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  • 210th EIS Builds in Germany

    Nearly 30 Airmen from the Minnesota Air National Guard's 210th Engineering Installation Squadron (EIS) volunteered to install critical communications cables January through March 2009, saving the Air Force over $200,000. The installation project involved running wiring through conduit burying it in

  • 109th Airlift Squadron Change of Command

    The 109th Airlift Squadron welcomed Lt. Col. Brian P. Wyneken as the new commander in a ceremony today in the Operations Building of the Minnesota Air National Guard base in St. Paul. The 109th AS is home to over one hundred men and women who fly the 133rd Airlift Wing's eight C-130 H3 "Hercules"

  • C-130s and Airmen Return from Afghanistan

    The Minnesota Air National Guard saw the last of its C-130 "Hercules" aircraft touch down at the Minneapolis, St. Paul International Airport on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009, marking the end of a six-month deployment cycle to Afghanistan.The aircraft today had 29 Airmen aboard and another C-130 last week

  • Rock Solid Warrior

    386th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron Airman, Staff Sgt. Doug Swigart has been selected as the Rock Solid Warrior for the month of December 2008 at an air base in Southwest Asia. According to Master Sgt. James Beltz, 386th ECES, Staff Sgt. Swigart has left his mark on the base by being the

  • 133rd AW Recognition Ceremony

    The 133rd Airlift Wing Recognition ceremony was held Dec. 13 in the North Hangar at the St. Paul Air National Guard base. In addition to recognizing this year's Outstanding Airmen of the Year, the 133rd Logistics Readiness Squadron Fuels Team was recognized by the Air National Guard as the Best

  • Teamwork gets 133AW crew overseas

    As the deploying 133rd Airlift Wing crew waited for a replacement valve on Wednesday, they greeted a Minnesota aircraft carrying the replacement valve and unit members coming home from Afghanistan. The deploying crew left Monday and when they landed at its first destination a gauge indicated a

  • AIRMEN FROM THE 133RD AIRLIFT WING RETURN FROM AFGHANISTAN

    About twenty-five air crew members, aircraft maintenance specialists, and others from the 133rd Airlift Wing returned from duty in Afghanistan, flying a C-130H "Hercules" cargo aircraft, on October 22, 2008 at the Air National Guard base at the Minneapolis, St. Paul International Airport. It was the

  • Government on Display at the Mall of America

    The 9th annual Government on Display Exposition, the largest government event ever staged in an American mall, kicked off Jan. 26, 2008 at the Mall of America with a naturalization ceremony, swearing in 30 immigrants as American Citizens.Following the opening ceremony in the Rotunda, the public was