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  • Selfridge Airmen Aid in Alternative Fuels 'Revolution'

    Blue pick-up trucks and drab green generators have been at the forefront of a power revolution at Selfridge Air National Guard base. Through a series of test projects, partnerships and other training projects, virtually every piece of ground equipment at Selfridge now operates or can be operated on

  • Pilots Utilize Local Wave Pool for Survival Training

    With a tug of a rope, the pilot splashed into the water. As his survival vest inflated, a wave crashed over his head. With a flick of two buckles, he worked his way free of the rope and began to swim to safety.Pilots of the 107th Fighter Squadron spent the early morning hours of Aug. 15, 2010,

  • Guard Bureau offers social media guidelines for Guardsmen

    National Guard members need to know that even though a new DoD policy authorizes them to use many of the social media and other Web 2.0 platforms available on a non-classified government computer, there are consequences for misuse of them."Access will vary among the states, but DoD has granted

  • Scope of Legionnaire's investigation narrows

    The multi-disciplinary team investigating the source of legionnella bacteria which has left six government employees here with confirmed cases of Legionnaire's disease, says it has significantly narrowed the scope of the investigation. No new confirmations of the disease have been reported since

  • Selfridge Expands Medical Response Team

    Command officials here report today that six personnel have been confirmed with a diagnosis of Legionnaires' disease. In addition to the current public health team consisting of the U.S. Army Public Health Command and the Michigan Community Health Department, base officials have extended an

  • Selfridge Records Another A-10 Operational Milestone

    With two General Electric TF34-GE-100 turbofan engines turning, three Airmen worked quickly and efficiently together to refuel an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft, allowing that aircraft to be ready to quickly return to the sky.Aug. 4 marked another milestone in A-10 aircraft operations at Selfridge Air

  • Base leadership team up to find source of legionnaire's disease

    Officials reported today that four confirmed cases of legionnaires and one suspect case have been discovered among employees here. The affected include one employee of the 127th Wing, Michigan Air National Guard. The others all work for TACOM.About two weeks ago, TACOM leadership noticed a spike in

  • Back to school for less

    With school just around the corner, many states are beginning to promote their "Back to School Sales Tax Holidays," which features tax-free shopping for specified items. Fortunately, for students in military families, the same items found at local Army and Air Force Exchange Service stores are free

  • Employees diagnosed with respiratory illness; testing of facilities underway

    Two individuals working here were diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease Monday. The workers were associated with two buildings on the base where 29 TACOM Life Cycle Management Command employees were diagnosed with upper respiratory illness between July 12 and July 24. Six employees were hospitalized

  • Firefighters travel to Alpena for training

    Firefighters from Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., travelled to the Combat Readiness Training Center, Alpena, Mich., for live fire training on July 21, 2010. Click here for slideshow.