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  • Children ride horses around the arena at Covey Creek Ranch in Oklahoma City during the 6th Annual Oklahoma National Guard Adjutant General’s Horseback Heroes event, Oct. 28, 2017. Horseback Heroes is conducted each fall for the children of Oklahoma National Guard service members, to show support to their families, especially those who are deployed. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Brigette Waltermire/Released)

    OK National Guard children take a ride at 6th Annual Horseback Heroes

    It was a hard day of ropin’ and ridin’ for the 101 children who participated in the sixth annual Horseback Heroes event, Oct. 28, 2017, at Gerry Shepherd’s Covey Creek Cattle Company in south Oklahoma City. However for those who have attended in the past, it was a day full of fun and filled with familiar horses from previous years.
  • Air National Guard firefighters practice combating aircraft fires at the Silver Flag training site at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Aug. 8, 2017. The training was part of an exercise that allowed Oklahoma Air National Guardsmen from the 137th Special Oeperations Wing, Will Rogers Air National Guard Base, Oklahoma City, and the 138th Fighter Wing, Tulsa Air National Guard Base, Tulsa, Oklahoma, to integrate with different career fields and units for a realistic contingency environment. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Capt. Micah D. Campbell/Released)

    Silver Flag: OK Guardsmen integrate with different units for contingency exercise

    Sixty-six Guardsmen from the Oklahoma Air National Guard emerged through the towering trees to their temporary tent city home outside Ramstein Air Base, Germany, to participate in a Silver Flag training exercise August 2-12, 2017.
  • A Polish paratrooper with the 18th Airborne Battalion reloads his weapon during a live-fire exercise while training at Northern Strike 17 at Camp Grayling, Mich., Aug. 8, 2017. Tactical air control party specialists with the 146th Air Support Operations Squadron, Oklahoma City, provided close air support during the integrated scenario. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Tyler Woodward)

    Northern Strike 17: 146 ASOS integrates with sister services, maintains readiness during Nat’l Guard strike exercise

    Tactical air control party specialists from the 146th Air Support Operations Squadron from Will Rogers Air National Guard Base, Oklahoma City, controlled airspace during the combined-joint force exercise Northern Strike 17 at Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center and the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, July 31 to Aug. 11 2017
  • Airmen from the 137th Special Operations Force Support Squadron pose for a group picture during their annual training days at the 1st Special Operations Wing, Hurlburt Field, Florida, Aug. 11, 2017. Twenty Airmen from the 137 SOFSS attended the training event to integrate with active duty personnel on lodging, mortuary, fitness, contingency operations, training, readiness and other duties that are part of their squadron readiness requirements. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Trisha K. Shields/Released)

    137 SOFSS conducts annual training at 1 SOW

    Twenty Airmen from the 137th Special Operations Force Support Squadron conducted their annual training days at the 1st Special Operations Wing, Hurlburt Field, Florida, Aug. 6-16, 2017.
  • Lt. Col. Carla Walker (left), 137th Special Operations Medical Group administration officer from Will Rogers Air National Guard Base in Oklahoma City, and Col. Keith Reed (right), 137th MDG commander, support and say goodbye to Airmen from the Medical Group as they board a C-130 Hercules from the 136th Airlift Wing, Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base at Carswell Field, Texas, Aug. 28, 2017, at Will Rogers Air National Guard Base. The Airmen are part of the 137th Special Operation Wing’s deployment of nearly 40 medical and aeromedical evacuation Airmen and equipment in support of the Texas Military Department and their relief efforts following Hurricane Harvey. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Kasey Phipps/Released)

    Oklahoma Air National Guard wing sends aid to neighbor state for Hurricane Harvey

    About 40 Airmen from the Oklahoma Air National Guard’s 137th Special Operations Wing departed Will Rogers Air National Guard Base in Oklahoma City, Aug. 29, 2017, to support the Texas Military Department and Texas Emergency Management in relief efforts following Hurricane Harvey.
  • Capt. Christopher Cadieux, a 146th Air Support Operations Squadron air liaison officer from Will Rogers Air National Guard Base, Oklahoma City, calls in coordinates during a training event at Razorback Range, Fort Chaffee Maneuver Training Center in Fort Smith, Ark., and Hog Military Operating Area, Mansfield, Ark., July 11, 2017. The close air support training event, called Sooner Strike, was coordinated by the 146 ASOS and enabled Airmen in the air and on the ground to share techniques and accomplish both mission qualification training and continuation training with several aircraft common to TACP missions. (U.S Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Andrew M. LaMoreaux)

    Oklahoma Air National Guardsman participate in five-day close air support training event

    More than 50 Airmen from Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve wings participated in a five-day close air support training event at Razorback Range, Fort Chaffee Maneuver Training Center in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and Hog Military Operating Area, Mansfield, Arkansas, July 10-14, 2017.   Tactical Air Control Party specialists from the 146th Air
  • The 137th Special Operations Wing Honor Guard presents the colors while Capt. Paul Blankenship, 137 SOW Force Support Squadron food service officer, sings a stirring rendition of the national anthem to open the 2017 Air National Guard Leadership Conference at the National Center for Employee Development Conference Center, Norman, Okla., May 8, 2017. The leadership conference, attended by general officers, adjutant generals, wing commanders, command chiefs and directors of staff from across the 54 U.S. states and territories, focused on leading, protecting and supporting the 21st-century Guard Airman. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Andrew M. LaMoreaux)

    137 SOW volunteers support nationwide ANG Leadership Conference

    Airmen from the 137th Special Operations Wing, here, volunteered valuable hours to support a nationwide Air National Guard conference at the National Center for Employee Development Conference Center in Norman, Oklahoma, May 9-12, 2017.The leadership conference, attended by general officers, adjutant generals, wing commanders, command chiefs and
  • Lt. Col. Shelby Dreyer, 285th Special Operations Intelligence Squadron commander, introduces Lt. Gen. L. Scott Rice, director of the Air National Guard, to Airmen during a tour of the 137th Special Operations Wing at Will Rogers Air National Guard Base in Oklahoma City, May 7, 2017. The tour allowed the director and several other distinguished visitors to not only get a look into the special operations mission of the 137 SOW but also find ways to better serve the Airmen of the Air National Guard. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kasey Phipps)

    137th Special Operations Wing hosts director of Air National Guard

    The 137th Special Operations Wing hosted Lt. Gen. L. Scott Rice, director of the Air National Guard, and Chief Master Sgt. Ronald C. Anderson, command chief master sergeant of the Air National Guard, at Will Rogers Air National Guard Base in Oklahoma City, May 8, 2017. The visit allowed the director to not only get a look into the special
  • The 137th Special Operations Wing hosted commanders from all nine Air National Guard aeromedical evacuation squadrons for an AES commander’s workshop at Will Rogers Air National Guard Base in Oklahoma City, April 4-6 , 2017. Aeromedical squadrons are responsible for the medical care of patients during transportation between military installations and primarily work on the KC-135 Stratotanker, the C-130 Hercules and the C-17 Globemaster III. (Photo by Senior Master Sgt. Andrew LaMoreaux)

    137 SOW hosts ANG aeromedical evacuation squadron commanders for annual workshop

    The 137th Special Operations Wing hosted commanders from all nine Air National Guard aeromedical evacuation squadrons for an AES commander’s workshop, here, April 4-6 , 2017. “The purpose of the workshop is to ensure the continuity of operations among the nine aeromedical squadrons and create a learning environment where we can discuss best
  • Tech. Sgt. Angel Delacruz, 146th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron technician, provides simulated medical treatment to Senior Airman Zachary Hart, a volunteer simulated patient, on a C-17 Globemaster III during the Multiple Aircraft Training Opportunity Program (MATOP) organized by the 137th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron from Will Rogers Air National Guard Base, Oklahoma City, April 7, 2017. Airmen of the 137 AES were joined by eight of the nine Air National Guard aeromedical evacuation squadrons as they hosted the annual training event and accomplished mandatory annual aeromedical training requirements.(U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Andrew M. LaMoreaux/Released)

    137 AES hosts multiple units, aircraft in Guard-wide training event

    More than 160 Airmen from eight of the Air National Guard’s nine aeromedical evacuation squadrons participated in a Guard-wide training event hosted by the 137th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron at Will Rogers Air National Guard Base in Oklahoma City, April 6-9, 2017. The event, known as the Multiple Aircraft Training Opportunity Program, or MATOP,
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