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Checking gear

Airman 1st Class Eli Persinger (left) and Master Sgt. John Williams (right) firefighter from the 155th Air Refueling Wing fire department inspects mask and equipment during a controlled live burn training, March 3, 2024, at the National Guard air base, Lincoln, Nebraska. Live burn training helps firefighters hone their basic firefighting skills, such as pump operations and hose advancements. (U.S. Air National Guard photos by Master Sgt. R. Denise Mommens)

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TAG Luncheon

Maj. Gen. Craig Strong, the Nebraska Adjutant General, shares insights and camaraderie over a luncheon with Airmen, March 2, 2024, at the National Guard air base in Lincoln, Nebraska. The luncheon served as a way to build relationships, foster communication, and maintain a cohesive military environment. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Alexander Schriner)

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New Executive Officer

Col. Christopher Hesse, 155th Air Refueling Wing commander, shakes hands with Lt. Col. Jan Martin, executive officer with the 155th Air Refueling Wing, Feb. 23, 2024, at the National Guard air base in Lincoln, Nebraska. Martin assumed the role as the 155th ARW executive officer after serving in the same position at the 136th Airlift Wing in Texas. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Alexander Schriner)

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Adding color to The Well

Adam Boggs, a Nebraska freelance illustrator, paints a mural in The Well, Feb. 23, 2024, at the National Guard air base in Lincoln, Nebraska. Boggs, son of Maj. Chad Boggs, 155th Air Refueling Wing chaplain, paints murals on buildings in towns across the state of Nebraska. The Well is used by individuals and small groups for meetings, trainings, socializing, yoga, worship, and lunch. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Alexander Schriner)

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Right this way

Crew chiefs with the 155th Air Refueling Wing signal to taxi, Feb. 15, 2024, during touch-and-go manuevers at the National Guard air base in Lincoln, Nebraska. The maneuver involves landing on a runway and taking off again without coming to a complete stop. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Alexander D. Schriner)

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EXERCISE EXERCISE EXERCISE

An airmen from the 155th Air Refueling Wing puts on his gas mask during a large-scale readiness exercise Feb. 4, 2024, on National Guard airbase in Lincoln, Nebraska. The Airmen are exercising a LRE that relies on well-considered planning, expertly trained personnel, and the willingness to respond to the nation’s needs at a moments notice. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Jeremiah Johnson)

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Always Ready

Crew chiefs from the 155th Air Refueling Wing, perform pre-flight checks of the KC-135 Stratotanker Feb. 4, 2024, National Guard airbase in Lincoln, Nebraska. The Airmen are exercising a large-scale readiness exercise that relies on well-considered planning, expertly trained personnel, and the willingness to respond to the nation’s needs at a moments notice. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Jeremiah Johnson)

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Airman Down

Airmen from the 155th Air Refueling Wing, respond to a simulated injured airman Feb. 4, 2024, at the National Guard base in Lincoln, Nebraska. The Airmen are exercising a large-scale readiness exercise that relies on well-considered planning, expertly trained personnel, and the willingness to respond to the nation’s needs at a moments notice. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Jeremiah Johnson)

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Sanding away

Senior Airman Ebrima Minteh, structural journeyman with the 155th Civil Engineer Squadron, sands a shadowbox display case, Feb. 2, 2024, at the National Guard air base in Lincoln, Nebraska. Minteh, originally from The Gambia, joined the Nebraska Air National Guard in 2021 after receiving his degree from the University of Nebraska Omaha and obtaining his five-year green card. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Alexander D. Schriner)

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Attention to detail

Senior Airman Ebrima Minteh, structural journeyman with the 155th Civil Engineer Squadron, stains a shadowbox display case, Feb. 2, 2024, at the National Guard air base in Lincoln, Nebraska. Minteh, originally from The Gambia, joined the Nebraska Air National Guard in 2021 after receiving his degree from the University of Nebraska Omaha and obtaining his five-year green card. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Alexander D. Schriner)

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Finishing touches

Senior Airman Ebrima Minteh, structural journeyman with the 155th Civil Engineer Squadron, drills holes into a shadowbox display case, Feb. 2, 2024, at the National Guard air base in Lincoln, Nebraska. Minteh, originally from The Gambia, joined the Nebraska Air National Guard in 2021 after receiving his degree from the University of Nebraska Omaha and obtaining his five-year green card. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Alexander D. Schriner)

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Story to tell

Senior Airman Ebrima Minteh, structural journeyman with the 155th Civil Engineer Squadron, poses in the structures shop, Feb. 2, 2024, at the National Guard air base in Lincoln, Nebraska. Minteh, originally from The Gambia, joined the Nebraska Air National Guard in 2021 after receiving his degree from the University of Nebraska Omaha and obtaining his five-year green card. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Alexander D. Schriner)

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Stay Warm

Staff Sgt. Samuel Jones, 155th Security Forces Squadron specialist participates in a seven-mile ruck march in subzero temperatures with other Air National Guard Security Forces specialists at Camp Ripley Training Center, Minnesota as part of the Air National Guard's Security Forces Cold Weather Operations Course (CWOC) on January 17, 2024. The two-week CWOC course combined classroom instruction, outdoor skills development, and a 3-day, field training event that required students to build and sleep in arctic tent systems, subsisting on cold weather Meals Ready to Eat and incorporated land navigation, live saving skills, and cold water immersion events. 50 students from Air National Guard wings from across the U.S. participated in the advanced, cold weather survival course planned by personnel assigned to the 148th Fighter Wing, Minnesota Air National Guard. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Audra Flanagan)

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Clearing a Path

An Airman with the 155th Civil Engineer Squadron removes snow, Jan. 17, 2024, at the National Guard air base in Lincoln, Nebraska. The 155th CES crew prioritizes each road and parking lot by how critical it is to the mission. The flight line, medical facilities and 24-hour centers receive attention first, and the team finishes with sidewalks and stairs. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Alexander D. Schriner)

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Congratulations

Maj. Gen. Wendy Johnson, Air National Guard Assistant to the Commander, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, retires from the Air National Guard after 39 years of service, Jan. 6, 2024 at the Nebraska National Guard’s Joint Force Headquarters, Lincoln, Nebraska. Among the many accomplishments in her career, she was the first woman in the Nebraska Air National Guard to pin on the rank of brigadier general in 2016 and major general in 2020. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Jamie Titus)

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Flight to Squadron

The 155th Communications flight poses for a group photo, Jan. 7, 2024, during their redesignation ceremony as a squadron at the National Guard air base in Lincoln, Nebraska. 155th Communications were redesignated as a squadron due to the growing operations in the field. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Jeremiah Johnson)

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Good Boy

Master Sgt. Dominique Brooks, 155th Air Refueling Wing Equal Opportunity office non-commissioned officer in charge, and her daughter pet Phinehas, Jan. 6, 2024, at the National Guard air base in Lincoln, Nebraska. Phinehas is a trained LCC K-9 Comfort Dog and interacts with people at churches, schools, nursing homes, hospitals, events and disaster response situations. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Alexander D. Schriner)

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Aeromedical fuselage trainer

The aeromedical fuselage trainer, a repurposed C-130 airframe, sits in place Dec. 27, 2023, at the National Guard air base in Lincoln, Nebraska. The C-130 was delivered to the 155th Air Refueling Wing to support the U.S. Air Force’s Center for Sustainment of Trauma And Readiness Skills. C-STARS Omaha is based at University Nebraska Medical Center as part of a Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services and University partnership called Project NExT and specifically focuses on transporting patients with high consequence infectious disease such as Ebola. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Alexander D. Schriner)

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Spreading Holiday Cheer

Col. Christopher Hesse, 155th Air Refueling Wing commander and Chief Master Sgt. Scott Tontegode, wing command chief, hand out candy canes, Dec. 21, 2023, during their walk around at the National Guard air base in Lincoln, Nebraska. Hesse and Tontegode thanked members for their dedication and the value they add to the overall mission. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Alexander D. Schriner)

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Military Air Show of the Year

The 2023 Guardians of Freedom Air Show was named the Military Air Show of the Year by the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Team, the Blue Angels, Dec. 5, 2023, during the International Council of Air Show Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. The air show was co-hosted for the first time by the 155th Air Refueling Wing and the 55th Wing at the Lincoln Airport Aug. 26-27, 2023. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Alexander D. Schriner)

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