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  • 148th Fighter Wing gets new wings

    Fighter pilot Lt. Col. Reed Bowman was all smiles when the first F-16 Block 50 landed at the Duluth Air National Guard (ANG) Base April 27, 2010."You don't believe it till they're sitting on the ramp in front of you and you're ready to start work on them and we're there today," said Bowman, 148th

  • New F-16s arrive at the 148th Fighter Wing

    The first wave of F-16C Block 50 Fighting Falcon aircraft arrived at the 148th Fighter Wing (FW) today, Tuesday, April 27.The F-16s will be transferred from the 22nd Fighter Squadron, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. The conversion from the Wing's current F-16 Block 25 to the new Block 50 aircraft

  • F-16 drawdown begins at Spangdahlem

    Six F-16 Fighting Falcons are scheduled to depart here April 27 as the first step for the 52nd Fighter Wing staff in the Combat Air Force Restructuring plan expected to save the Air Force approximately $355 million in fiscal 2010 and $3.5 billion during the next five fiscal years.An additional six

  • Department Recognizes Best Reserve Component Family Programs

    Defense Department officials today recognized the best in National Guard and reserve family programs saying such efforts are critical to combat readiness."If we lose the support of our families, if we lose the support of our employers, we will be put out of business," said Dennis M. McCarthy,

  • Care packages from the Cookie Brigade

    148th Civil Engineers deployed with the 455th Expeditionary Air Wing at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan received a special sweet treat last week. The Cookie Brigade from Frederic, WI sent 148th members 22 containers filled with home-made cookies.The Cookie Brigade formed in October of 2006 when founder

  • Radio truck boosts flood coordination

    A Remote Communications Platform (RCP) was deployed to Moorhead, Minn. to increase the communications range of both military and civilian authorities fighting the spring floods of 2010.The functionality provided by the RCP is relatively new having just entered service in 2009. With it's 3 man crew,

  • 148th photographer takes 1st place in National Guard media contest

    Tech. Sgt. Brett Ewald, 148th Public Affairs, was announced as the first place winner in the Air National Guard Media Contest photojournalism category. Ewald's work during the 2009 flood fighting efforts told the story of Minnesota National Guard members deployed to North Dakota to support local

  • Minnesota's Hockey Traditions Continue

    In honor of the Minnesota State High School Hockey Tournament, members of the Duluth-based 148th Fighter Wing and St. Paul-based 372nd Engineering Brigade, an Army Reserve unit also serving at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan organized and played in a hockey tournament over the weekend (Sunday, March

  • 148th Fighter Wing Names New Command Chief

    The 148th Fighter Wing said goodbye to its former command chief master sergeant and welcomed her replacement during a Transfer of Authority ceremony held at the Duluth Air National Guard Base today. Chief Master Sgt. Michael D. Layman assumed command of the unit's highest enlisted position from

  • 148th Fighter Wing Will Get New Fighter Jets

    The 148th Fighter Wing, Duluth, Minn. will receive Block 50 F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft between mid-April to late-May 2010.The F-16s will be transferred to the 148th  from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany making the Duluth based fighter wing the first Air National Guard Wing to convert to the Block