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  • 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

  • 245th Air Traffic Control Squadron sets up mobile tower at Shaw AFB

    Exercises, practices, preparations and inspections are not wasted efforts for the South Carolina Air National Guard's 245th Air Traffic Control Squadron. The 245th ATCS packed up their mobile air traffic control tower and set up operations below Shaw Air Force Base's control tower earlier in June.

  • Fuel the body and keep the jets flying

    Everyone knows that food fuels the body. This is especially true when the body is worked through a few extra Readiness Exercise hours during those hot S.C. spring and summer days.The 169th Force Support Squadron's Services Flight is able to supply flight line and maintenance personnel with easier

  • 245th Air Traffic Control Squadron practices for an Outstanding

    Members of the South Carolina Air National Guard at McEntire Joint National Guard Base are operating and training in evaluation mode. While the 169th Fighter Wing is practicing to deploy personnel and generate F-16 sorties in a deployed chemical combat environment, the 245th Air Traffic Control

  • Swamp Fox pilots gather for reunion and memorial service

    A distinguished fraternity of former pilots from the South Carolina Air National Guard (SCANG) attended a special reunion and memorial service held at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, Saturday. The gathering of Swamp Fox aviators was the first of its kind held since the late 1990s, according to

  • Colombian Air Force Commander visits McEntire Joint National Guard Base

    General Tito Saul Pinilla Pinilla, the Commander of the Colombian Air Force, toured McEntire Joint National Guard Base in Eastover April 8, as part of a weeklong visit to the United States. The Adjutant General of South Carolina, Maj. Gen. Robert E. Livingston, Jr., hosted Pinilla for the latest

  • New ID card scanning system at McEntire

    If you've come through McEntire's main gate recently, you've most likely noticed a new system that has been put into place. It is a new ID card scanning device called the Defense Biometrics Identification System, which the 169th Security Forces Squadron has been utilizing since March 28. DBIDS can

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