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  • 148th Fighter Wing hosts Advanced EOD Conventional Course at Camp Ripley

    Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians from the U.S. Air Force and Air National Guard gathered at Camp Ripley Training Center, Minnesota for a home-grown training event designed to test and validate conventional ordnance techniques while developing personal skills and confidence earlier this month.

  • 148th Fighter Wing partners with ANG Production Assessment Team

    An Air National Guard Production Assessment Team (PAT) consisting of cross-functional experts from maintenance and logistics readiness conducted a thorough assessment of F-16 fleet readiness at the 148th Fighter Wing, Duluth, Minn., from September 12-15, 2022.  The assessment was conducted both

  • 148th Fighter Wing hosts 21st Annual Delta Dream Flight

    Most pilots can attest that they desired to fly at a young age. Seeing any aircraft in the sky just accelerated the desire to travel and soar above the clouds. A true treat for any aspiring aviator is seeing aircraft up close and personal.The Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals (OBAP) is

  • 148th Fighter Wing Participates in Full-Scale Airport Disaster Exercise

    First responders from the 148th Fighter Wing and 25 partnering agencies, including FAA Air Traffic Control, local police and fire departments, the St. Louis Country Sheriff’s Office and Emergency Response Team, participated in a full-scale Triennial exercise at the Duluth International Airport on

  • 148th Fighter Wing Member Receives Life Saver Award

    Master Sgt. Grant Gimpel, 148th Fighter Wing, serves militarily in the 148th Civil Engineering Operations Management section and full time as a 148th Fire Department Station Captain, received a “Life Saver” award during a St. Louis County board meeting, April 12, 2022, Duluth, Minnesota. The award,

  • 148th Fighter Wing Participates in Red Flag-Nellis 22-1

    The city of Las Vegas set the backdrop for a recent training exercise for the Airmen of the 148th Fighter Wing at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. This desert background is a drastic climate change from the artic tundra that more than 180 northern Minnesota based Air National Guard members are

  • EOD Holds Advanced Conventional Course at Camp Ripley

    Air National Guard Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians from the 148th Fighter Wing, Minnesota Air National Guard; 177th Fighter Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard; 166th Airlift Wing, Delaware Air National Guard and the 119th Wing, North Dakota Air National Guard gathered for an Advanced

  • High Impact, Low Cost, Tailored Training

    The 179th Fighter Squadron, assigned to the148th Fighter Wing, Minnesota Air National Guard provided cover with its Block 50 F-16CM fighter aircraft to Special Operations Forces personnel from the 26th Special Tactics Squadron, Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, who jumped from C-130s assigned to