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127th Wing Photos

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Maintainers innovate field training with special ops

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Teddy Johnston, an A-10 Thunderbolt II crew chief and member of the 127th Maintenance Group's agile combat employment team, Michigan Air National Guard, practices giving a convoy brief in Alpena, Michigan, May 20, 2024. The ACE team worked with tactical air control party specialists assigned the 284th Air Support Operations Squadron at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center to augment fieldcraft training requirements for launching A-10s from austere and contingency locations. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master. Sgt. Chelsea E. FitzPatrick)
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Maintainers crosstrain with special operations

Members of the 127th Maintenance Group’s agile combat employment team, Michigan Air National Guard, observe A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft practice airstrikes at the Grayling Air Gunnery Range, Waters, Michigan, May 20, 2024. Comprised of Airmen from all career fields responsible for the care and upkeep of the A-10, the ACE team worked with tactical air control party specialists assigned the 284th Air Support Operations Squadron, Kansas Air National Guard, to learn skills for launching A-10s from contingency locations. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master. Sgt. Chelsea E. FitzPatrick)
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Senior Non-Commissioned Officer ceremony at Selfridge Air National Guard Base

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Jabett Glenn, command support staff for the 127th Mission Support Group, passes through the sword arch to signify her new rank at a Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Induction Ceremony at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan, May 18, 2024. Twenty-six Airmen from across the 127th Wing were celebrated in honor of their achieving the rank of Master Sergeant.
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Emergency Management Airman monitors for hazards

U.S. Air Force Airman First Class Tyler Litwinko, emergency management specialist with the 122nd Civil Engineer Squadron, uses a Joint Chemical Agent Detector to monitor an unexploded ordnance for chemical vapor hazards at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Michigan, on May 16, 2024. Fifty-six emergency management Airmen from Air National Guard Region 5 held their biennial CBRN (chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear) High Intensity Operational Preparedness – or CHOP 2024 – training at the Alpena CRTC May 14-18, 2024 involving a week of classroom and hands-on training. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Penelope Carroll)
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Defenders familiarize maintainers in heavy weapons

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Joshua Eby, the weapons section chief with the 127th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Michigan National Guard, removes a bolt from an M-249 light machine gun at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan, May 15, 2024. Members of the 127th Security Forces Squadron familiarized a small group of maintainers with the M-249 as part of Air Force training requirements and to prepare them to operate outside the wire, in contested environments. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Munnaf Joarder)
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Defenders familiarize maintainers in heavy weapons

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Austin Brown, right, a defender assigned to the 127th Security Forces Squadron, Michigan National Guard, familiarizes Sr. Master Sgt. Adam Dittenber, left, an airframe, powerplant general section chief, 127th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, with an M-249 light machine gun at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan, May 15, 2024. The Air Force requires a certain percentage of maintainers like Dittenber, to cross train in skills not customary for Airmen, preparing them to be more agile in mission scenarios conducted outside a secure airfield. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Munnaf Joarder)
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Maintainers familiarize in heavy weapons

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Juliann Hammer, an A-10 Thunderbolt II crew chief with the 127th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Michigan National Guard, disassembles an M-249 light machine gun at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan, May 15, 2024. Members of the 127th Security Forces Squadron familiarized a small group of maintainers with the M-249 as part of Air Force training requirements and to prepare them to operate outside the wire, in contested environments. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Munnaf Joarder)
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A U.S. Army M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System from Alpha Battery, 5-113th Field Artillery Battalion, North Carolina National Guard, is loaded into a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft with the 167th Airlift Wing as part of a live-fire exercise during exercise Sentry Unicorn 2024 at Holland Drop Zone, Vass, North Carolina, Apr. 20, 2024. Held in tandem with the West Virginia National Guard Sentry Storm exercise, Sentry Unicorn 2024 served as a Readiness Exercise Validation to gauge the wing’s self-assessment capabilities.
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A U.S. Army M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System from Alpha Battery, 5-113th Field Artillery Battalion, North Carolina National Guard, is loaded into a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft with the 167th Airlift Wing as part of a live-fire exercise during exercise Sentry Unicorn 2024 at Holland Drop Zone, Vass, North Carolina, Apr. 20, 2024. Held in tandem with the West Virginia National Guard Sentry Storm exercise, Sentry Unicorn 2024 served as a Readiness Exercise Validation to gauge the wing’s self-assessment capabilities.
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Master Sgt. Jeffery Davis: Mentoring the Next Generation of First Sergeants

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Raymond Stier, a senior noncommissioned officer assigned to the 127th Medical Group, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan, left, and Master Sgt. James Atchison, a senior noncommissioned officer assigned to the 180th Mission Support Group, Toledo Air National Guard Base, Ohio, observe their peers as they participate in a training scenario, April 16, 2024, at the Air Force First Sergeants Academy, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. Throughout a four-week course, students learn First Sergeant responsibilities, through role playing real-life counseling sessions and learning different ways to interact with Airmen, such as resources to provide, scheduling follow-up sessions and building rapport. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Juliana Todd)
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Students inspired by STEAM event

Oakland County high school students tour a U.S. Border Protection Air and Marine Operations long-range interceptor boat, at the M1 Concourse, Pontiac, Michigan, March 13, 2024. The students spoke with USBP marine drug interdiction agents and learned about the boat during a science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics-focused event hosted by the 127th Wing, held as a precursor to the 2024 Selfridge Open House and Air Show. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Chelsea E. FitzPatrick)
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Students inspired by STEAM event

Stephanie Mead, a meteorologist from the local news station, talks to Oakland County high school students about her career in meteorology, at the M1 Concourse, Pontiac, Michigan, March 13, 2024. The students spoke with Mead during a science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics-focused event hosted by the 127th Wing, held as a precursor to the 2024 Selfridge Open House and Air Show. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Chelsea E. FitzPatrick)
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Students inspired by STEAM event

Oakland County high school students observe a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook aircraft, assigned to the Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 238th Aviation Regiment General Support Aviation Battalion, Michigan Army National Guard, land at the M1 Concourse, Pontiac, Michigan, March 13, 2024. The students watched the landing during a science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics-focused event hosted by the 127th Wing, held as a precursor to the 2024 Selfridge Open House and Air Show, which will include a STEAM expo during the June 8-9 event. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Chelsea E. FitzPatrick)
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Students inspired by STEAM event

Oakland County high school students observe a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook aircraft, assigned to the Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 238th Aviation Regiment General Support Aviation Battalion, Michigan Army National Guard, land at the M1 Concourse, Pontiac, Michigan, March 13, 2024. The students watched the landing during a science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics-focused event hosted by the 127th Wing, held as a precursor to the 2024 Selfridge Open House and Air Show, which will include a STEAM expo during the June 8-9 event. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Chelsea E. FitzPatrick)
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Students inspired by STEAM event

Oakland County high school students observe a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook aircraft, assigned to the Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 238th Aviation Regiment General Support Aviation Battalion, Michigan Army National Guard, land at the M1 Concourse, Pontiac, Michigan, March 13, 2024. The students watched the landing during a science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics-focused event hosted by the 127th Wing, held as a precursor to the 2024 Selfridge Open House and Air Show, which will include a STEAM expo during the June 8-9 event. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Chelsea E. FitzPatrick)
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Students inspired by STEAM event

Oakland County high school students observe a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook aircraft, assigned to the Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 238th Aviation Regiment General Support Aviation Battalion, Michigan Army National Guard, land at the M1 Concourse, Pontiac, Michigan, March 13, 2024. The students watched the landing during a science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics-focused event hosted by the 127th Wing, held as a precursor to the 2024 Selfridge Open House and Air Show, which will include a STEAM expo during the June 8-9 event. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Chelsea E. FitzPatrick)
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Compact field kitchen tested

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Devonte Williams, left, and Staff Sgt. Dontrell Lattimore, both services craftsmen with the 127th Force Support Squadron, serve freshly cooked hot-A meals to Master Sgt. Sarah Wright and Tech. Sgt. Katherine Johnson of the 127th Wing. The unit is testing a new expandable single pallet expeditionary kitchen, or E-SPEK, for the first time on March 6, 2024 at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan. The compact, mobile kitchen can be transported by air, made operational in less than two hours and has the maximum capacity to feed up to 500 personnel in just over an hour. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tom Demerly)
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127th Wing celebrates unit, base legacy

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Matthew G. Brancato, commander of the Michigan National Guard's 127th Wing and Selfridge Air National Guard Base, delivers opening remarks during his unit's military ball in Clinton Township, Michigan, Mar. 2, 2024. Brancato told attendees that the tradition of formal military events like the ball tighten the bonds of camaraderie, esprit de corps and contribute to building a shared vision for the unit. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Elizabeth Pena)
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