139th News

  • Missouri Airmen lead Task Force Iron Herk II

    Some Airmen from the Missouri Air National Guard’s 139th Airlift Wing returned home on July 1, 2022 from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, where they were deployed supporting European Command’s area of responsibility.

  • Airman Spotlight: Staff Sgt. Chase Brown

    After spending seven years active duty, U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Chase Brown, a non-destructive inspector with the 139th Maintenance Squadron, enlisted with the 139th Airlift Wing to be able to serve his country part time close to his hometown of Kansas City, Missouri.

  • Airman Spotlight: Airman 1st Class Sara Lucas

    Climbing through the rubble of a dilapidated building, Airman 1st Class Sara Lucas, 139th Medical Group medic, spots a manikin casualty and immediately begins rendering aid. She checks the manikin for injuries, applies a neck brace and inserts an IV until her team arrives with a stretcher.

  • 139th Airlift Wing receives new victim's advocate

    The 139th Airlift Wing, Missouri Air National Guard, recently added a new face to its Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (SAPR) team. Capt. Adam Baker, assigned to the 139th Operations Group, stepped up as a new victim’s advocate.

  • Airman reflects on Black History Month

    After moving to Kansas City, Missouri, to support his fiancé with a baby on the way, Tech. Sgt. Bruce Jenkins, a production controller with the 139th Maintenance Group, Missouri Air National Guard, made a decision that forever changed his life.

  • The Punisher or The Leader?

    Often referred to as “The Punisher”, U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Mia Randazzo a radar, airfield and weather systems maintainer with the 241st Air Traffic Control Squadron, Missouri Air National Guard, is not who she seems.

  • Coping with Financial Issues of COVID-19 - Part 55

    I hope you will make specific, measureable and realistic changes in January to get yourself back on track. Let me help you in any of the following areas (not all-inclusive!):Credit card pay-off planIncome tax planningSpending plan foundation (or adjustment!)Retirement planning-now and in the future