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  • Nebraska Airmen continue overseas contingency operations

    Airmen from the 155th Air Refueling Wing deployed to support overseas contingency operations March 25, 2020, from the Nebraska Air National Guard air base in Lincoln. The deployment, scheduled 16 months ago, is part of a normal rotation where 50 Airmen traveled to U. S. Central Command, which is in

  • 173rd ARS Aircrew Members Improve Readiness with ATSO Training

    “This is an opportunity to practice using and wearing the Aircrew Chemical Defense Ensemble,” said Maj. Tyler Sanberg, 173rd Air Refueling Squadron KC-135 Stratotanker pilot. “It allowed us to see how we would proceed to the aircraft, pre-flight the plane and potentially launch the aircraft all

  • Nebraska Air Guardsmen support Australia training

    Fourteen Airmen from the Nebraska Air National Guard’s 155th Air Refueling Wing joined approximately 230 Airmen from the active duty Air Force and reserve component of the Air Force for a Feb. 9-28 joint exercise with the Australian Air Force at Darwin Royal Air Force Base in Darwin, Australia.

  • STAPLETON SENIOR UNVEILS NOSE ART

         An artistic vision hatched at ground level in Stapleton, Neb., will now be visible around the world, after the latest 155th Air Refueling Wing KC-135R Stratotanker nose art was unveiled in a ceremony Aug. 8 at the Nebraska National Guard air base in Lincoln, Neb.     Mariah Harm, a Stapleton,

  • Simulator Cuts Dollars, Increases Training Availability

    At 12,000 feet, the airman from the 155th Air Refueling Wing lies on his stomach in the KC-135 Stratotanker's boom pod, his hands tense on the controls. "Start guiding in the receiving plane", a voice tells him. The airman may feel nervous, but the B-1 Lancer pilot sounds calm as he receives

  • NEBRASKA AIR GUARDSMEN TRAVEL TO REPUBLIC OF KOREA FOR ANNUAL TRAINING

    Forty-eight members of the Nebraska Air National Guard's 155th Air Refueling Wing traveled to Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, for a hands-on, job-specific training with active duty counterparts, April 4-18.The Nebraska Air National Guard sent Airmen from nine shops to the overseas base for