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  • School rooftops cleared by Conn. Guardsmen

    The sound of boots on the roof was not a belated visit from St. Nick, but that of Connecticut Air National Guardsmen as they worked to remove massive amounts of snow from the high school and middle school in Tolland on Feb. 4, 2011. Approximately 125 Airmen from the 103rd Airlift Wing armed

  • 103rd Airlift Wing marks start of hangar renovation

    The 103rd Airlift Wing and its maintenance group celebrated another construction milestone that realigns its facilities for mission sets that are perfectly suited for tomorrow's challenges and threats. With golden sledge hammers, hardhats and personal protection equipment, walls were punched through

  • Conn. Guardsmen recognized overseas

    A firefighter with the 103rd Civil Engineer Squadron was recently recognized as the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing's Tuskegee Airman of the Week, Joint Base Balad, Iraq.On duty while deployed, Staff Sgt. Joseph D. Startup lead his crash crew in preventing further damage to a C-130 with active hung

  • Conn. Guardsmen represent in the Big Apple

    Why I chose to march...My military career began many years ago when I began serving my country as a young private in the U.S. Army. Upon my discharge from the Army, I joined the Connecticut Air National Guard and began my career in the Guard. Over the years, I have marched in numerous parades; the

  • Conn. Guardsmen visit Enfield veterans

    On Veterans Day, Nov. 11, 2010, a group of our Guardsmen spent their afternoon having a wonderful lunch and spending quality time with those veterans who are residence at the Little Sisters of the Poor in Enfield, Conn.The idea was the brain child of Kathi Carney, Director of Activities for the

  • 103rd Air and Space Operations Group moves into ‘South Park’

    Members of the 103rd Air and Space Operations Group are now operating out of temporary trailers in a compound unit members affectionately refer to as "South Park" tucked away within a wooded area on the outskirts of Bradley Air National Guard Base, East Granby, Conn. The unit first occupied the

  • Lieberman Visits With Conn. Air National Guardsmen in Southwest Asia

    WASHINGTON, DC -- Senator Joseph I. Lieberman met with members of the Connecticut Air National Guard serving in Southwest Asia Oct. 25, 2010.The Guardsmen are members of Connecticut's 103rd Air and Space Operations Group and are currently working in the Combined Air and Space Operations Center based