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  • Members of the 139th Airlift Wing participate in the Missouri CERFP evaluation.

    Missouri’s Elite Team is Tested

      Missouri's highly specialized team of soldiers and airmen trained to handle any type of emergency has received federal validation March 18th in Columbia, Missouri. The team, called CERFP, or chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, high yield explosives response force package, has a flexible design and can be tailor-made for any contingency.

  • Time running out to obtain hard copy of personnel records

      Beginning July 1, the 139th Airlift Wing Military Personnel Flight (MPF) will quarantine all personnel records in preparation for mailing records to the Air Force Reserve Personnel Center (ARPC) in Denver, Colo., for conversion into electronic records. Once the quarantine begins, the MPF will scrub each record to ensure a quality check is

  • Air National Guard to honor GWOT members, families

      Air National Guardsmen who deployed in support of the Global War on Terror from Sept. 11, 2001, to Dec. 31, 2008, and their families will be honored for their sacrifice. Awards will be processed in a two-phase campaign, and then presented at the wing level at a formal ceremony.   "This is a catch up period for the program," said Chief Master Sgt.

  • Families Prepped for Deployment

      "Unless you tell me you have problems going on, we may not know," said 139th Family Program Coordinator Jane Lackey. "Don't ever feel like you have to keep to yourself or you'll be a burden or you don't want to say anything. We'll have monthly activities where we can find solutions." Lackey and her volunteers presented the first of several 2009

  • What? You’re Going AGAIN?

      It's a common question in the homes of deploying Guard members. Repeated deployments in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom or Enduring Support as well as domestic deployments are taking a toll on spouses and family members.   "Stress from mobilizations has been an issue since the Vietnam era when I was a spouse at home," said Keri Flanagan, a
  • The 139th Airlift Wing in St. Joseph Missouri, participates in a joint exercise with civilian authorities on March 25, 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Barb Denny) (RELEASED)

    Major Accident Response Exercise cut short

      A real world emergency call interrupted the Major Accident Response Exercise held March 25. Even though the exercise was cut short, valuable lessons were still learned from the event.   A MARE is one of the six required exercises that must be performed by the unit each year. This year's event included participation by the City of St. Joseph
  • Tech. Sgt. Shannon Bond is awarded Master Sgt. stripes by Brigadier General Stephen Danner, Missouri adjutant general, and his father, George Bond, on 3 April, 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Gregory Kunkle) (RELEASED)

    The Adjutant General visits Rosecrans

      The Missouri National Guard's adjutant general, Brig. Gen. Stephen Danner, toured Rosecrans Air National Guard Base, St. Joseph, Mo., April 1.   Danner spent his visit conversing with Airmen and civilians who are employed by the base as well as discussing issues facing the unit with Col. Stephen Cotter, commander of the 139th Airlift Wing.   "The
  • Photo thumbnail for the 139th Airlift Wing Recieves two new aircraft broadcast. (U.S. Air Force photo by unkonwn photographer) (RELEASED)

    Rosecrans Hercs Face Threats, Show Muscle

    Another Air Expeditionary Force deployment will stress more than the activated members of the 139th Airlift Wing. C-130s assigned to the St. Joseph-based unit are now 23 years old - in some cases older than the aircrews assigned.   "The aircraft face threats everywhere from heat and sand that wear down components to a busy ops tempo that triples

  • Walking the Walk

    Comrades of Senior Master Sgt. Craig Phillips of the 139th Missouri Air National Guard showed their support of the National Alliance for Mental Illness, by contributing $500 as he participated in a walk-a-thon on March 31 in Sierra Vista, AZ..   Phillips became interested in the need for mental illness awareness after speaking with Dianna
  • Solar panels are installed on a hanger at the 139th Airlift Wing hanger at Rosecrans airport in St. Joseph Missouri on March 29, 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Barb Denny) (RELEASED)

    Rosecrans' local economic impact: $75 million

      In the current economic climate, the Missouri Air National Guard's impact on the local economy does not go unnoticed by leaders.   Recent news articles, editorials and community functions have singled out the Air Guard's nearly $75 million annual impact as one of the major economic positives in the St. Joseph, Mo., area.   That impact includes
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