139th News

  • 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

  • Wing announces Airmen of the Year

    Five Airmen at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base were selected as the wing's Airmen of the Year for 2015 on Nov. 7, 2015.The winners in each category are as follows:Airman of the Year: Senior Airman Collin Ingram, 139th Operations Support FlightNoncommissioned Officer of the Year: Staff Sgt. Jacob

  • Wing first sergeant confesses: 'you will get there'

    The 139th Airlift Wing's First Sergeant recently admitted here at Rosecrans that he is a devoted motivator, a communicator and a life fanatic.Chief Master Sgt. Joseph Hamlett is also a published author, a business owner, a business professor, has a doctorate degree, and is a husband and father."Ten

  • ANG Airman selected as USAF first sergeant instructor

    With nearly six years of experience as a first sergeant for the Missouri Air National Guard's 139th Airlift Wing, Master Sgt. Jan Medina was recently selected as a first sergeant instructor for the U.S. Air Force First Sergeant Academy at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alb.The slot for Airmen in the Air

  • Spotlight on Airmen: Services Specialist

    "I like to keep myself busy," said Airman 1st Class Erin Self who joined the Air National Guard in 2012.Self joined the 139th Airlift Wing in late 2014 as a services specialist.  Currently, she is a fitness assistant and has experience as a cook from her earlier service right out of high school with

  • ANG command chief accepts challenge from Missouri Airman

    Staff Sgt. Jamie Israel, of the 139th Airlift Wing, called out Air National Guard's Command Chief Master Sgt. James Hotaling, to walk a day in her boots...and her heels.Hotaling issued a challenge to all Airmen in the Air National Guard earlier this year to invite him to their base to walk a day in