139th News

  • TAG drops by for State Employee Appreciation Day

      Talk about feeling appreciated. Brig. Gen. Steve Danner, the state's adjutant general, dropped by Rosecrans May 28 bearing more than the usual gifts of "Thanks" and "Job Well Done." Danner told an audience of assembled Missouri Air Guard and more than 50 state civilian employees that his top

  • 139th Airlift Wing members provide support

    Approximately 70 members of the 139th Airlift Wing deployed on an Air Expeditionary Force rotation in support of Operation Enduring Freedom May 1-3 from Rosecrans Air National Guard Base. "Their mission is to carry people and supplies from major Air Force bases to smaller air strips in country,"

  • Missouri’s Elite Team is Tested

      Missouri's highly specialized team of soldiers and airmen trained to handle any type of emergency has received federal validation March 18th in Columbia, Missouri. The team, called CERFP, or chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, high yield explosives response force package, has a flexible

  • Time running out to obtain hard copy of personnel records

      Beginning July 1, the 139th Airlift Wing Military Personnel Flight (MPF) will quarantine all personnel records in preparation for mailing records to the Air Force Reserve Personnel Center (ARPC) in Denver, Colo., for conversion into electronic records. Once the quarantine begins, the MPF will

  • Air National Guard to honor GWOT members, families

      Air National Guardsmen who deployed in support of the Global War on Terror from Sept. 11, 2001, to Dec. 31, 2008, and their families will be honored for their sacrifice. Awards will be processed in a two-phase campaign, and then presented at the wing level at a formal ceremony.   "This is a catch

  • Families Prepped for Deployment

      "Unless you tell me you have problems going on, we may not know," said 139th Family Program Coordinator Jane Lackey. "Don't ever feel like you have to keep to yourself or you'll be a burden or you don't want to say anything. We'll have monthly activities where we can find solutions." Lackey and

  • What? You’re Going AGAIN?

      It's a common question in the homes of deploying Guard members. Repeated deployments in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom or Enduring Support as well as domestic deployments are taking a toll on spouses and family members.   "Stress from mobilizations has been an issue since the Vietnam era when

  • Major Accident Response Exercise cut short

      A real world emergency call interrupted the Major Accident Response Exercise held March 25. Even though the exercise was cut short, valuable lessons were still learned from the event.   A MARE is one of the six required exercises that must be performed by the unit each year. This year's event

  • The Adjutant General visits Rosecrans

      The Missouri National Guard's adjutant general, Brig. Gen. Stephen Danner, toured Rosecrans Air National Guard Base, St. Joseph, Mo., April 1.   Danner spent his visit conversing with Airmen and civilians who are employed by the base as well as discussing issues facing the unit with Col. Stephen

  • Rosecrans Hercs Face Threats, Show Muscle

    Another Air Expeditionary Force deployment will stress more than the activated members of the 139th Airlift Wing. C-130s assigned to the St. Joseph-based unit are now 23 years old - in some cases older than the aircrews assigned.   "The aircraft face threats everywhere from heat and sand that wear