139th News

  • Wing announces new vice commander

    Col. Ralph Schwader, commander of the 139th Airlift Wing, announced today during a base wide commander's call that Col. Ed Black will be the new vice commander.Black's first day as vice commander will be Feb. 9. He is currently the commander of the 139th Operations Group.Black will replace Col. Dave

  • Spotlight on Airmen: aircraft maintainers

    139th Airlift Wing maintainers greeted passersby with noise from tools and the smells of petroleum here early December while working on a C-130H Hercules aircraft.Aircraft Structural Maintenance is one of the many shops that the busy hanger holds. It's a bay surrounded in tool boxes, heavy breaks,

  • Wing announces 2014 Outstanding Airmen of the Year

    Col. Ralph Schwader, 139th Airlift Wing commander and Chief Master Sgt. Randy Miller, 139th Airlift Wing command chief, recognized five Airmen as Outstanding Airmen of the Year for their distinguished contributions to the 139th Airlift Wing and the Air National Guard during a ceremony at Rosecrans

  • Wing rated ‘effective’ after inspection

    The 139th Airlift Wing emerged from Air Mobility Command (AMC) Inspector General team's 7-day Unit Effectiveness Inspection (UEI) Capstone with on overall "Effective" rating Oct. 8, 2014."I couldn't be more proud of this unit," said Col. Ralph Schwader, 139th Airlift Wing commander.AMC sent 46

  • Cybersecurity Airman offers tips for protecting information

    Cyberspace influences the lives of Airmen every day, from personal banking to mission critical tasks. The president recently proclaimed October as National Cybersecurity Awareness Month and educating Airmen about cybersecurity in this environment is essential.At the Missouri National Guard's 139th

  • Rosecrans hosts training for avionics merger

    Avionics Airmen from four states completed their first training as Integrated Communication Counter Measures Navigation Systems (ICCMNS) troops at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base Sept. 12, 2014.The two career fields, Electronic Warfare Counter Measures (ECM) and Communication Navigation (COMNAV),

  • Doctorate level C-130 tactics course added to Air National Guard base

    The adjutant general of the Missouri National Guard, Maj. Gen. Steve Danner, announced today that a C-130H Weapons Instructor Course (WIC) will be added to the curriculum at the Advanced Airlift Tactics Training Center (AATTC) here.A WIC is an Air Force doctorate level course in tactics and

  • The Triple C: Consistent, Continual, Compliance Vol 1.5

    CAPSTONEAs everyone knows by now (I Hope!) our CAPSTONE event is less than two months out. Why is it called a capstone you ask, well it's the final achievement in the culmination of the inspection period, which is the 48-60 month cycle, called the UEI. Being a new process we did not get the full

  • The Triple C: Consistent, Continual, Compliance Vol. 1.4

    Personnel Changes to the IG officeRecently the IG Office has brought in some new faces to continue the Implementation of the CCIP. Maj. Joe Lembke from MDG has come aboard to replace Maj. Ruehter as the IGI. Tech. Sgt. Alan Hargreaves from AMXS has come in to be the Wing MICT Program Man-ager