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  • 155th Air Refueling Wing Participates in Global Operations

    Most warfare techniques from WWI have become antiquated or have been replaced thanks to new technology. However, the Nebraska Air National Guard continues to employ a deployment concept first created in 1917 - the Air and Space Expeditionary Force concept.Better known as AEF, it was a concept born

  • National Guard Bureau Senior Enlisted Leader Visits

    The 155th Air Refueling Wing welcomed Command Chief Master Sgt. Denise M. Jelinski-Hall, Senior Enlisted Leader for the National Guard Bureau, when she spent time with the airmen and soldiers of Agricultural Development Team 2 here June 6 and 7.Jelinski-Hall visited with members of ADT 2 in the

  • Nebraska Air National Guard Opens Cornhusker State Games

    The 95-degree hot and humid heat didn't deter the twenty volunteers of the 155th Air Refueling Wing as they readied to unfurl the large U.S. flag during the 27th Annual Cornhusker State Games opening ceremonies held at Seacrest field in Lincoln on July 15, 2011.The Opening Ceremonies is the

  • Madison Native Assists With Nebraska National Guard's Ongoing Flood Response

    Like an unstoppable force, the Missouri River continues to redefine its banks as it cuts across the Nebraska landscape and through Omaha's north and east shores.The sheer amount and momentum of unmitigated water hastening southward, carrying trees and debris like missiles, truly escapes the mind as

  • Wing Airmen Complete National Guard Reaction Force Training

    The National Guard serves a dual mission. The Guard's primary duty is to follow orders from the president of the United States in the event of a national emergency. Their secondary duty is to answer the call of the governor in a state emergency such as a flood, blizzard, earthquake, hurricane or

  • Gators Go Fishing

    Positive community relations can be established by giving one's time to people in the surrounding communities.Members of the Nebraska Air National Guard's 155th Air Refueling Wing volunteered, May 20, to teach students enrolled in the Functional Community Reference program at Lincoln North Star High

  • Lincoln Airmen Spend Holidays Overseas

    Airmen from the 155th Air Refueling wing recently deployed in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom supporting two separate rotations.The deployments, approximately 39 and 37 days respectively, sent more than 100 Nebraska ANG members to the AOR. Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, has

  • Let it Snow, Let it Snow....NOOOO

    Sammy Cahn penned it, several artists sang it, however after a record of more than 24 inches of snow fell in Lincoln, Neb., in December, no one is asking for it anymore. Snow blew in every nook and cranny that it could find, even under the hangar doors of the Nebraska Air National Guard Base, home

  • 155th Air Refueling Wing Receives 10th Air Force Outstanding Unit Award

    The Nebraska Air National Guard's 155th Air Refueling Wing has been named a recipient of the 2009 Air Force Outstanding Unit Award. This marks the 10th time that the Lincoln-based organization has earned the award in its 64-year history.The 155th Air Refueling Wing is one of only 14 Air National