139th News

  • 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

  • Local commander to be ANG advisor to AMC

    Col. Andy Halter, commander of the 139th Maintenance Group, will be working for Air Mobility Command (AMC) at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., starting Oct 1, 2015.Halter has accepted a 17 month tour with AMC and will be working as an Air National Guard advisor to the director of logistics,

  • 'Operation Full Strength' increases recruiting efforts

    "Everyone on this base should be a recruiter," said Capt. Ben Hedley, an air traffic controller assigned to the 241st Air Traffic Control Squadron, who is leading the charge in "Operation Full Strength" on recruiting 200 new airmen by December.Most recently, Hedley and a group of airmen represented

  • Air National Guard softball tournament turns 50

    Airmen from across the U.S. Air National Guard converged on Heritage Park in St. Joseph, Mo., on Aug. 12 to kick off the 50th Annual Air National Guard (ANG) Softball Tournament.Master Sgt. Tia Masters, one of the tournament organizers from the 139th Airlift Wing, estimates there were about 2,000

  • Wing reboots career advisor program

    Twenty-six airmen here have been selected as unit career advisors, or UCAs, and held their first meeting Aug. 8, 2015 at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base.UCA is an additional duty and the airmen work closely with the wing's retention office manager. That position is currently vacant, but is being

  • Airmen earn Germany proficiency badge

    U.S. Airmen from the 139th Airlift Wing earned the German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge during a competition Aug. 6 - 8 here at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base.The thirty-six member team consisted of airmen first class thru lieutenant colonel, medic to pilot, who bonded together to accomplish

  • Missouri Airmen finish construction on Latvian orphanage

    The doors were officially opened here July 23 for the Naujene Orphanage reconstruction project during a ribbon cutting ceremony.Members from the Daugavpils Regional Council, U.S. Embassy in Latvia, Latvian Army Land Forces, and 139th Civil Engineer Squadron (CES) were in attendance."Only with a team