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127th Wing Photos

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Red Wings

Brigadier General Michael L. Peplinski, 127th Wing commander, was honored to be allowed to hold the Stanley Cup amongst 2008 Stanley Cup Champions, Detroit Red Wings Brett Lebda, Chris Osgood, Kris Draper and Dan Cleary, when they stopped by Selfridge Air National Guard Base during a public relations availability on their way to training camp on September 18.
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Red Wings

Hundreds of military members at Selfridge Air National Guard Base and Detroit Red Wings fans showed up to greet four players and the Stanley Cup at a public relations availability at the base on September 18. The Red Wings, the 2008 Stanley Cup champions, were on their way to training camp when they stopped by the joint military installation.
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Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings players Kris Draper, Chris Osgood, Brett Lebda, and Dan Cleary visited Selfridge Air National Guard Base on September 18 along with the Stanley Cup. The Red Wings, 2008 Stanley Cup Champsions, were on the road heading to training camp when they stopped by the joint military installation in Harrison Township, Mich.
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Thomas Selfridge

Lt. Thomas Selfridge (left), shown here with Alexander Graham Bell, was the first military casualty of flight. September 17, 2008, marks the 100th anniversary of his fateful last flight.
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Senator Levin at Selfridge

Senator Carl Levin participated in a ribbon cutting ceremony at Selfridge Air National Guard Base on Tuesday, August 12. The ceremony marked the grand opening of the new 127th Civil Engineering Administrative Building link, a project that had been in the works for about 2 years.
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Nike Missile Mission in Detroit

Two U.S. Army officers talk with two soldiers at a Nike missile battery on what was then Selfridge Air Force Base in Harrison Township, Mich. The photo was likely taken some time in the mid-1950s. At the time, three different missile battery locations were operated by the Army at Selfridge. The missiles were considered the last line of defense against a feared attack by Soviet Union bombers during the Cold War. The missiles were in operation from the early 1950s through the early 1970s. Photo courtesy of the Selfridge Air Musuem.
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Nike Missiles at Selfridge

Soldiers work on a Nike missile on the flight line at what was then Selfridge Air Force Base in Harrison Township, Mich. The photo was likely taken some time in the mid-1950s. At the time, three different missile battery locations were operated by the Army at Selfridge. Those familiar with Selfridge should recognize the scene with the Base Operations Building and Hangar 7 clearly visible in the background, though the hangars have since been re-numbered. The aircraft immediately behind the missile are C-46 Commando transport. Photo courtesy of the Selfridge Air Museum
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Firefighters

Selfridge Fire Chief Mark Palm (right) presents a check for $8000 to Maggie Varney, founder and CEO of Wigs for Kids, a local Michigan charity that provides wigs for children who have suffered hair loss from the result of illness. Max Corning (left), Selfridge firefighter, and Dan Peterek of the Detroit Chapter Parrot Head Club assisted in the Selfridge Firefighters Annual Golf Outing which rasied the funds in July.
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Father Son

Capt. David Nicholson (left) 127th Air Refueling Group, Michigan Air National Guard, and his father, Lt. Col. Robert Nicholson, 63rd Refueling Squadron, Air Force Reserves, both stationed at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, prepare to fly together on Col. Nicholson's final flight as an Air Force pilot. The unique mission required approvals by both the Air National Guard and the Air Force Reserves, as the pair are father and son.
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Father Son

Capt. David Nicholson (right) 127th Air Refueling Group, Michigan Air National Guard, and his father, Lt. Col. Robert Nicholson, 63rd Refueling Squadron, Air Force Reserves, both stationed at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, prepare to fly together on Col. Nicholson's final flight as an Air Force pilot. The unique mission required approvals by both the Air National Guard and the Air Force Reserves, as the pair are father and son.
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Marine Bronze Star

Brig. Gen. Michael L. Peplinski, 127th Wing commander (right), congratulates Marine Reservist Sergeant Shawn Wilson on the awarding of a Bronze Star on July 18, 2008, at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich. In 2006, Sergeant Wilson, formerly of the 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, based out of Selfridge, was assigned to a combat unit in aiding in the penetration of Sadam Hussein’s regime in order to enable the liberation of Iraq and combat terrorism when he earned the award for three separate acts of heroism.
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Medics travel to Latvia

Major Laura Svinarich, 127th Medical Group physician assistant, deployed with 25 other Michigan Air National Guardsmen to Latvia in June as part of a medical support team that visited the Priedite #2 Childrens center on June 17, 2008 in Daugavpils, Latvia.
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Medics travel to Latvia

Lt. Col. Stephen Pittel, a dentist with the 127th Medical Group, provides flouride treatments to a young Latvian girl in a rural area of the Michigan Guard’s partner country.
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Medics travel to Latvia

Major Nelson Edwards, an Optometrist with the 127th Wing, Michigan Air National Guard, along with his interpretor, Pvt 1st Class Edgars Godpeteris, from the Latvian National Guard, perform an eye examination at the Alunske Senior Regional Center.
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Ardent Sentry 06

SrA Steve Saice and SrA Sean McWright of the 127th Services Flight prepare box lunches for about 500 military members deployed to Selfridge ANGB, Michigan in support of Ardent Sentry 06. (US Air Force photo by John S. Swanson)(Released) 05/11/06
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Lt. Gen. Frank M. Andrews

Lt. Gen. Frank M. Andrews. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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U.S. Army Air Forces Master Sgt. John W. Westervelt

U.S. Army Air Forces Master Sgt. John W. Westervelt is seen this image taken from a 1946 news article that reported on Westervelt’s death at age 78. He had retired from the military the previous year, at age 77. One of the oldest people to ever serve as a member of the modern U.S. military, Westervelt re-enlisted for the ninth and final time at what is now known as Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., on Aug. 9, 1941, about four months before the U.S. entered World War II.
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U.S. Army Air Forces Master Sgt. John W. Westervelt

U.S. Army Air Forces Master Sgt. John W. Westervelt points to his service stripes in this image taken from a 1945 news article that reported on Westervelt’s retirement from the Army at age 77. One of the oldest people to ever serve as a member of the modern U.S. military, Westervelt re-enlisted for the ninth and final time at what is now known as Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., on Aug. 9, 1941, about four months before the U.S. entered World War II.
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Tuskegee Airmen Chronology

Aircraft mechanics from a “Tuskegee Airmen” unit perform engine maintenance on a P-40 Warhawk at what is now called Selfridge Air National Guard Base in this photo taken likely sometime between March and September 1943, during World War II. During the war, Selfridge served as one of several key training sites for the all-African American units. (Air Force file photo)
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Tuskegee Airmen Chronology

“Tuskegee Airmen” personnel review the operations of various aircraft instruments in this photo taken sometime in 1943 or 1944 at what is now called Selfridge Air National Guard Base. During World War II, Selfridge served as one of several key training sites for the all-African American units that later came to be known as the Tuskegee Airmen. (Air Force file photo)
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