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  • Airmen return from Afghanistan

    Twenty Airmen from the Minnesota Air National Guard's 133rd Airlift Wing returned to Minnesota Sunday, July 11, 2010 following a two-month deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.In addition, early Friday, July 9, 2010 the 133rd Airlift Wing deployed 30 members of their

  • Minnesota Airmen fly humanitarian assistance mission in Tajikistan

    More than 17,000 pounds of humanitarian cargo was delivered to Tajikistan May 21, in an ongoing effort to provide relief and medical aid to displaced Tajiks after floods and mudslides devastated the Kulyab District earlier this month.An Air Force C-130 Hercules crew from the 774th Expeditionary

  • 133rd Airlift Wing Deploys Again to Southwest Asia

    The Minnesota Air National Guard's 133rd Airlift Wing will be deploying approximately 350 members in support of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom this year. The length of the deployments will range from two to six months, depending on the assignment and location. This is the third, fourth or

  • 133RD AIRLIFT WING RETURNS SAFELY FROM HAITIAN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF SUPPORT

    53 Airmen from The Minnesota Air National Guard's 133rd Airlift Wing returned safely January 30, 2010, from a two week deployment to Puerto Rico where they flew 39 sorties in support of Operation Unified Response.Two of the Wing's C-130 "Hercules" cargo aircraft, along with crews and support staff,

  • Minnesota Air Guard Civil Engineers Build Friendships in Hungary

    Airmen from the 133rd Civil Engineering Squadron based in St. Paul, Minnesota are working in Hungary this summer, renovating buildings and strengthening ties between two nations growing as friends. For two weeks beginning on July 20, 2009, about forty members of the Minnesota Air National Guard's

  • Lunar rover airlift in the High Arctic

    Forty years after mankind first stepped on the Moon, the 133rd Airlift Wing from St. Paul, Minnesota, supports research efforts in the High Arctic by transporting a modified HUMVEE called Moon-1 to a research station at Resolute Bay in May, 2009. According to mission commander and command pilot, Lt.