt. Gen. Ghai Ban Majeed Ali, Iraqi Ground Forces Commander, answer questions from media role players during Unified Endeavor 07-2 at Fort Bragg, N.C., Aug. 16. Over 2,100 people from eight locations participated in the US Joint Forces Command, Suffolk, Va. and Battle Command Training Program, Fort Leavenworth, Kan. sponsored mission rehearsal exercise. (Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Elisabeth Matulewicz)

    Public affairs, multimedia professionals form creative backbone of UE 07-2

    Humidity, 103-degree temperatures and torrential downpours didn't damper the spirits of Exercise Unified Endeavor 07-2 participants at the XVIII Airborne Corps Battle Command Training Center on Fort Bragg, NC. Aug. 13-24. UE 07-2 trains units for upcoming assignment with the Multi-National Corps - Iraq headquarters staff. Approximately 2,100
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