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  • OK Guardsmen attend multi-agency rifle school

    Members from Will Rogers Air National Guard Base, Oklahoma City, joined officers from local police agencies to sharpen their firing skills during Patrol Rifle Operator School, May 24-26, 2016, at the Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office Training Facility, Oklahoma City.Three 137th Security Forces

  • 137 AES hosts multiple aircraft training event

    The 137th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron held a training event that featured multiple airframes, a new static training platform and realistic field conditions, April 15-16, 2016, at Will Rogers Air National Guard Base and Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City.The Multiple Aircraft Training

  • Oklahoma Airmen spin-up for emergency response during tornado season

    Allergies, rain, renewal ... for Oklahomans, native or transplanted, spring often brings memories of not just the usual April showers and May flowers, but also blaring sirens, violent storms and hail wrapped tornadoes.This spring is no different. As thermometers steadily rise, so too does the

  • OKANG Airmen aid active duty base with antenna installation, repair

    Airmen from the 205th Engineering Installation Squadron here performed preventative maintenance on a communication antenna and also setup a new antenna for active-duty squadrons, March 5-6, 2016, at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City.The new and repaired antennas allow the squadrons to

  • 137 ARW hosts nationwide ANG safety course

    The 137th Air Refueling Wing safety office hosted an Air National Guard-funded safety orientation course here, Feb. 22-25, 2016.The course's instruction focused on training personnel to embody and promote the Air Force's total force safety initiatives while protecting Airmen and their environments

  • New safety manager urges presence of mind for the holidays

    As sparkling holiday decorations go up in fireplace-heated homes and fluttering businesses, so too do injuries and accidents.Insurance companies like Allstate report an increase of insurance claims each year during the holidays due to personal injury or damage to property, and the "new guy" in the

  • Sacrifice and perseverance earns 137 LRS Air Force Outstanding Unit Award

    The Oklahoma Air National Guard's 137th Logistics Readiness Squadron here received the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for their achievements in mission accomplishment, community involvement and deployments, Oct. 14, 2015.The award was for the time between Oct. 1, 2012 and Sep. 30, 2014, during

  • 137 ARW family receives Air National Guard volunteer award

    A 137th Air Refueling Wing family won the 2015 Air National Guard Family of the Year award as a part of the 2015 National Guard Volunteer Awards announced earlier this year.The Kettler family - Information Protection Chief Lt. Col. Elizabeth "Liz" Kettler, her husband Scott, and their two daughters,