139th News

  • Penny-wise practice brings Rosecrans financial bonus

    Rosecrans Air National Guard Base is the recipient of tens of thousands in cash here for its efforts in shrinking its energy bills, civil engineer squadron officials announced recently.A $25,000 bonus was awarded by the National Guard Bureau this week.Officials said the base stood out nationwide as

  • Missouri Guardmembers honor top employer, supporter

    Providing pay and benefits during deployments, sending care packages to deployed employees, allowing time off and celebrating military service are just a few commitments that the Guard's top employers are honored for each year.Missouri National Guard members recently honored St. Joseph School

  • St. Joseph native assumes command of the 139th Airlift Wing

    Maj. Gen. Stephen L. Danner, adjutant general of the Missouri National Guard, announced today Col. Michael Pankau has assumed command of the 139th Airlift Wing immediately. A formal assumption of command ceremony will be held once the current state emergency duty concludes. "Col. Pankau is a proven

  • Water drop brings less patrol, new plans for Missouri Airmen

    Missouri Air National Guard members here continued their support in the community this week after a swollen Missouri River began its slow retreat from flooded roadways, farmland, homes and levee banks.Airmen from the 139th Airlift Wing are serving in liaison with community leaders, through levee

  • Deployed Airman gives 'shout out' at Royals game

    Thousands pour into the Kansas City Royals' Kauffman Stadium on a hot summer afternoon. August 6 is Armed Forces Day at the stadium and hundreds of Missouri National Guard families are in attendance.A little league team, which also goes by the name of Royals, is brought to the field. The

  • C-130s operate at KCI

    A grey C-130 prepares to take off like it has done a thousand times before. But this time, it's taking off from the Kansas City International Airport 40 miles south of its home, Rosecrans Airport in St. Joseph.The 139th Airlift Wing began flying and operating its C-130s out of KCI in July. First,

  • Support detachment to AATTC gets new commander

    Lt. Col. Christopher M. Parker assumed command responsibilities for an Air Mobility Command detachment located at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base in a ceremony here July 15.Parker becomes the second commander of Detachment 5, HQ AMC Air Operations Squadron since its move here in 2009 to more

  • Airmen set up safeguard against river

    Piles of sand have taken up some of the parking lots here as HESCO barriers are being erected today. The barriers are being installed around five buildings at the Missouri Air National Guard's 139th Airlift Wing, St. Joseph, Mo. "We're placing these as a precautionary measure," said Col. Mike

  • 139th Airmen patrol levee at Lake Contrary

    A few Inches of the red on top of a stop sign can still be seen from levee 455-R near Lake Contrary. Several days ago the top of the letter "T" was being used as a visual aid to gauge river height by Airmen patrolling the levee.Airmen from the Missouri Air National Guard's 139th Airlift Wing in St.

  • 139th SFS prepare for six month stint

    Members of the 139th Security Forces Squadron have been preparing for a deployment over the last several months. Everything from computer based training to field training exercises under the night sky using night vision equipment.They will be joining the 447th Air Expeditionary Group in Iraq and