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  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • It's time to clean-up your DTS

    If you have recently gone TDY or been deployed, please complete your Defense Travel System vouchers because there may be money you are due, said the Wing's Comptroller, Lt. Col. Michael Dunkin.The 169th Fighter Wing is also facing another problem when people create an authorization (or two) for a

  • NCOPES... Another McEntire First

    The 169th Fighter Wing kicked-off its very first Non-Commissioned Officer Professional Enhancement Seminar (NCOPES) to enhance the professional development of mid-level trainers and supervisors during a three-day program here from October 28-30.Master Sgt. Jason Bischoff, the 495th Fighter

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