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  • Colorado Air National Guard members support 9Health Fair

    Members from the Colorado Air National Guard's 233d Space Group, Greeley, Colo., load boxes of medical supplies into one of their vehicles in support of the 9 Health Fair February 24 as part of a mutually beneficial training program. The support the 233 SG gives to the health fair helps the

  • Know the no-drone zones

    What comes in a variety shapes and sizes, serves diverse purposes and could have a wingspan as large as a jet airliner or smaller than a model airplane, possibly controlled by a radio?According to the Federal Aviation Administration, Unmanned Aircraft Systems, commonly known as drones, are defined

  • 120th Fighter Squadron and 140th Maintenance Group welcome new command

    In back-to-back Change of Command Ceremonies, Lt. Col. Paul W. Feichtinger assumed command of the 120th Fighter Squadron from Lt. Col. Mitchell A. Neff, who subsequently assumed command of the 140th Maintenance Group from Col. Brian P. Patterson.  Feichtinger joined the Colorado Air National Guard

  • Chaplain helps others through own experience

    The road to faith can be a rocky path, but the attitude along the way is what makes the trip worthwhile.Chaplain Jim Bridgham, 140th Wing chaplain, believes that every good story has drama and shapes who a person becomes.Throughout his life, Bridgham had many bumps in the road, but he always used

  • Proclamation establishes December 4 as Space-based Missile Warning Day

    In the midst of the Cold War, the United States came to the realization that being able to better detect incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles would allow for better defensive measures. Years of ingenuity and development created the Defense Support Program, which uses infrared to detect

  • CONG Red Ribbon Week school visits continue to impact

    The Colorado National Guard Counterdrug Task Force was at it again this fall, visiting 47 schools with a UH-60 Blackhawk to inspire kids all around Colorado to be drug free.Every year since 1998, the Colorado Joint Counterdrug Task Force, based out of Buckley Air Force Base, has conducted these

  • COANG participates in Wing Wartime Readiness Inspection

    Airmen from the 140th Wing, Colorado Air National Guard, participated in a four-day large scale combat readiness assessment, the Wing Wartime Readiness Inspection at Buckley Air Force Base, Oct. 15 -18, 2015.The WWRI is one of the ways the 140th Wing is implementing the new Air Force Inspection

  • 140th Wing assessing wartime readiness, expect increase in activity

    This week, the 140th Wing, Colorado Air National Guard is conducting a 4-day wartime readiness inspection that will include increased activity on the base and F-16s flying outside of routine flying hours."Not only do we support a 24/7 aerospace control alert mission, but we also have to be ready at