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  • Gen. McKinley approved to lead Guard Bureau

    Lt. Gen. Craig R. McKinley was confirmed as the 26th chief of the National Guard Bureau by the Senate Oct. 2 in Washington, D.C. He will also become the first four-star general in the nearly 372-year history of the National Guard. The current director of the Air National Guard, General McKinley was

  • Sunrise Elementary School thanks veterans

    Sunrise Elementary School hosted its fifth annual Veterans Day parade to honor former and current members of the U.S. armed services Oct. 17. Among the numerous honorees were 12 current members of the 140th Wing, Colorado Air National Guard, from Buckley Air Force Base. The Airmen officially kicked

  • CSAF defers heritage coat decision, focuses on current uniform issues

    Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton A. Schwartz decided on Aug. 28 to defer a decision on the Air Force heritage coat until the summer of 2009 to address current uniform issues, according to a senior Air Force official. "We are going to fix, improve and upgrade uniforms in our current inventory,"

  • Air Guard officials discuss top concerns at leadership summit

    Safety, culture and the Air National Guard's future were among topics adjutants general, wing commanders, command chief master sergeants and others from around the nation discussed at a recent conference in Wisconsin. More than 500 Air National Guard senior leaders and safety experts met at the Volk

  • Need a New CAC Card?

    New changes to the way next-generation Common Access Cards are issued now require Department of Defense employees and dependents to bring two forms of approved ID, one of which must bear a photo according to Chief Master Sergeant Dawn Conroy, 140th Mission Support Flight Superintendent. The Common

  • Training for worst case scenario

    While the ANG is commonly referred to as the Blue division of the Guard, members of the 140th Maintenance Squadron took the hue to another level when they suited up to decontaminate an F-16 Fighting Falcon during hydrazine response exercises at Buckley Air Force Base June 8 and 12. Hydrazine fuels

  • Colorado's last Guard Vietnam MIA laid to rest

    The remains of Colorado Air National Guard Maj. Perry H. Jefferson, who vanished during an observation flight 39 years ago over the jungles of South Vietnam, were at last laid to rest April 3 at Arlington National Cemetery. Three days of events here were a high-profile attempt to put closure to a