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  • Making a Difference

    On Oct. 4, 2014, on a cool, fall Saturday, members of the 148th Fighter Wing volunteered to help Habitat for Humanity build a storage shed and excavate for a sidewalk for a local family. This marks the third year in a row that 148th Fighter Wing member Tech. Sgt. Ryan Ostrofsky coordinated volunteer

  • Thracian Star

    Members of the 148th Fighter Wing, Minnesota Air National Guard joined forces with military partners overseas and successfully completed several multi-lateral total force exercises to include Thracian Star, BALTOPS and Saber Strike. Thracian Star, organized by the Bulgarian Air Force, took place

  • Running for a Good Cause

    The 148th Fighter Wing Bulldog Enlisted Council (BEC) held the Fifth Annual Meatball 5K Walk/Run, May 18, 2014. Why is it called the Meatball 5K Walk/Run, you ask? The Meatball 5K use to be held in April, the same month as the 148th Fighter Wing's Annual Spaghetti Feed. Since both events were held

  • Climbing Stairs for Charity

    Seven firefighters from the 148th Fighter Wing, Duluth, Minn. participated in the fifth annual Big Climb-Minneapolis, April 5, 2014. The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS) held the event to raise lifesaving funds for blood cancer research and help patients live better, longer lives.The climb was

  • A New Way of Doing Business

    Back in 2011 and 2012, the Inspector General (IG) completed a comprehensive assessment of the effectiveness and efficiency of the Air Force Inspection System (AFIS) and found it to be wasteful, inadequate and unsustainable in the current and future resource environment. In short, the inspection

  • 148th Fighter Wing Security Forces Winter Training

    With winter winds blowing steady, and wind chills hovering at 30 below zero, 21 members of the 148th Security Forces Squadron (SFS) took over parts of Camp Ripley, Minn. in a four day combined drill. Led by Capt. John Christenson and Chief Master Sgt. Ryan Gunderson, the Airman of the 148th SFS took

  • Comm Flight supports 2014 Beargrease race

    The 148th Fighter Wing Communications Flight, Deployable Interoperable Communications Element (DICE) team braved wind chill factors up to 60 below zero to support the 2014 John Beargrease sled dog race that took place in Northern Minnesota during the last week of January, 2014.The DICE team's