139th News

  • Maintainers take first place in marksmanship competition

    A team of four airmen from the 139th Maintenance Group took first place in the the annual Missouri National Guard's 2016 Adjutant General State Combat Match Rifle/Pistol Competition at Camp Crowder March 18 - 20, 2016.The team includes Tech. Sgts. Nathan Nichols, Ben Ott, Rodd Boyer and Staff Sgt.

  • Airmen learn Air Force protocol

    Airmen from the 139th Airlift Wing attended a week long protocol course at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base in St. Joseph, Mo., on March 8-11, 2016.Maggie Bonner, a protocol special event manager and international relations for the U.S. Air Force Services Agency, taught the course and has been

  • Mentorship program helps find mentors for Airmen

    The 139th Airlift Wing (AW) mentorship program kicked off at Rosecrans Air Natioanl Guard Base March 6, 2016 during an all call briefing in the base auditorium.The mentorship program is designed to pair mentors and mentees with the goal of assisting Airmen with setting and achieving career

  • Spotlight on Airman: Chief Master Sgt. David Schultz

    With over two decades of military service, Chief Master Sgt. David Schultz, 139th Operations Group superintendent, was administered the oath of enlistment one more time.Schultz's brother-in-law, Col. Todd Mitton, Missouri National Guard A-3 director of operations, swore his brother-in-law in for his

  • Missouri Air National Guard announces 2016 airshow

    The Missouri Air National Guard's 139th Airlift Wing, in coordination with the City of St. Joseph and Buchanan County, is pleased to announce the Sound of Speed Air Show and Open House will return to Rosecrans Memorial Airport on August 27 and 28, 2016.As in the past, this event will include

  • Symposium brings airlifters from around the world to Missouri

    About 300 people attended the Advanced Airlift Tactics Training Center's 34th annual symposium Jan. 25 - 28 here at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base.This year's theme was Asymmetric Airlift: Tomorrow's Tactical Considerations."We're bringing in subject matter experts from around the globe to talk

  • Spotlight on Airman

    Staff Sgt. Brittany Waybright, a maintenance management production specialist assigned to the 139th Maintenance Group, recently became the vice president of the Junior Enlisted Council at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base.She joined the Missouri Air National Guard in 2010 when her uncle, Maj. Tom

  • Missouri National Guard celebrated seventh annual birthday ball

    More than 600 Soldiers, Airmen, family and friends participated in the nation's largest National Guard birthday celebration during the Missouri National Guard's seventh annual birthday ball at Tan-Tar-A Resort in Osage Beach on Dec. 12, 2015.Maj. Gen. Stephen Danner, the adjutant general of the

  • Wing opens new security forces building

    The 139th Airlift Wing hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for the opening of its new security forces building at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base, St. Joseph, Mo., Dec. 10, 2015.U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Stephen L. Danner, adjutant general of the Missouri National Guard and Bill Falkner, the mayor of St.

  • Wing announces two new commanders

    Leadership from the 139th Airlift Wing announced today the appointment of two new commanders at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base.Lt. Col. John Cluck will be the commander of the 139th Operations Group. The group includes the 180th Airlift Squadron, 241st Air Traffic Control Squadron, and other