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167th Airlift Wing reinforces readiness in extended drill
June 25, 2021
Left to right, Air Force Staff Sgts. Seth Hott, Steven Spitzer and Dallas Nichols, vehicle maintainers with the 167th Logistics Readiness Squadron, West Virginia Air National Guard, place a wheel and tire on a firetruck at the 167th Airlift Wing, Martinsburg, West Virginia, June 10, 2021.
167th Airlift Wing BASH program vital to airfield safety
June 7, 2021
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Jose Marrero, noncommissioned officer in charge of airfield management with the 167th Operations Support Group, displays a pyrotechnical device with cartridges used as part of the Bird/wildlife Aircraft Strike Hazards (BASH) program, at the 167th Airlift Wing, Martinsburg, West Virginia, May 12, 2021. The airfield management team uses many noise-making devices to encourage animals to move away from the airfield.
West Virginia's 130th Airlift Wing to convert to C-130J
May 20, 2021
Nineteen C-130J aircraft take part in an elephant walk before takeoff during an exercise March 15, 2018, at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. Numerous C-130J units from around the Air Force participated in a training event to enhance operational effectiveness and joint interoperability.
167th emergency responders participate in all hazards exercise
May 5, 2021
Chris Keesee, center, CBRN training project manager for Federal Resources, assists U.S. Air Force 1st Lt Samuel Gerard, with 167th bioenvironmental engineering, and Staff Sgt. Austin Lloyd, 167th Airlift Wing firefighter, as they test an unknown substance on a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft as part of a Counter CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear) All-Hazard Management Response, or CAMR, exercise at the 167th AW, Shepherd Field, Martinsburg, West Virginia, April 30, 2021. CAMR is a hybrid program of classroom lecture, discussion and tabletop exercises that culminate in a full scale emergency response exercise.
167th firefighters train to save lives, rescue local man
April 23, 2021
Firefighters from the 167th Airlift Wing, Martinsburg, W.Va., respond to a simulated aircraft fire as part of their Federal Aviation Administration Part 139 Live Fire Training, Oct. 14, 2018. The West Virginia State Fire Academy provided an aircraft fire simulator for the annual training event.
WVANG hosts inaugural air-to-air staff talks with Peru
September 29, 2020
Staff Sgt. Adam Landers, a member of the Army Interagency Training & Education Center (AITEC), talks about AITEC’s mission with members of the West Virginia National Guard’s (WVNG) State Partnership Program counterparts from Peru Sept. 24, 2020, at the WVNG’s Joint Force Headquarters, Charleston, W.Va. The West Virginia/Peru SPP was formalized in 1996 and has generated more than 120 interactions between the forces.
Hard work pays off for 167th Airlift Wing Airman
August 6, 2020
Master Sgt. Jesseca Shipe, a maintenance support supply technician for the 167th Logistics Readiness Squadron, sews cloth face coverings in support of the West Virginia National Guard's COVID-19 response at the 167th Airlift Wing, April 20, 2020. Shipe is the 167th AW Airman Spotlight for August 2020.
167th Airlift Wing flies COVID-19 test kits from Italy to US
April 17, 2020
The 167th Airlift Wing transported just over 1 million COVID-19 test kits from Aviano Air Base, Italy to Memphis, Tenn., April 16, 2020. The test kits will be distributed throughout the nation.
167th Airlift Wing sustaining operations during pandemic
April 9, 2020
Chief Master Sgt. Tracie Darby, 167th Medical Group superintendent, demonstrates how to make cloth face masks from T-shirts to 167th personnel, April 7, 2020.
West Virginia Airmen use 3D printing to produce face shields
April 3, 2020
Tech. Sgt. Alan Pasel, an aircraft metals technology specialist assigned to the 130th Maintenance Squadron, with a LulzBot TAZ 6 Dual Platinum 3D printer at McLaughlin Air National Guard Base, Charleston, W.Va., March 27, 2020. Pasel used the printer to design a face shield prototype for production to fulfill a statewide shortage caused by the COVID-19 outbreak.