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  • SCANG honors life of Swamp Fox leader, friend

    Retired U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Stanley Hood Sr., former South Carolina Air National Guard chief of staff and base commander from Columbia, South Carolina, passed away August 25.

  • SCANG holds change of command ceremony

    In front of the assembled wing, Col. Nicholas Gentile Jr. handed the reins of the 169th Fighter Wing to the vice wing commander, Col. Akshai Gandhi, June 23.

  • SCANG hosts Junior ROTC “Top Gun” competition

    The sound of cadence calls and marching filled the air Saturday as more than 500 Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps cadets from around the state converged on McEntire Joint National Guard Base to compete in the 2018 “Top Gun” Drill Meet.

  • SCANG Revamps Recycling Programs

    The 169th Fighter Wing Environmental Management Office (EMO) has many programs to assist Airmen of the South Carolina National Guard with their recycling needs. U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. James Merriman, assigned to the 169th Mission Support Group, and co-located within the 169th Civil Engineer

  • Major assessments accomplished in true Swamp Fox fashion

    The South Carolina Air National Guard recently completed three major assessments in three weeks, proving once again that Swamp Fox Airmen are mission ready. At the same time, preparations for a direct hit threat from Category 4 Hurricane Irma loomed, resulting in the SCANG’s direct support of Puerto

  • Pilots participate in Water Survival Training

    U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter pilots assigned to the South Carolina Air National Guard's 157th Fighter Squadron undergo water survival training at Lake Murray in Chapin, South Carolina, Aug. 13.            The mandatory tri-annual training is designed to refresh pilots on survival and

  • Improving defenses from abroad

    One of our very own Swamp Fox Defenders, Capt. Bakari Prioleau, the 169th Security Forces Squadron operations officer here, recently earned the opportunity to train with the United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force. Prioleau teamed up with the 609 Squadron Auxiliary Forces at RAF Leeming in Northallerton,

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