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127th Wing Photos

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Finance Exercise

SMSgt Russ Childs, 127th Comptroller Flight, adjusts his helmet after crawling under a desk during a simulated attack on his office during an exercise at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Mich., Aug. 1, 2012. During the training, financial management specialists from Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., worked through a variety of scenarios to ensure the safe-guarding of government funds in a variety of situations. Airmen in the comptroller flight ensure that Airmen are properly paid and that all accounts are maintained. (Air National Guard photo by TSgt. Dan Heaton)
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Finance Exercise

Major Bernice Hopp and MSgt. Heather Manor, both members of the 127th Comptroller Flight, Michigan Air National Guard, review an accounting question during a training exercise at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Mich., Aug. 1, 2012. During the training, financial management specialists from Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., worked through a variety of scenarios to ensure the safe-guarding of government funds in a variety of situations. Airmen in the comptroller flight ensure that Airmen are properly paid and that all accounts are maintained. (Air National Guard photo by TSgt. Dan Heaton)
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Finance Exercise

TSgt. Chris Coron, 127th Comptroller Flight, fills out an identification sheet after being “robbed” during a simulated training exercise at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Mich., Aug. 1, 2012. During the training, financial management specialists from Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., worked through a variety of scenarios to ensure the safe-guarding of government funds in a variety of situations. Airmen in the comptroller flight ensure that Airmen are properly paid and that all accounts are maintained. (Air National Guard photo by TSgt. Dan Heaton)
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Comms at work

Chris Sullivan, a computer equipment specialist for the 127th Communications Squadron, begins the degaussing process on used hard drives prior to destroying them at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich. The degaussing process neutralizes the magnetism and cleans and clears the hard drives of any information that may have been stored on them. (Air National Guard photo by John S. Swanson)
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Comms at work

Glenn Norton, a telephone repairman with the 127th Communications Squadron, prepares to remove and replace ceiling speakers for the alarm system at the Selfridge Fire Department July 31, 2012 at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich. (Air National Guard photo by John S. Swanson)
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Comms at work

Brian Long, 127th Communications Squadron telephone repairman, prepares to install a larger power unit at the Selfridge Air National Guard Base Fire Department on July 31, 2012, in an attempt to correct and clear a faulty alarm speaker system. (Air National Guard photo by John S. Swanson)
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Comms at work

Glenn Norton pulls back wiring to give Brian Long access as he prepares to remove a wire harness at the Selfridge Air National Guard Base Fire Department in an attempt to correct and clear a faulty alarm speaker system on July 31, 2012. Both men are telephone repairmen for the 127th Communications Squadron. (Air National Guard photo by John S. Swanson
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Comms at work

Staff Sergeant Stephen Haven, 127th Communications Squadron, prepares to install a new motherboard to a printer at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., on 25 July, 2012. (Air National Guard photo by John S. Swanson)
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Comms at work

Doug Shippy, 127th Communications Squadron, upgrades the communications system in the cab of a Selfridge Air National Guard Base Fire Department vehicle at on 25 July, 2012. (Air National Guard photo by John S. Swanson)
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Munitions Maintenance

A1C Lee Lazarecky, load crew member, and TSgt. Andrew Maurer, weapons standardization team member, stage training munitions prior to loading on A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft on the flight line at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., July 26, 2012. Both Airmen are members of the 127th Maintenance Squadron of the Michigan Air National Guard. (Air National Guard photo by John S. Swanson)
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Aviation Career Possibilities

Capt. Donald Davenport, a KC-135 Stratotanker pilot with the 171st Air Refueling Squadron, leads a tour group around KC-135s at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., July 10, 2012. The tour group was from the ACE Academy in Detroit, which provides students with information and training on possible career opportunities in the aviation world. The academy is affiliated with the Detroit chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen Association. (Air National Guard photo by John S. Swanson)
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Aviation Career Possibilities

A group of students from the ACE Academy in Detroit listen as SSgt. Chris Batsios and SSgt. Keith Ketelhut, both members of the 127th Airlift Group, lead a tour of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., July 10, 2012. ACE highlights possible career avenues in the aviation world. The academy is affiliated with the Detroit chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen Association. (Air National Guard photo by John S. Swanson)
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Fire Safety Visit

With the assistance of a firefighter, a young girl learns how to operate a fire hose during a visit to the fire department at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., July 10, 2012. Students from the Wigs for Kids program visited the fire department and learned about fire safety during their visit. (Air National Guard photo by Dan Meinhard)
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Support Services

MSgt LaWanda Stevenson, 127th Force Support Flight services technician, and MSgt. James Alves, Selfridge base services manager, inventory dormitory room keys for distribution on June 26, 2012, at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich. The keys were for an anticipated crowd of close to 200 Guardsmen from surrounding states that the base prepared to house during the National Veterans Hiring Fair held in Detroit June 26-28. (Air National Guard photo by Brittani Baisden)
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Downed Pilot Training

Capt. Bryan Amara swings a signaling device over his head during search and rescue training at Amari Air Base, Estonia, June 15, 2012. Amara, a KC-135 Stratotanker pilot with the 171st Air Refueling Squadron, was receiving training on the techniques used to contact a friendly aircraft in the event a pilot is downed in unfriendly territory. During the training, an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft from the 107th Fighter Squadron was flying over the area, communicating with Amara via radio and looking for signals from the ground. In a real rescue situation, the A-10 pilot overhead would have coordinated rescue operations and provided close air support during the rescue, if needed. The 171st and 107th are both components of the 127th Wing, Michigan Air National Guard, home-stationed at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich. (Air National Guard photo by TSgt. Dan Heaton)
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Downed Pilot Training

Capt. Bryan Amara listens to his radio as Capt. William Rundell looks at a compass during search and rescue training while the two pilots were operating at the Amari Air Base in Estonia, June 15, 2012. Amara, a pilot with the 171st Air Refueling Squadron, was receiving training from Rundell, 107th Fighter Squadron, on the techniques used to contact a friendly aircraft in the event a pilot is downed in unfriendly territory. During the training, an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft was flying over the area, communicating with Amara via radio and looking for signals from the ground. In a real rescue situation, the A-10 pilot overhead would have coordinated rescue operations and provided close air support during the rescue, if needed. The 171st and 107th are both components of the 127th Wing, Michigan Air National Guard, home-stationed at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich. (Air National Guard photo by TSgt. Dan Heaton)
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Latvian Prime Minister Flies with 127th Wing

Valdis Dombrovskis, prime minister of Latvia, sits at the controls of a KC-135 Stratotanker, June 17, 2012. With the prime minister is Capt. Mark Vaught of the Michigan Air National Guard. The MI-ANG was operating in Latvia and Estonia during Saber Strike 2012, a multinational, tactical field training exercise that involves more than 2,000 personnel from the U.S. Army’s 2nd Cavalry Regiment, Pennsylvania National Guard, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, the 4th U.S. Marine Division, the127th Wing of the Michigan Air National Guard, Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian armed forces, with contingents from Canada, Finland, France and the U.K. The exercise, led by U.S. Army Europe, is designed to enhance joint and combined interoperability between the U.S. Army and partner nations, and will help prepare participants to operate successfully in a joint, multinational, interagency, integrated environment. (Air National Guard photo by TSgt. Dan Heaton)
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Latvian Prime Minister Flies with 127th Wing

Valdis Dombrovskis, prime minister of Latvia, talks with U.S. and Latvian officials shortly after observing an air-to-air refueling operation from a KC-135 Stratotanker. With the prime minister are, from left, Lt. Col. Andrew Roberts, bilateral affairs officer, Michigan Air National Guard; Judith Garber, U.S. ambassador to Latvia; and Gen. Andis Dilans, chief of the Joint Headquarters, Latvia. The receiving aircraft was an A-10 Thunderbolt II. Both types of aircraft are operated by the Michigan Air National Guard’s 127th Wing, and were in Latvia to participate in Saber Strike 2012 is a multinational, tactical field training exercise that involves more than 2,000 personnel from the U.S. Army’s 2nd Cavalry Regiment, Pennsylvania National Guard, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, the 4th U.S. Marine Division, the127th Wing of the Michigan Air National Guard, Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian armed forces, with contingents from Canada, Finland, France and the U.K. The exercise, led by U.S. Army Europe, is designed to enhance joint and combined interoperability between the U.S. Army and partner nations, and will help prepare participants to operate successfully in a joint, multinational, interagency, integrated environment. (Air National Guard photo by TSgt. Dan Heaton)
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Meeting the Prime Minister

Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip is briefed on the capabilities of a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker by Lt. Col. Paul Beck, a pilot with the 171st Air Refueling Squadron. The aircraft was in Estonia for Saber Strike 2012, a multi-national exercise based in Estonia and Latvia. (Air National Guard photo by TSgt. Dan Heaton)
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Meeting the Prime Minister

Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip shakes hands with Airmen from the Michigan Air National Guard at Amari Air Base, Estonia, June 15, 2012. The Airmen were at Amari for Saber Strike 2012, a multi-national exercise based in Estonia and Latvia. Lt. Col. William Henderson is behind the prime minister. (Air National Guard photo by TSgt. Dan Heaton)
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