139th News

  • Airmen dedicate memorial to 1988 C-130 crew

    A lone C-130 Hercules propeller blade stands erect, chipped, worn and scratched, telling a silent story of an end to six lives on June 8, 1988. The blade -- obtained from the C-130 Hercules that crashed -- is a poignant symbol of the tragic loss of life that occurred that summer day. The memory of

  • Fallen soldier returns home

    A quiet hum of a small chartered jet engine was all you could hear as the aircraft carrying Chief Warrant Officer Matthew G. Kelley's remains passed in front of the 139th Airlift Wing's U.S. flag flying at half mast. Normally on an early February morning, you would hear C-130 engines running, the

  • American Red Cross grants available for service member families

    The Midland Chapter of the American Red Cross has been given a grant to provide health and safety training scholarships for family members of eligible service members or veterans. This program is scheduled to run Jan. 1 through May 30, or until the allotted amount of grant money and people have been

  • Vest Up for Motorcycle Safety

    Base leadership and the wing Safety office want to remind motorcyclists of AFI 92-207, which details individual requirements for riders entering the installation. "AFI 91-207 3.4.2.4 Personal Safety Protection is not a new instruction, but an Air Force standard now actively being enforced for rider

  • Gov. Nixon appoints a new adjutant general

    JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Gov. Jay Nixon today appointed Col. Stephen L. Danner, of Hollister, to the position of adjutant general of the Missouri National Guard. As adjutant general, Danner will hold the rank of brigadier general and will oversee the operations of the Army and Air National Guard units

  • AATTC's Harmeyer earns AMC honor

    You can't fault someone with 17 years on active duty for assuming coming to work at a small Air National Guard base would be slower than what he's used to. Master Sgt. Christopher Harmeyer, an instructor with the Advanced Airlift Tactics Training Center, certainly had that idea before arriving here.

  • Total Force Integration comes to the Advanced Airlift Tactics Training Center

    Total Force Integration, or TFI, is a catchy phrase describing the merging of certain active and reserve component assets to better accomplish certain missions. And, at Rosecrans, TFI is becoming a reality in the form of 18 active duty airmen who have moved or will move here as part of the Advanced

  • Maintenance Group leadership changes

    During the January drill, the 139th Maintenance Group made several changes in their leadership roles. Lt. Col. Andy Halter has been assigned as the Maintenance Group deputy commander. Assuming command of the Aircraft Maintenance Squadron is Lt. Col. Gordon Meyer and 1st Lt. Tom Orth has taken

  • Hayner named Sr. NCO of Year

    The accolades just keep coming in for Master Sgt. Gary Hayner of the 139th Logistics Readiness Squadron, as he was recently named the Missouri Air National Guard's Senior NCO of the Year. Hayner represented the 139th Airlift Wing at the state-level competition in Jefferson City in January, after

  • Johnson earns air traffic control award

    Johnson earns air traffic control award Capt. Brian Bowman Tech. Sgt. Brently Johnson of the 241st Air Traffic Control Squadron insists he wasn't trying to win any awards. "I just honestly try to do my job the best I can, that's all," he said of being named the 2008 Air Traffic Control and Landing