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  • Unit wins prestigious award

    The Colors at the 193rd Special Operations Wing are about to get a new streamer for the units receipt of the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award. This streamer will join 12 others of its kind to be displayed with honor and show the accomplishments of the Wing. These accomplishments would not have been

  • Family builds legacy by numbers

    They met at the 193rd Special Operations Wing in 1992 when she was working as a secretary in supply and he was a telecommunication specialist. He reported in her office to repair a computer and the rest, as they say, is history. Well, not quite. Meet Chief Master Sgt. James K. Foy Sr. and Master

  • Smooth operators dig new digs

    Being the best has its benefits. Just ask the Airmen of the Air National Guard Schoolhouse, Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., who provide unique proficiency upgrading training to servicemembers throughout the Department of Defense and around the world. While the program has the very best Airmen, modern

  • 'Showing up' half the battle

    The American spirit is alive and well. You need look no further than a previously unknown Spc. Zachary Boyd, 19, of Fort Worth, Texas, who reminded us not only that our latest generation of combat veteran carries the grit and perseverance to succeed on the battlefield, but that service before self

  • Fire team feels heat of live exercise

    Pushing the text books aside, feeling the heat, pumping your adrenalin and getting real life, hands-on experience is part of what makes a fire department a success. Nothing motivates an Air Force firefighter like live fire. And while fulfilling their annual training requirements at Joint Base

  • 193rd Airmen Team Up with Gridiron Greats

    Do the names Mike Ditka, Gale Sayers and Jack Youngblood mean anything to you? They are gridiron greats - pro football's finest. But even if you don't enjoy the game, you can appreciate how special it is to be the very best at what you do. It requires hard work, overcoming adversity, sacrifice and a

  • 193rd SOW receives coveted award for record fourth time

    Olympic great Jesse Owens knew a lot about overcoming obstacles in order to be the best. He once said, "We all have dreams, but in order to make them come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort." For members of the 193rd Special Operations Wing,

  • EC-130E 'Commando Solo II' aircraft dedication

    Dedicated. It's a term not loosely thrown around when describing someone as wholly devoted to a cause or purpose. But for the hundreds in attendance at the Commando Solo II static display ribbon cutting ceremony, Sept. 23, at Fort Indiantown Gap, it might as well been an all-encompassing metaphor.

  • Tragedy strikes, hope triumphs

    For 12-year-old Rhiannon Kerstetter, the joys and simple pleasures of celebrating a birthday have long since passed. As fate would have it, the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 came on her special day. Since then, this daughter of Senior Master Sgt. Michelle Kerstetter, 193rd Special Operations Wing's

  • 1 million awarded for Pennsylvania ANG taxiway relocation project

    Imagine having to park or drive your car on a neighbor's lot anytime you needed basic maintenance or go to work. Now imagine paying him for that experience while operating in a less secure environment than the confines of your own garage. That's exactly what the Airmen at the 193rd Special