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  • Chili con Guarde: Flying Yankees take 3rd place in regional chili contest

    Spring was in the air Saturday, May 1, 2010, along with the pungent smell of cumin, chili and spice as the Connecticut Air National Guard dished out some chili during the 2010 New England Regional Chili Cook-Off.The event, sanctioned by the International Chili Society, is the next step for Capt.

  • How do military kids have an eggs-cellent time?

    Approximately 150 people attended the Easter Eggstravaganza hosted by the family support organization here at the Capt. Joseph Wadsworth Dining Facility March 27, 2010, to meet the Easter bunny and hunt for eggs in a traditional Easter-egg hunt.In addition, children and parents participated in

  • Flying Yankees mark another milestone

    Connecticut's 103rd Airlift Wing flew its first aeromedical evacuation missions, known as AE, March 5-12 from Scott Air Force Base, Ill.Four Connecticut pilots, a crew chief and a specially equipped C-21A Cougar were staged from Scott Air Force Base during the first week of missions and transported

  • In Command and Control of the Air War

    Five members of the 103rd Air and Space Operations Group are reaching the end of successful deployments to the U.S. Air Force Central's Combined Air and Space Operations Center in Southwest Asia.Serving as the operational bridge that integrates and synchronizes strategic decisions to tactical level

  • 103rd Medical Group takes training to heart

    Heart awareness month may be over, but for personnel in the 103rd Medical Group here, the heart has a more permanent awareness.Military medical providers participated in an advanced cardiac life support training class here March 7, 2010, during the drill weekend. ACLS, as it was called by Lt. Col.

  • April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month

    "Hurts one. Affects all. Preventing sexual assault is everyone's duty."The 2010 Campaign for the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program focuses on the effects sexual assault has on the military's mission readiness.As is readily understood throughout the military, mission readiness defines a

  • 103rd Task Force gets the call for flood relief

    The Connecticut Air National Guard was called up to aid in flood relief in Connecticut March 30, 2010, as part of a joint effort with the Connecticut Army Guard.The 103rd Air Control Squadron from Orange, Conn. and the 103rd Airlift Wing from East Granby, Conn. were both assigned to the 103rd Task