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  • Training the leaders of tomorrow’s military

    Enlisted members and officers from the Connecticut Air and Army National Guard, gathered Sept. 11 and 12, 2010, to undergo an extensive training seminar held on base. The topic of discussion was leadership and resiliency, or what Col. Denny Yount, commander, 103rd Operations Group, and trainer for

  • 103rd Airlift Wing honors 9/11 victims, heroes with flag-folding ceremony

    "Some of the memorials call everyone who died a hero--seems to me, heroes choose. Heroes are people who choose to put themselves at risk for others. Heroes choose to enter into harm's way out of duty or faithfulness because they value something or someone more than they value their own life," said

  • 9/11 memorial service in Enfield, Conn. remembers all

    The Town of Enfield Volunteer Firefighter's Association held a ceremony at their Weymouth Rd. Station on Sept. 11, 2010, to memorialize the tragic events that changed America on Sept. 11, 2001. Various speakers at the event, including Representative Joe Courtney and Connecticut Attorney General

  • ‘Bringing a nuke to a gun fight’

    Sept. 12, 2010, the 103rd Medical Group rose to their feet with a standing ovation in celebration of receiving a score of outstanding on their Health Services Inspection. With a final score that approached absolute perfection, the inspection was a successful retake of last year's which yielded less

  • AOG, Life Support and LRS pitch in to make way for progress

    Members of the 103rd Air and Space Operations Group rapidly cleared out of the unit's future operations floor during the August Unit Training Assembly and are now packed and ready to move out of their work spaces in their administrative building at a moment's notice to make way for renovations on

  • 103rd SFS troops up to the challenge

    The 103rd Security Forces Squadron participated in the annual CT SWAT Challenge once again last month and found out the competition is getting stiffer. The events kicked off on August 24 this year and lasted three days. In all, 40 teams participated showing how much the event has expanded since it

  • 103rd CRF commemorates 50 engines shipped

    The 50th engine departed Bradley's Centralized Repair Facility aboard an air-ride flatbed trailer June 2, 2010, bound for Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Harrison Township, Michigan.A combined value of over 65 million dollars of Air National Guard and active-duty Air Force equipment has been

  • A bear of a parade: East Granby remembers fallen Vets on Memorial Day

    What do East Granby town sports leagues, the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, East Granby Fire Dept, Historical Society, Library Bookworms and a large black bear have in common?  They all gathered Monday 31 May, 2010, in front of the Elmwood Cemetery on Nicholson Rd. to embark on a one-mile march across