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  • Wing Celebrates Airmen's Return Home

    On Aug 16, approximately 1,500 Colorado Air National Guardsmen gathered to celebrate the return of more than 250 Airmen from Iraq. State and local elected officials, family members, friends, as well as employers of the deployed Airmen attended the picnic at the Aurora Sports Complex. "The 140th Wing

  • Colorado Air National Guard Citizen-Airmen Return from Iraq

    More than 200 Airmen assigned to the 140th Wing, Colorado Air National Guard, Buckley Air Force Base, Aurora, Colo., returned from a deployment to Iraq Saturday evening. More than 300 family and friends gathered at Buckley to welcome home and be reunited with their loved ones.140th Wing maintenance,

  • 137th Space Warning Squadron garners national award again

    The 137th Space Warning Squadron, Colorado Air National Guard has won the prestigious National Guard Association of the United States Mission Support Trophy - again. The NGAUS Mission Support Trophy is the highest award a non-flying Air National Guard unit can receive. Awarded to the 137th SWS in

  • Air Force officials update uniform board decisions

    Air Force officials today announced policy updates in the 98th Virtual Uniform Board decisions posted June 10. The following provides a snapshot of approved uniform wear. Follow-on messages will be released that contain detailed guidance and instructions. All information will be incorporated into

  • Web site to open sign-ups for post-9/11 GI Bill transfers

    It's official. The Defense Department signed off yesterday on policies and procedures servicemembers will use to transfer their unused Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits to their spouses or children, a Pentagon official said today. Eligible servicemembers will be able to register their immediate family

  • "One of a Kind" Training

    On a cold and rainy late spring morning, a convoy from the137th Space Warning Squadron departed Greeley Air National Guard Station. The convoy was making its way north to Ellsworth AFB located just outside of Rapid City, S.D. starting June 8. Members of the 137th SWS performed their annual training

  • Civil Engineers provide new buildings, new hope

    Four members of the 240th Civil Engineer Squadron, 140th Wing, Colorado Air National Guard went to the Saint Michael's Association for Special Education on the Navajo Nation June 8. They spent four days evaluating and developing a master plan to upgrade the five-acre campus. The effort to upgrade

  • Legislators examine ‘sound of freedom’

    More than a dozen Colorado legislators and staffers visited Buckley Air Force Base May 14 to learn what the Colorado Air National Guard (COANG) does for the state as well as how the legislators can best support the COANG. Senior Colorado National Guard leaders discussed the numerous missions and

  • Colorado Air National Guard 140th Security Forces Members Deploy

    Approximately 30 security forces personnel assigned to the 140th Wing, Colorado Air National Guard, Buckley Air Force Base, Aurora, Colo., left Buckley at approximately 9:30 a.m. Sunday morning for the United States Central Command Area of Operations in Support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The group