139th News

  • Ceremonies honor rank, command at Rosecrans

    A busy training weekend at the 139th Airlift Wing here included a change in Security Forces leadership as well as promotions for two Airmen to the Air Force's upper ranks.On Friday, Chief Master Sgt. Craig Phillips was promoted to the top enlisted rank. His wife and daughters helped add the eighth

  • Air Guard 'primed' for national softball tournament

    The ball fields are set and citizen-Airmen are primed to arrive here as the final two weeks build up to the Air National Guard's largest team sporting event. Rosecrans Air National Guard Base will play host this year to softball players from across the nation August 15-18 during the 47th Annual

  • Rosecrans cites energy efficiency practices

    Residents at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base here can be proud of their energy efficiency, said regional and local officials after an informal energy appraisal.A newly assigned efficiency manager for the state recently toured the base to learn about its energy program and provide

  • Air Mobility tactics, electronic warfare experts analyze the adversary

    At least 50 combat operations experts met at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base here this week for a working group on air mobility tactics to analyze and report on current air and air defense operations across the globe.The Air Force, Air Mobility Command's (AMC) Air Mobility Tactics Analysis Team

  • Missouri Air Guard engineers return from Guantanamo

    Although an afternoon storm at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base hampered their homecoming ceremony, more than 100 family, friends and service members were still able to welcome their Airmen home from a long deployment.The 139th Airlift Wing, Missouri Air National Guard welcomed home more than 30

  • Panamanian service members visit Rosecrans

    Service members from the Panamanian military spent a few days at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base here July 10-12.The visitors trained on military procedures and toured the 139th Airlift Wing' s workshops. It was part of the Missouri National Guard' s continuing partnership with Panama, which

  • Guard joins health professionals for reintegration

    Community health care providers are doing the best they can with servicemember reintegration, and the National Guard wants to help them succeed.That's what Missouri National Guard officials told nearly 60 health care and behavioral health professionals here June 22 at a military family wellness

  • Guard aircraft part of Kansas City disaster exercise

    Thick, black smoke billowed around a Missouri Air National Guard C-130 parked on a runway here today at Kansas City International Airport. The smoke, from fires set by exercise managers, posed no threat to the aircraft or its Airmen. Along with some role players brought in to act as injured

  • Airmen, aircraft to deploy for ‘New Dawn’

    Citizen-Airmen from the 139th Airlift Wing announced here June 16 that they are undergoing preparations for a deployment this summer to support overseas contingency operations.The deployment of Missouri Air National Guard Airmen and aircraft include a mix of career specialties and is part of the Air