139th News

  • Air Guard aerobatic performer announces season opener in ‘St. Joe’

    The Air National Guard's foremost aerobatic pilot and his team are scheduled to kick off a renowned air show tour here May 5-6 at the 139th Airlift Wing Open House and Sound of Speed Air Show.John Klatt announced this week that he is taking flight in his eighth air show season with the Air Guard,

  • Hill named Maintenance Airman of the Quarter

    Tech. Sgt. Jennifer Hill was recently named Airman of the Quarter for the 139th Maintenance Group here, January -March 2012 quarter.Hill won the award (January - March 2012) for her instrumental flight line efforts and in modernizing the group's training methods. Hill researched and obtained two

  • Medical team sets bar in disaster eval’

    It took only 36 minutes for the 139th Airlift Wing's medics here to make their presence known as medical performers during a recent homeland response evaluation. Fifty Air Force doctors, nurses, emergency medical technicians and support staff began their test in haste, pulling equipment from their

  • Excitement builds as air show nears

    Excitement is building among Airmen here as the 139th Airlift Wing joins the city, Buchanan County and the St. Joseph Metro Chamber for some high-flying aerobatics and events at the 2012 Sound of Speed Air Show and Rosecrans Air National Guard Base Open House.One month away, the Rosecrans Memorial

  • Airmen top Soldiers in team marksmanship

    Airmen outshot the Soldiers. That's the bragging right that 139th Airlift Wing marksmen at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base here recently earned (along with a plaque to prove it) when they bested pistol and rifle experts from the Army Guard. Three Air Guard shooting teams, and others, here competed

  • SED experience nets jobs for some Airmen

    An Airmen's experience in serving the community here recently paid him in return with a new and promising career in law enforcement.Last summer, the 139th Airlift Wing activated its members to fend off the rising waters of the Missouri River. Airmen were tasked with everything from filling and

  • Airmen tasked with search and recovery training

    Officials confirmed Feb. 28 that the 139th Services Flight, Force Support Squadron (FSS), will take charge of the Fatality Search and Recovery Mission for the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Region VII.The Fatality Search and Recovery Team (FSRT) falls within the Missouri Homeland Response

  • Whitley receives promotion to chief master sergeant

    Morcie Whitley, of Kansas City, Kan., was promoted to the rank of chief master sergeant during a ceremony March 4 at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base.Whitley began her career in 1992 with the 139th as an administrative clerk, after serving in the Air Force Reserve Command for nearly four years.

  • Old maintenance hand, State Command Chief retires

    A 139th Airlift Wing veteran, who achieved the top enlisted title in the Missouri Air National Guard, gave his parting words to a formation comprised of time-honored friendships forged from nearly 41 years of service.Chief Master Sgt. William Phillips, State Command Chief, was honored in a