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  • You have the right to survive

    Empowerment was the goal as a group of female Airmen from the 169th Fighter Wing at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., participated in a women's only self-defense class, Oct. 6, in the base gym. The class was part of Richland County Sheriff's Department's crime prevention program, a service

  • Eagle Vision IV returns from support mission in Japan

    Chief Master Sgt. Pete Wiedel and Staff Sgt. Dennis McDougal, members of the 169th Communications Flight Eagle Vision IV (EV4) Mobile Ground Satellite Station, located at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., recently returned from a three-month deployment at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan.

  • Swamp Fox 169th Civil Engineers train at Silver Flag

    When you have to deploy for the sole purpose of training for your deployed mission, you know your job is critical.The South Carolina Air National Guard's 169th Civil Engineer Squadron did just that in a recent trip to Ramstein Air Base, Germany, to participate in a Silver Flag exercise Aug.10-18.

  • McEntire's Patient Decon Team trains to save lives

    Swamp Fox members from a spectrum of career fields have come together to form a highly capable, trained, Patient Decontamination Team. Its purpose: saving lives.The primary goal of the team is to respond to base emergencies, but the unit is mobile and can respond to emergencies within South Carolina

  • Colombian Air Force team visits McEntire

    A team of five Colombian Air Force officers toured McEntire Joint National Guard Base Tuesday as part of a U.S. visit to gather information about F-16 operations and maintenance. This visit is the latest engagement of the newly formed State Partnership Program (SPP) between South Carolina and the

  • STARBASE Swamp Fox sets attendance record for third straight year

    STARBASE Swamp Fox, a Department of Defense (DoD) math and science program for 5th graders held at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, has set an attendance record for the third year in a row. This past academic year, STARBASE Swamp Fox served a record 1,145 students and held 49 classes. Sixty eight

  • Swamp Fox defenders guard the 380th AEW

    An elite team of Swamp Fox security forces personnel started a six-month deployment to the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, this past February. This deployment was in the unit's scheduled Air Expeditionary Force cycle, so the deployers were able to spend the

  • Upcoming CRE tests SCANG Airmen

    The South Carolina Air National Guard will test its mettle again later this summer with a five-day Certified Readiness Exercise scheduled to run Sept. 7-11. The stakes are high and McEntire is again setting the stage for the Air Force to follow. "Everyone is watching McEntire, including the chief of

  • Swamp Foxes, hard work in the Big Easy

    A contingent of Swamp Foxes recently returned from conducting red-air support for the 159th Fighter Wing, Louisiana Air National Guard, June 22. The 159th FW is preparing for a deployment and called on the 169th Fighter Wing to provide what it does best, deliver professional air power that can fully

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