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  • 133rd Contingency Response Flight Conducts Contingency Response Exercise

    The saying “train like you fight” is something the Airmen from the 133rd Contingency Response Flight (CRF) live by. Within 36 hours of notification of a simulated hurricane, they were on the ground in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, conducting airbase operations in support of a larger natural

  • Setting Up Operations

    U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 146th Contingency Response Flight, California Air National Guard, 133rd Contingency Response Flight, Minnesota Air National Guard, and the 136th Contingency Response Flight, Texas Air National Guard, set up airbase operations in St. Croix, Virgin Island, Aug. 17, 2021.

  • Welcome to the Wing, Director of the Air National Guard

    U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Michael A. Loh, Air National Guard director arrived at the 133rd Airlift Wing, July 16. Loh met and thanked Airmen for their contributions to multiple domestic operations over the past year.

  • 133rd Welcomes the Governor and Lt. Gen. Loh

    U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Michael A. Loh, Director of the Air National Guard, and other senior leaders from the 133rd Airlift Wing and the Minnesota National Guard greet Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz in St. Paul, Minn., July 16, 2021.

  • Airmen First

    As the verdict in the former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin trial was announced, U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 133rd Airlift Wing were staged and ready to secure the Minneapolis Convention Center.

  • Airmen Support Operation Safety Net

    Airmen and Soldiers from the Minnesota National Guard support security missions during Operation Safety Net in St. Paul, Minn., Apr. 20, 2021.

  • Painting Boots

    Krista Sheridan, 133rd Sexual Assault Response Coordinator, paint combat boots teal in St. Paul, Minn., Mar. 31, 2021.

  • Homecoming

    Nearly 750 Minnesota National Guard Soldiers and Airmen returned home after supporting the 59th Presidential Inauguration. More than 200 Airmen from the 133rd Airlift Wing and 148th Fighter Wing and more than 500 Soldiers from the 682nd Engineer Battalion and B Troop, 1st Squadron 94th Cavalry

  • Load Up and Move Out

    A C-130 Hercules from the 133rd Airlift Wing taxies the runway in St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 18, 2021. The C-130 Hercules is preparing to depart the Minneapolis – St. Paul Airport to pick-up Airmen and Soldiers from across the Minnesota National Guard to Washington D.C. in support of the 59th