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  • Air National Guard Band brings chords of the cosmos to Southwest

    The Air National Guard Band of the Southwest contributes its musical talents to maintaining the morale and esprit de corps of the military, fostering community relations, and supporting the recruiting effort. To accomplish its mission, the Band of the Southwest, also known as the 531st Air Force

  • Texas, Nebraska ANG benefit from State Partnership Program

    PRAGUE -- Airmen from Texas and Nebraska Air National Guard units partnered with the Czech Air Force to participate in a subject matter expert exchange of maintenance information March 20-23, 2017, at air bases in the Czech Republic.The maintenance exchange was part of a state partnership program

  • Traditional Airmen given opportunity to showcase abilities

    FORT WORTH, TEXAS – Traditional members of the Air National Guard live two lives. While serving both the federal and state mission in their chosen military capacity, guardsmen are also avid members of the local community holding full-time jobs or attending school. Typically, active guardsmen

  • Air Force Chief of Staff visits Texas Air National Guard

    Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein coins Chief Master Sgt. Huey McKinney, 136th Airlift Wing, Texas Air National Guard aircraft maintenance superintendent, during a visit to Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Texas, Jan. 29, 2017. McKinney was coined for his work with the

  • Texas Air National Guardsmen clean up Trinity River

    Prior to starting their monthly training, Airmen from the 136th Airlift Wing, Texas Air National Guard, stationed at the Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, helped clean up the community during participated in the biannual Tarrant Regional Water District's Spring Trinity River Trash

  • Texas and Chile, State partnership participate in a medical exercise

    The morning after the ending of FIDAE 2016, the flight line at Fuerza Aerea De Chile in Santiago, emptied except for the lone C-130H2 Hercules aircraft from the 136th Airlift Wing, Texas Air National Guard; as it prepared April 4 for its second mission, a medical air-evacuation exercise with Chilean

  • From Texas cop to best warrior

    "And the Winner is...," the announcer paused.Most remember saying, "when I grow up," as a kid, but few will remember what career they loved at the time and fewer reach their childhood dream; U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Steven Hein is one of the few."I was like 8 or 9-years old and my dad was walking