SCANG Airmen encouraged to recognize their employers

Deployments, inspections and normal flying operations kept the SCANG plenty busy in 2012. And 2013 quickly is shaping up to be just as busy with a Security Forces deployment, the Phase I and Phase II Operational Readiness Inspection. With this in mind, traditional Guardsmen can formally recognize a

Eagle Vision IV members return from deployment in the Philippines

  This past summer, South Carolina Air National Guard's Eagle Vision 4 team members Staff Sgt. Dennis McDougal and Staff Sgt. Clark Davis returned from an 81 day deployment to Mactan Air Base located on Mactan Island in Cebu, Philippines. The purpose of their deployment was to assist the 201st

Letters from the families, to the McEntire family

To the McEntire Family,As most of you know my Wife, Wendy, lost her fight with cancer after a very short battle. We found out on July 17th and she passed away October 5th. Those weeks were the hardest weeks we have ever gone through, but they would have been unbearable without the support of the

What are you doing to get "Back in Black"?

Honoring SCANG Retirees

Eagle Vision IV attends the GEOINT 2012 Symposium

During the month of Oct., SCANG's Eagle Vision IV (EV4) Tactical Mobile Satellite Ground Station attended the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation's (USGIF) 9th Annual GEOINT 2012 Symposium in Orlando, Florida. GEOINT is short for Geospatial Intelligence and is defined as the gathering

Family Readiness puts on a "scary" fun event

Hot off the presses ... one last time

The premiere edition of the SCANG News was published in February 1977. Sylvester Stallone's Rocky had just stepped into the ring for the first time; it looked like the Eagles had a serious hit on their hands with Hotel California; and I was rocking second grade. In addition to UTA dates, job

SCANG Airman thinks fast during UTA fire

   A quick-thinking Airman potentially saved a building on base from damage when an electrical fire broke out in the kitchen of the on-base dining facility here during November drill.    Senior Airman Walter James, with the 169th Force Support Squadron, was in the kitchen during the lunch rush in

SCANG holds first annual Remembrance Service

   Members of the 169th Fighter Wing attended an inaugural Remembrance Service during last month's drill held at McEntire Joint National Guard Base. The interfaith service was organized and run by McEntire's Chaplain Corps and included music, lighting of candles, words of inspiration, prayers and