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  • Alaska Guard UH-60 helicopter offload at McEntire

    McEntire JNGB staged for Florence relief efforts

    In the aftermath and devastating flooding in South Carolina due to Tropical Storm Florence, this sprawling base in Lower Richland County is again the hub of activity for the National Guard’s domestic operations response.
  • South Carolina National Guard responds to Tropical Florence flood relief

    South Carolina Air National Guard Airmen assist law enforcement, safeguard citizens

    The South Carolina Air National Guard deployed 13 Airmen, assigned to the 169th Security Forces Squadron, to assist law enforcement recovery efforts following the path of Tropical Storm Florence.
  • Brigadier General Stanly V. Hood Senior

    SCANG honors life of Swamp Fox leader, friend

    Retired U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Stanley Hood Sr., former South Carolina Air National Guard chief of staff and base commander from Columbia, South Carolina, passed away August 25.
  • 169th Civil Engineer Squadron Airmen build homes for Navajo veterans during training mission to New Mexico

    Swamp Fox Engineers build homes for Navajo veterans during training mission to New Mexico

    Forty engineers from the 169th Civil Engineer Squadron, South Carolina Air National Guard, spent their two weeks of annual training building homes for Native American veterans in Gallup, New Mexico.
  • The 169th Fighter Wing deploys to Southwest Asia in support of Operation Inherent Resolve.

    300 members of SC Air National Guard deploy with dozen jets to Southwest Asia

    About a dozen South Carolina Air National Guard F-16 fighter jets and the 300 citizen-soldiers who support them are on their way to Southwest Asia for an Air Expeditionary Force rotation.
  • U.S. Airmen of the 169th Fighter Wing and the South Carolina Air National Guard, assemble for a change of command ceremony at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., June 23, 2018. Col. Nicholas Gentile Jr. relinquishes command of the 169th Fighter Wing to Col. Akshai Gandhi. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Megan R. Floyd)

    SCANG holds change of command ceremony

    In front of the assembled wing, Col. Nicholas Gentile Jr. handed the reins of the 169th Fighter Wing to the vice wing commander, Col. Akshai Gandhi, June 23.
  • Camden Military Academy junior ROTC cadets perform their Fancy Platoon Armed drill and ceremony event during the annual Top Gun Drill Meet at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., April 28, 2018. High School junior ROTC cadets from across the state competed in drill and ceremony events sponsored by the South Carolina Air National Guard.

    SCANG hosts Junior ROTC “Top Gun” competition

    The sound of cadence calls and marching filled the air Saturday as more than 500 Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps cadets from around the state converged on McEntire Joint National Guard Base to compete in the 2018 “Top Gun” Drill Meet.
  • U.S. Air Force Airmen, assigned to the South Carolina Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing, participate in an exercise that measures the ability to survive and operate in chemical warfare equipment at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., Feb. 3, 2018. Swamp Fox Airmen continue to hone routine skills to meet combatant command requirements. The muscle memory that is formed by using this equipment multiple times allows Airmen the ability to focus their attention on completing the mission under austere conditions. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Megan Floyd)

    FSR, it's not just another military acronym

    U.S. Airmen assigned to the South Carolina Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing have completed training throughout the last few months here in response to a mass directive aimed at the Air Force from Gen. David Goldfein, the Chief of Staff of the Air Force.“The CSAF is saying we need to focus on other core competencies,” said Col. Akshai Gandhi,
  • HAZMAT Training Course

    ANG firefighters get fired up about HAZMAT course

    The U.S. Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing hosted 27 firefighters, assigned to units from all over the country, as part of a mandatory hazardous material technician training course here, March 15. “Hazardous material incidents are becoming a growing issue with all the various products that are being made,” said Scott Hebert, an instructor
  • U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Matthew Morehouse, Master Sgt. Leeann Melton and Master Sgt. Wendy Broman, assigned to the South Carolina Air National Guard's 169th Fighter Wing, recieved the Schutzenschnur Badge for demonstrating profeciency in firing German weapons, March 7, 2018 at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C. Several other service members were chosen to participate in a specialized training opportunity to work with German soldiers. They learned how to fire a German rifle, pistol and machine gun. (U.S. Air National Guard courtesy photo)

    SCANG members hit their mark and earn German Marksmanship Award

    Three National Guard Airmen from the 169th Fighter Wing, South Carolina Air National Guard were top shots this month, earning the German Army’s Schutzenschnur marksmanship badge during a shooting competition held March 1-2 at the McCrady Training Site.     During the event each of the Swamp Fox Airmen fired the German G36 Rifle, P8 Pistol and MG3
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