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  • High Altitude on key down range

    Armed with guitar picks, drumsticks and microphones is a different way to see Airmen touring through the desert. But for the Airmen of High Altitude, an ensemble of the 553rd Band of the Mid-Atlantic, 193rd Special Operations Wing that's how they roll - rock 'n' roll. The ten-member group recently

  • 193rd Medical Group lives "E malama kakou" spirit

    E malama kakou is Hawaiian for "to care for all," and that is exactly what 28 Airmen of the 193rd Special Operations Wing's Medical Group did the moment they arrived in Hilo, Hawaii, June 10. As part of the Hawaii Medical Innovative Readiness Training program, members of the 193rd Medical Group

  • 148th mission capabilities tested

    "Incoming!" echoes throughout the forward operating base as the whistle and explosion of mortars shake the earth. Airmen immediately stop what they're doing, quickly retrieve their weapons, flak vests and helmets and run to their bunker where they begin attempting to make radio contact with their

  • Challenging Mother Nature, forecasting what’s to come

    Thunderstorms and Nor' Easters are two of the biggest weather threats that could ground a pilot. From behind the scenes the 193rd Special Operations Wing Weather Station works to forecast these conditions to ensure the safety of those transiting through Muir Army Air Field, Fort Indiantown Gap,

  • Remembering, honoring fallen servicemembers

    On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress passed an act establishing an official flag for the new nation. Since then the American flag has served as the icon of our nation's freedom and it's colors, each symbolic, wave strong every Memorial Day along the entrance drive to the Indiantown Gap

  • Riders deliver bunnies, smiles to area children

    Colorful, furry Easter bunnies are quite the contrast to leather vests and roaring exhausts, but that difference becomes irrelevant when it comes to putting a smile on a child's face. That contrast was the setting for the sixth annual Pennsylvania Bunny Run as more than 200 motorcycles departed the

  • 201st RED HORSE Squadron returns from deployment

    More than 100 Airmen of the 193rd Special Operations Wing's 201st Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers have returned to Fort Indiantown Gap, Annville, Pa., today after a six-month deployment to locations throughout Iraq and Afghanistan. The Airmen reported to Fort

  • 193rd Special Operations Wing to provide disaster relief in Haiti

    In an unprecedented humanitarian mission, some 50 Airmen and three C-130 aircraft from the 193rd Special Operations Wing have departed in support of relief efforts in Haiti. The aircraft will be staged at locations outside the devastated area. Two of the aircraft are cargo aircraft. The third, named

  • 193rd FSS utilizes all facets during deployment

    From food to fitness to community outreach, the 193rd Special Operations Wing Force Support Squadron took their mission abroad.Fourteen members of the 193rd FSS deployed to Transit Center Manas, Kyrgyzstan, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom from May to October 2009. These Airmen were assigned