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127th Wing Photos

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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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Selfridge Heritage Series

Brig. Gen. William Mitchell sits in a Curtiss R-6 biplane at Selfridge Field on or about Oct. 18, 1922, while participating in the National Airplane Races at Selfridge. During the event, Mitchell set an "official" air speed record of 224.05 miles per hour, while flying a course over Lake St. Clair. Several days earlier, Lt. Russell L. Maughan had flown at 248.5 miles per hour, but the official observers had not yet arrived at Selfridge to verify that feat.
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LIEUT. SELFRIDGE AND DR. BELL 1908

Lt Thomas Selfridge (left) shown here with Alexander Graham Bell, 1908
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