139th News

  • Wing to host 2024 Sound of Speed Air Show

    The U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, the Thunderbirds, will headline the 2024 Sound of Speed Air Show and Open House on Sept.14-15, 2024 at Rosecrans Memorial Airport.

  • Guard family serves since 1953

    The Bigham family has served with the 139th Airlift Wing since 1953 when Jim Bigham joined the unit along with his twin brother Mort Bigham. Jim’s son would eventually join the unit and attain the highest enlisted rank in the Air Force.

  • Missouri teen awarded NGB youth award

    Trinity Brown, daughter of Tech. Sgts. Ashley and Bruce Jenkins, was presented the 2021 National Guard Volunteer Award during a ceremony at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base on Sept. 11, 2022.

  • Rosecrans to host career week

    The 139th Airlift Wing, Missouri Air National Guard, will host a career fair week from Sept. 20-22, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. each day at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base.

  • AATTC briefs AMC commander on future combat training course

    Aircrew instructors from the Advanced Airlift Tactics Training Center (AATTC), a total force integration unit composed of active duty, guard and reserve members, visit Gen. Mike Minihan, commander of Air Mobility Command, to demonstrate plans for a new combat training course at Scott Air Force Base,

  • Additional Duty First Sergeant Symposium

    The 139th Airlift Wing’s first sergeants hosted an ‘Additional Duty First Sergeant Symposium’ Aug. 10-12, 2022 at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base, St. Joseph, Missouri.

  • Airman Spotlight: Staff Sgt. Coleman Babcock

    Staff Sgt. Coleman Babcock, a radar, airfield and weather systems technician for the 241st Air Traffic Control Squadron, hit the jackpot when he enlisted with the 139th Airlift Wing in 2011.