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  • Oklahoma National Guard Spc. James Bates with Headquarters Company, 545th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, pulls an empty pallet to the front of the Strategic National Stockpile Warehouse as he gathers equipment and medical supplies while assigned to the Stockpile Warehouse in Oklahoma City, April 17, 2020. The nearly 30 Guardsmen assigned to the site — partnered with state agencies to include the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management, Oklahoma Department of Public Safety, Oklahoma Department of Transportation, Oklahoma Office of Homeland Security and the Oklahoma Department of Corrections — help fulfill, secure and transport the orders to facilities within the 11 identified COVID-19 regional health administration regions throughout Oklahoma as part of the State’s whole-of-government response to the pandemic. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Kasey Phipps)

    Oklahoma Army and Air National Guardsmen support Department of Health at Strategic National Stockpile

    Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt assigned more than 25 Oklahoma National Guardsmen to assist the Oklahoma State Department of Health at the Strategic National Stockpile Warehouse in Oklahoma City beginning April 13, 2020.
  • Oklahoma Air National Guard Senior Master Sgt. Scherryl Coulter, a human resources specialist assigned to Joint Force Headquarters - Air Staff, confirms overall numbers and unit assignments of Oklahoma Army and Air National Guardsmen who have been activated by Oklahoma’s Governor in response to COVID-19 while working within the Oklahoma Joint Task Force at the Multiagency Coordination Center in Oklahoma City, April 14, 2020. Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt activated 175 additional Oklahoma Army and Air National Guardsmen, April 13, 2020, to aid various missions in support of the state’s response to COVID-19. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Kasey M. Phipps)

    Oklahoma Governor activates 175 Service members from Oklahoma Army and Air National Guard

    Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt activated 175 members of the Oklahoma Army and Air National Guard this week, to help support the state response to COVID-19. The newly activated Service members will perform several missions in support of the 11 identified COVID-19 regional health administration locations in the state.
  • Tech. Sgt. Rebecca Keylon, a bio-environmental engineering technician with the 137th Special Operations Medical Group, Oklahoma Air National Guard, administers a N95 medical mask fit test to Oklahoma Army National Guard Pvt. Connor Boal, a medic with the Oklahoma Army National Guard Medical Detachment, as part of COVID-19 medical response training at the 90th Troop Command Headquarters in Oklahoma City, April 10 - 11. The training, which included presentations by the University of Oklahoma Medical Center and the Oklahoma County Health Department, will prepare Oklahoma Army and Air National Guard medical personnel for potential missions with their civilian counterparts in response to the outbreak of COVID-19 across the state. (Oklahoma National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Schroeder)

    Oklahoma Army and Air National Guard medics train for COVID-19 response

    Oklahoma Army and Air National Guard medics joined forces in COVID-19 medical response training at the Oklahoma Regional Training Institute April 10 -11. The training was aimed to prepare OKNG medical personnel for potential missions with their civilian counterparts in response to the outbreak of COVID-19 across the state.
  • Chief Master Sgt. Brian A. Brindle, 137th Special Operations Wing command chief master sergeant, welcomes U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Jim Slife, commander of Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), Hurlburt Field, Fla., to Will Rogers Air National Guard Base (WRANGB) in Oklahoma City, March 7, 2020. Slife and Command Chief Master Sgt. Cory M. Olson, AFSOC command chief master sergeant, visited WRANGB for an immersion visit that included a base tour and seeing firsthand the contributions that the 137th SOW makes to the special operations community. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Andrew M. LaMoreaux)

    AFSOC commander visits 137th SOW

    The 137th Special Operations Wing (137th SOW) hosted U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Jim Slife, commander of Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), and other AFSOC officials in Oklahoma City, March 7-8, 2020.
  • Maj. Gen. Michael Thompson (left), adjutant general for Oklahoma, and Staff Sgt. Benjamin Anderson (right), an air freight journeyman assigned to the 137th Special Operations Logistics Readiness Squadron, pose with the Oklahoma Star of Valor award during a ceremony March 7, 2020, at Will Rogers Air National Guard Base, Oklahoma City. Anderson was honored for his heroic actions when he saved a man from a burning vehicle April 29, 2018.

    137th SOW Airman receives Oklahoma Star of Valor

    A truck engulfed in flames, driver trapped inside. As each minute passed and the chances of survival diminished, the instinct and willingness of an Airman to act meant the difference between life and death. For his heroic actions, Staff Sgt. Benjamin Anderson, an air freight journeyman assigned to the 137th Special Operations Logistics Readiness Squadron, was awarded the Oklahoma Star of Valor in a ceremony March 7, 2020, at Will Rogers Air National Guard Base, Oklahoma City.
  • Members of the 137th Special Operations Wing stand at attention and observe as Master Sgt. Bryan Whittle, assigned to the 205th Engineering and Installation Squadron, is presented with the Airman’s Medal during a ceremony at Will Rogers Air National Guard Base in Oklahoma City, Dec. 8, 2019. The Airman’s Medal is the highest noncombat award given in the Air Force and awarded to service members who distinguish themselves by a heroic act, usually at the voluntary risk of their own life. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Brigette Waltermire)

    Oklahoma Air National Guardsman receives Airman’s Medal

    Master Sgt. Bryan Whittle, assigned to the 205th Engineering and Installation Squadron (205th EIS), was awarded the Airman’s Medal – the Air Force’s highest noncombat award – in a ceremony December 8, 2019, at Will Rogers Air National Guard Base in Oklahoma City.
  • Senior Airman Michael Ragland, a security forces Airman with the 137th Special Operations Security Forces Squadron in Oklahoma City, returns fire as he and Airman 1st Class Harley Jones, also a security forces Airman with the 137th SOSFS, work to advance through a course during an active shooter training scenario for SWAT training conducted by the Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office in Oklahoma City on Nov. 5, 2019. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Brigette Waltermire)

    137th SOW security forces participate in Oklahoma County Sheriff SWAT training

    Six members of the Oklahoma Air National Guard participated in SWAT training with the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office (OCSO) in and around Oklahoma City, Monday through Friday, from Oct. 28–Nov. 8, 2019.
  • Tech. Sgt. Alan Ruiz (left), Regional Maintenance Center techinician for the Air Force Flight Standards Agency Pacific Regional Maintenance Center, Tech. Sgt. Robert Miller (center), Regional Maintenance Center team chief for the Air Force Flight Standards Agency Pacific Regional Maintenance Center, and Tech. Sgt. Austin Juergens (right), 205th Engineering and Installation Squadron (EIS) radar, airfield and weather systems work center supervisor, work to tune a CM-300 digital receiver that will be installed by the 205th EIS team in the 36th Operations Support Squadron air traffic control tower at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam on Sept. 15, 2019. The 205th EIS had seven Airmen working to install ten CM-300/350 radios in the 36th Operations Support Squadron air traffic control tower in Guam as part of the U.S. Air Force Air Traffic Control and Landing Systems Radio Replacement Program. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Brigette Waltermire)

    205th EIS perform final radio installation for AFFSA replacement program

    The 205th Engineering and Installation Squadron (205th EIS) from Will Rogers Air National Guard Base (WRANGB), Oklahoma City, was tasked in 2016 with installing radio systems for the Air Force Flight Standards Agency (AFFSA), an agency whose mission encompasses the design and writing of basic flight regulations and flight rules, air traffic control and landing systems, and airfield management for the entire U.S. Air Force.
  • Chief Master Sgt. Brian A. Brindle, 137th Special Operations Wing command chief master sergeant, poses for a portrait taken at Will Rogers Air National Guard Base in Oklahoma City, June 11, 2019. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Andrew LaMoreaux)

    32-year enlisted aircrew member adds 'command chief' to the list

    From a jet engine mechanic and KC-130 flight engineer as a Marine to a C-130H flight engineer, KC-135 boom operator, and a MC-12W tactical systems operator as an Oklahoma Air Guardsman, Chief Master Sergeant Brian Brindle adds another position to the list – 137th Special Operations Wing Command Chief Master Sergeant.
  • Oklahoma Air National Guardsmen, Staff Sgt. Jeremy Long (left) and Tech. Sgt. Timothy Davis, brigade tactical air control party team sergeants assigned to the 146th Air Support Operations Squadron (146th ASOS), and Capt. Cristi Campbell, 285th Special Operations Intelligence Squadron intelligence analyst work to establish network communications with fellow exercise participants in the tactical operation center at a Warfighter exercise (WFX 19-12) held at Camp Ripley near Little Falls, Minn., May 12, 2019. The 24-hour continuous, graded exercise, which is the second of three exercises that U.S. Army and National Guard units are required to complete before deployment, tests the units at the brigade level before heading to the final and more applied exercise at the National Training Center (NTC), in Fort Irwin, Calif. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Kasey M. Phipps)

    146th ASOS and 1/34th ABCT build continued partnership in warfighter exercise

    Oklahoma Air National Guard members with the 146th Air Support Operations Squadron (146th ASOS) and 285th Special Operations Intelligence Squadron (285th SOIS) from Will Rogers Air National Guard Base (WRANGB) in Oklahoma City, traveled to Little Falls, Minnesota, to support their Minnesota Army National Guard partners assigned to the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division (1/34th ABCT) in a brigade Warfighter exercise (WFX 19-12), May 10-18, 2019.
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