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  • Airman 1st Class Dillon Terhaar, a crew chief with the Michigan Air National Guard’s 127th Wing, ensures that all tools are accounted for as 107th Fighter Squadron pilot Capt. Pete Taylor prepares for a training mission in an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, April 12, 2021.

    Air Show Leads to Service in Michigan ANG

    When he was just a boy of 6 or 7 years old, Airman 1st Class Dillon TerHaar attended an air show at the Battle Creek, Mich., Air National Guard Base. There, he got to look into the cockpit of an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft. At that moment, he decided to join the Air Force. Today, TerHaar is a crew chief working on A-10s for the Michigan Air National Guard’s 127th Wing, which is based at Selfridge Air National Guard Base in metropolitan Detroit. In April 2021, he participated in his first major exercise, Green Flag-West, based at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada, helping to launch A-10s on simulated combat missions. “This is exactly what I signed up for,” TerHaar said.
  • Senior Airman Maurice Starks and Staff Sgt. Omari Castleberry, both from the 127th Wiing, load a bomb unto a A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., April 9, 2021.

    Mission, Teamwork Drive Michigan Airman

    Senior Airman Maurice Starks has two priorities when he performs his duties as a weapons loader on A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft for the Michigan Air National Guard’s 127th Wing. “For me, its all about getting the job done,” the Airman said, still standing on the flight line next to an aircraft after he and his team loaded on a complement of rockets and bombs. “And these guys on my team, they’re like family to me and I love being a part of this family,” he said.
  • SELFRIDGE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Mich.-- Senior Airman Nick Bousquette, fuels distribution operator, 127th Fuels Management Flight based here, communicates via hand signals to a fellow fuels distribution operator while refueling an active duty C-5 Galaxy here on March 6, 2021.

    No fuel, no force

    SELFRIDGE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Mich.- The one factor undoubtedly controlling the ability of the Air Force to succeed is simple: jet fuel.  Members of the 127th Fuels Management Flight based here routinely work around the clock to ensure the Base is prepared to service all fuel needs, responsible for storing, distributing and receiving clean, dry and serviceable fuel, the unit keeps the heart of the base beating. “Our career field is important to the Air National Guard mission because, without fuel, nothing would happen on base,” Senior Airman Nick Bousquette, fuels distribution operator with the 127th Fuels Management Flight said.
  • SELFRIDGE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Mich.-- (From left to right) Capt. Alexander Begue, Capt. Jennifer Logsdon, KC-135 Stratotanker pilots and Staff Sgt. Jordan Kaminski, a boom operator, all of the 171st Air Refueling Squadron, here, have been nominated for the 2020 Air Force’s Clarence Mackay Trophy after successfully completing a lifesaving aeromedical evacuation mission between Jan. 25 and Feb. 2, 2020. Along with aircrew members of the Alaska Air National Guard and active duty medical evacuation team members who also supported the mission, the team saved a U.S. Navy diver after the patient suffered a traumatic brain injury.

    Selfridge Aircrew save life, nominated for Mackay Trophy

    Three Selfridge Airmen have been nominated for the 2020 Air Force’s Clarence Mackay Trophy after successfully completing a lifesaving aeromedical evacuation mission between Jan. 25 and Feb. 2, 2020. Capt. Alexander Begue, Capt. Jennifer Logsdon, both KC-135 Stratotanker pilots, and Staff Sgt. Jordan Kaminiski, a boom operator, all of the 171st Air Refueling Squadron, will be considered for the award, along with aircrew members of the Alaska Air National Guard and active duty medical evacuation team members who also supported the mission. “It’s an honor to have been nominated for the award,” said Begue. “When you look at previous Mackay Trophy recipients, there are a bunch of [aircrew members] who are heroes and more deserving than us.”
  • Tech. Sgt. Brian Faulkner, a Health Technician, with the 127th Medical Group, administers the COVID-19 vaccine. The 127th Wing began inoculating Airmen with the COVID-19 vaccine at Selfridge Air National Guard Base on Friday, Jan. 8. More than 60 personnel at the base, primarily Security Forces and medical personnel, were in the first wave to receive the shots, administered by the Wing’s medics.

    127 Wing Airmen receive COVID-19 vaccine

    SELFRIDGE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Mich. – Approximately two dozen members of the 127th Wing began receiving the COVID-19 vaccine here on Jan. 8, 2021 when more than 60 personnel received the shots, administered by Wing health technicians. About two dozen of the Wings firefighters previously received the vaccine through the local Macomb County Health Department. More doses of the vaccine are expected to be received at Selfridge on an ongoing basis in coming weeks.

  • 127th Wing cancels 2020 Open House, Air Show

    With uncertainty of the spreading Coronavirus, the 2020 Selfridge International Open House and Air Show has been canceled. “This was truly a disheartening decision to make,” said Brig. Gen. Rolf Mammen, 127th Wing Commander. “However, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the health and safety of our personnel and Michigan communities made this a prudent choice.” The air show, which featured the Canadian Forces Snowbirds, was scheduled for June 6-7, 2020.
  • Brig. Gen. Rolf E. Mammen, commander of the 127th Wing and Selfridge Air National Guard Base, stands as the general officer flag is ceremoniously unfurled during his promotion ceremony here, May 4, 2019.

    MIANG welcomes newest general officer to ranks

    The Michigan Air National Guard welcomed the newest general officer to its ranks May 4, 2019, during a formal promotion ceremony for Brig. Gen. Rolf E. Mammen held at Selfridge Air National Guard Base. Mammen is stepping into the role of commanding officer of both the 127th Wing and Selfridge Air National Guard Base, providing command and control of five groups, two flying missions and an installation with approximately 47 tenant organizations, including every branch of the military and Department of Homeland Security.
  • Michigan Air National Guard Col. Rolf E. Mammen discusses the future of the 127th Wing and Selfridge Air National Guard base with Maj. Gen. Paul Rogers, Adjutant General and Director of the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs on April 29, 2019, at Joint Force Headquarters in Lansing, Michigan.

    Airmen First, Excellence Follows: Mammen to take command of Selfridge and 127th Wing

    Michigan Air National Guard Col. Rolf E. Mammen will take command of the 127th Wing and Selfridge Air National Guard Base in a ceremony scheduled to be held May 4, 2019, at Selfridge Air National Guard Base near Mount Clemens, Michigan. The command is currently held by Brig. Gen. John D. “Odie” Slocum, who is approaching his fifth year of the normally three-year command.
  • Family members await the arrival of Airmen returning home from a deployment at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., Feb. 19, 2017.

    Hometown Heroes Program supports families of deployed Airmen

    Imagine waking up to a bitterly cold house days after your spouse deploys halfway around the world and the governor declares a state of emergency due to record cold temperatures. The furnace quit working, you’re alone, and the children are cold. What do you do? Luckily, leadership of the 127th Wing is all too familiar with the overwhelming stress taken on by military spouses in the wake of a deployment and they’re standing by to help! To provide emergency support, the Wing has partnered with military, state, and local community organizations to establish a unique resource for spouses of deployed service members which is locally referred to as the Hometown Hero Hotline.
  • Senior Airman Tamara Davie used the first aid buddy care skills she learned as a member of the Michigan Air National Guard to respond quickly to calls for help while working at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., Jan. 22.

    Selfridge Airman hailed as hero

    Senior Airman Tamara Davie used the first aid buddy care skills she learned as a member of the Michigan Air National Guard to respond quickly to calls for help while working at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., Jan. 22. A woman had fallen, hitting her head. She was bleeding and vomiting. The woman, the mother of another Airman, recovered thanks to Davie's quick response. Davie, a Command Support Staff journeyman with the 127th Maintenance Group at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., was making her way to her room at the MacDill Inn on the base after closing out another day on her two-week training mission during Exercise Emerald Warrior with the 127th and its A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft. Then she heard the frantic cries for help from another guest at the on-base hotel. The Airman immediately jumped into action.
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