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  • The 169th Fighter Wing's Chaplain's core teamed up with the Airman and Family Readiness Support Section to provide married couples from the South Carolina Air National Guard with a Strong Bonds Refresher marriage strengthening course and a catered Valentines Dinner at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, Feb. 7, 2015. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Edward Snyder/Released)

    Strong Bonds Valentine's Marriage Refresher Course

    The South Carolina Air National Guard's Chaplain Corps and Family Readiness staff held their first Strong Bonds Valentine's Marriage Refresher Course at the base dining facility after the unit training assembly, Feb. 7. Fourteen couples and staff enjoyed a break from the duty day to reflect on tools to strengthen their marriage over a delicious
  • U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Quaid Quadri explains F-16 Standards and Evaluation procedures to Colombian Air Force pilots Maj. Jhon Sanchez (right) and Maj. Alejandro Cruz during a State Partnership Program (SPP) visit at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., Feb. 19, 2015. The Colombian Air Force sent a delegation of experts as a part of a three-day Key Leader Engagement and Subject Matter Expert exchange sharing information on flying and maintenance operations at McEntire JNGB and fostering relationships between the militaries. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Edward Snyder/Released)

    South Carolina Air National Guard welcomes Colombian Air Force visitors

    The South Carolina Air National Guard welcomed officers from the Colombian Air Force this week as part of a Key Leader Engagement and Subject Matter Expert exchange.The commander of the Colombian Air Force, General of Air Guillermo Leon Leon, and six Colombian Air Force officers visited the base for three days, taking time to meet with F-16 flight
  • U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Robert E. Livingston Jr (left), the Adjutant General for South Carolina, presents the U.S. Air Force Legion of Merit to U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. (Dr.) Jim Chow, the State Air Surgeon and Assistant to the Director of the Air National Guard, at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, Feb. 8, 2015. Brig. Gen. Chow retired with thirty years of service to the South Carolina Air National Guard and the 169th Fighter Wing. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Edward Snyder/Released)

    South Carolina Air National Guard bids farewell to "Doc" Chow

    Surrounded by family, friends, dignitaries and his fellow Swamp Fox, South Carolina Air National Guard Brig. Gen. Jim Chow closed the door on a 30-year military career, Feb. 8.Dr. Chow is a local physician at the Columbia Skin Clinic specializing in skin cancer surgery and dermatologic reconstructive surgery. He is a nationally-acclaimed doctor and
  • U.S. Airmen assigned to the 169th Fighter Wing at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, South Carolina Air National Guard, participate in surge flying operations Feb. 7, 2015. The surge encompasses high tempo flying as part of vital training for deployments. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Ashleigh S. Pavelek/Released)

    Swamp Fox Readiness Surge a Success

    Swamp Fox F-16s ripping through the air across South Carolina on a drill weekend is not unusual. What made February's flying schedule a bit different for the maintainers and pilots was the pace of a "flying surge" exercise performed here, Feb. 7, 2015.Members of the 169th Fighter Wing executed training in high-tempo flying missions as practice for
  • U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham speaks during the ribbon cutting ceremony of Eagle Vision 4 at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C. Jan. 11, 2015. Graham was the guest speaker during the inauguration of the Eagle Vision unit at the base. The unit will maintain a deployable commercial satellite imagery system ready to support contingency operations and disaster relief efforts. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Jorge Intriago/Released)

    Eagle Vision dedicated during ceremony

    U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham and South Carolina National Guard leadership dedicated Eagle Vision during a ribbon-cutting ceremony held Jan. 11.Eagle Vision 4 (EV4), based here at McEntire, is one of only five unclassified Air Force Tactical Mobile Satellite Ground Stations owned by the Department of Defense (DOD). Eagle Vision produces near
  • The South Carolina Air National Guard at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C. is wrapping up the $2.2 million new front gate project in January. This National Guard Bureau-funded project features facility improvements are the culmination of planning since 2009, and construction which started in early 2014. The changes at the main gate makes the base current with Department of Defense antiterrorism standards, and features a new gate and gate house, a commercial vehicle inspection area, and a final denial barrier. The new gate house now sits 100 feet further back from Highway 378, complete with anti-ramming protection and ballistic glass. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by 2nd Lt. Stephen Hudson/Released)

    New main gate opens in January

    Anyone coming on base starting in early January will see a new front gate with improved security features.Construction started on the $2.2 million National Guard Bureau-funded project in early 2014. The new gate features facility improvements making the base current with Department of Defense antiterrorism standards. Everything done in the
  • Senior Airman Renae McNease (left) and Airman 1st Class Angel Knox, emergency management technicians with the 169th Civil Engineer Squadron, pick up trash during an Adopt-a-Highway clean-up held Dec. 11, 2014. The South Carolina Air National Guard’s Environmental Office partners with the South Carolina Department of Transportation to pick up garbage outside of McEntire Joint National Guard Base four times a year and Airmen on base volunteer their efforts to keep the stretch of highway outside of the main gate clean. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by 2nd Lt. Stephen Hudson/Released)

    Swamp Fox Airmen support Adopt-a-Highway

    Six Airmen from the 169th Fighter Wing participated in the ongoing Adopt-a-Highway program along Highway 378 in front of the base, Dec. 10.Spanning nearly two miles along the highway, the Airmen picked up garbage thrown alongside of the road.Senior Airman Renae McNease, with the wing's emergency management office, volunteered for her first clean up
  • F-16 pilot from the 169th Fighter Wing, South Carolina Air National Guard flies a training mission in the KIWI MOA airspace over the cost of North Carolina Cost . (U.S. Air Force photo SMSgt Thomas Meneguin)

    South Carolina ANG conducts exercises near the Florence Airport

    The South Carolina Air National Guard is conducting an air defense exercises near the Florence Airport, December 11.As part of this routine exercise, fighter jets assigned to the SCANG's 169th Fighter Wing might be seen escorting a single-engine aircraft belonging to the South Carolina Civil Air Patrol between 10-11:30 a.m.Carefully planned and
  • U.S. Air Force fighter pilots from the 157th Fighter Squadron at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., wait on the flight line to taxi and launch F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets for a training mission from Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada, Nov. 13, 2014. Swamp Fox Airmen from the 169th Fighter Wing and South Carolina Air National Guard are deployed to NAS Fallon to support Naval Carrier Air Wing One with pre-deployment fighter jet training, integrating the F-16’s suppression of enemy air defenses (SEAD) capabilities with U.S. Navy fighter pilots. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Caycee Watson/RELEASED)

    SCANG helps Navy unit prepare for deployment

    Nearly 200 Airmen and more than a dozen Block 52 F-16 Fighting Falcon jets traveled across the country to train with the U.S. Navy Carrier Air Wing One (CVW 1) who is preparing for an upcoming deployment aboard Aircraft Carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt next spring.  CVW 1 was at Naval Air Station Fallon for what is comparable to the all-too-familiar

  • SCANG Suicide Awareness video now available online

    Suicide in the military has been at the forefront lately and the South Carolina Air National Guard's leadership has asked Ms. Mimi Meriwether, the wing's Director of Psychological Health, and Chaplain, Lt. Col. Brian Bohlman to develop a short video on suicide awareness.According to the Defense Suicide Prevention Office in July, 479 U.S. troops
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