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  • 201st RED HORSE praised for work on rail-trail

    During a recent ribbon-cutting ceremony, members of the 201st RED HORSE were lauded by Congressional and local community leaders for the squadron's help in building a 3/4-mile section of recreational trail in Lebanon, Pa. RED HORSE Airmen completed the rough grading, earthwork and asphalt paving

  • Weekday bugle calls begin at Middletown air station

    Weekday bugle calls began recently at the 193rd Special Operation Wing's Air Station 3 in Middletown, Pa. The first bugle call sounds at 6:55 a.m. and is followed by Reveille at 7 a.m., which signals the start of the official duty day. During Reveille no formal courtesies are required. The 11:30

  • Volunteers from wing organize 5K for Food

    Volunteers from the 193rd Special Operations Wing organized and hosted a 5K for Food June 16 at City Island in Harrisburg, Pa., raising more than $2,500 for the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank. The 123 participants - nearly triple the number from last year - who ran or walked in the 5K for Food this

  • Flag retirement ceremony reinforces laws, reverence for national symbol

    Facing the U.S. Flag and reciting the Pledge of Allegiance is a ritual that has been performed in American classrooms for more than a century. Yet how many citizens truly understand the sacredness of this nation's most widely recognized symbol? Do they know the laws and courtesies regarding the

  • Wing honors 'extraordinary' Airmen

    The 193rd Special Operations Wing unveiled its Hall of Honor June 8, immediately inducting three wing Airmen into it. Retired Senior Master Sgt. Donald Koch, retired Tech. Sgt. Phillip Myers and the late Staff Sgt. Ricky Yiengst were inducted into the hall for extraordinary events they were part of

  • Special Operations commands train at Joint Lightning exercise

    The grounds of the Air National Guard Schoolhouse, Fort Indiantown Gap, Annville, Pa., was recently transformed into a forward operation base. The FOB was the simulated combat environment for this year's Air Force Special Operations Command's Annual Joint Lightning communication exercise, held June

  • Hole lot of champion

    As a traditional Guardsman, Tech. Sgt. Brent Will, 193rd Special Operations Wing, command support staff, wears many hats - husband, father, son, Airman, friend, employee and most recently a 2010 Counseil International du Sports Militaire Golf Championship qualifier. When Sergeant Will started