103rd Airlift Wing

Sort By

Category

Show Advanced Options

Clear Filters |

Conn. Air Guard Breaks Ground for CIRF

Workers begin the process of tree clearing in preparation for the start of construction at the Centralized Intermediate Repair Facility on base March 4, 2010. A ceremonial groundbreaking is planned March 6. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Joshua Mead)

Details Download

Clash of the Titans Ends in Sweet Victory!

Fellow goalies for the 103rd Airlift Wing hockey team, Master Sgt. Michael Johnson and Senior Airman Natalie Ayala, prepare to put their game faces on in the locker room at MassMutual Center in Springfield, Mass., before taking on the rival 104th Fighter Wing Feb. 13, 2010. The 103rd's Flying Yankees skated to a decisive 5-3 win over the Barnes Stormers in the classic matchup. (Photo courtesy of Master Sgt. Michael “DJ” Johnson)

Details Download

Conn. Recruiter Recognized and Awarded

Master Sgt. Gary Dowling displays the trophy he received during a recruiting and retention workshop awards banquet in Dallas Feb. 22, 2010. Dowling was named Recruiting/Retention Noncommissioned Officer of the Year. (Photo courtesy of Master Sgt. Gary Dowling)

Details Download

103rd Airlift Wing: Haiti Update

One of the buildings is seen that crumbled to piles of rock and debris after the devastating 7.0 earthquake hit on Jan. 12, 2010, in Haiti, taking the lives of more than 200,000 people. (Photo courtesy of TSgt. Bambi Putinas)

Details Download

103rd Airlift Wing: Haiti Update

A Search and recovery team takes a break from their responsibility of sifting through debris to find personal affects and human remains. Buildings crumbled to piles of rock and debris after the devastating 7.0 earthquake hit on Jan. 12, 2010, in Haiti, taking the lives of more than 200,000 people (Photo courtesy of TSgt. Bambi Putinas)

Details Download

103rd Airlift Wing: Haiti Update

Connecticut’s own Master Sgt. Melissa Letizio, noncommissioned officer in charge of billeting, 24th Air Expeditionary Group, helps other search and recovery personnel sort personal affects found at the Hotel Montana site in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Photo courtesy of TSgt. Bambi Putinas)

Details Download

CIRF Artist's Rendering

An artist’s rendering from the contracted architect, Benham Companies LLC, shows the Centralized Intermediate Repair Facility at the Bradley Air National Guard Base after upgrades and additional construction is completed.

Details Download

103rd AOG Site Survey; Another Step Toward Full Operational Capability

Dave McKenzie and James Luebbe from the AOC Weapons System Integrator team review infrastructure requirements with Conn. Air National Guard leadership during the building site visit on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. The walkthrough was part of a four-day site survey to determine the Conn. Air National Guard’s level of readiness to accept and support the installation of a 2.5 million dollar equipment suite that will enable the 103rd Air and Space Operations Group to achieve its initial operational capability. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Joshua A. Mead)

Details Download

Through the looking glass

Airman 1st Class Tori E. Hendrix, an image and geospatial analyst assigned to the 103rd Air and Space Operations Group, reviews imagery depicting the situation on the ground in Haiti in support international disaster relief efforts underway following the Jan. 12 earthquake that ravaged the Caribbean nation, while Tech. Sgt. Michael Whitehead, senior imagery analyst from the 117 Intelligence Squadron provides feedback. Hendrix is deployed to the 117th IS, Birmingham, Ala. as an image analyst for Operation UNIFIED RESPONSE. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Master Sgt. Mark Farley.)

Details Download

Staring into the future

Master Sgt. Melissa Letizio, noncommissioned officer in charge of the Capt. Joseph Wadsworth Dining Hall takes in the view while aboard a C-21 transport plane heading to S.C. Jan. 25, 2010, where she will await transport to Haiti. Missy said she was anxious, wondering what the mission would include, but looking forward to help out in any way she can. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Joshua Mead)

Details Download

Haiti

Tech. Sgt. Chris Jones, training manager for the 103rd Force Support Squadron and assistant team leader for the deployers, places his second bag onto the scanner to get screened by Master Sgt. Rose Shaw, assistant noncommissioned officer in charge of traffic management for the 103rd Logistics Readiness Squadron, so it can be placed on a C-21 aircraft flying to Charleston. S.C. was the first stop for the deployers on their way to aid in the relief effort in Haiti. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Joshua Mead)

Details Download

Haiti

Staff Sgt. Willie Lennon, a services journeyman with the 103rd Force Support Squadron, accounts for his personal bags and military bags before weighing them on scales to be put on a C-21 aircraft. Tech. Sgt. Chris Jones, training manager for the 103rd Force Support Squadron and assistant team leader for the deployers (far right) ensures all equipment and bags are accounted for. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Joshua Mead)

Details Download

Haiti

Master Sgt. David D. Miller, a logistics management specialist with the 103rd Logistics Readiness Squadron, issues dust masks to Senior Airman Danielle Cummings, a services apprentice from the 103rd Force Support Squadron, during the deployment process in the small air terminal at Bradley Air National Guard Base Jan. 25, 2009. The masks, along with utility tools and personal tents, were issued to deployers as essential equipment in order for them to complete their mission in Haiti. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Joshua Mead)

Details Download

Haiti

1st Lt. Cheryl L. Mead, the installation deployment officer, 103rd Logistics Readiness Squadron, reviews a deployment checklist with Tech. Sgt. Gregory Jones, readiness trainer with the 103rd Force Support Squadron. According to Mead, the turn around time from when Jones was notified and was then on a plane to leave for Haiti as part of a relief mission was just 17 hours. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Josh Mead)

Details Download

Hometown Hero Salute

Conn. Air National Guard’s State Command Chief Master Sgt. Daniel Coppinger addresses a formation of the 103rd Airlift Wing’s Flying Yankees during a Hometown Heroes Salute ceremony held in the main hangar at Bradley Air National Guard Base, East Granby, Conn. Dec. 5, 2009. The ceremony was part of a national program designed to recognize the men and women who had been previously called to active-duty service for more than 30 consecutive days since Sept. 11, 2001. (U.S. Air Force image by Master Sgt. Michelle Thomas)

Details Download

103rd Airlift Wing Puts Shovels in the Ground

From left to right: Ron Antaya from Kallidas Construction, Senior Master Sgt. Jerry Apruzzese, Lt. Col. Jim Works, Col. Frank Detorie, Maj. Wayne Ferris, and Chief Master Sgt. Pat Wheeler dig up some earth with specially gold-painted shovels as part of a Groundbreaking Ceremony Nov. 7, 2009, to commemorate the start of a sound suppressor construction project on the east end of the ramp at Bradley Air National Guard Base, East Granby, Conn. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Jefferson S. Heiland)

Details Download

Conn. Flying Yankees Return Home

Staff Sgt. Steven Sevigny, 103rd Maintenance Squadron, gets a warm welcome from his mom, Judy Sevigny, on the flightline at Bradley Air National Guard Base , East Granby, Conn. Oct. 4, 2009. Sevigny had returned home after deployment to Southwest Asia in support of overseas contingency operations. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Capt. Jefferson S. Heiland)

Details Download

Conn. Flying Yankees Return Home

Lt. Col. David Ure, b-flight commander, 118th Airlift Squadron, gets a big welcome home and hugs from family and friends Oct. 4, 2009, after deplaning a C-21 at Bradley Air National Guard Base, East Granby, Conn. Ure had returned home after deployment to Southwest Asia in support of overseas contingency operations. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Capt. Jefferson S. Heiland)

Details Download

Take a Veteran to School Day

(From second left) Master Sgt. Mike Craddy, assistant program coordinator, Conn. Air National Guard, CWO5 (retired) Kenneth D. Roach, a recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross for service in Vietnam, Staff Sgt. Michelle Urso, Conn. Air National Guard, Sgt. Emily Rolstone, Conn. Army National Guard, Sgt. Izaida Velez, Conn. Army National Guard, Sgt. David Mills, "C" Co., 1 battalion 25th Marines, and Col. Fred Miclon, Conn. Air National Guard, all members of a seven-member panel of veterans that visited Modern World History and Civics students at Enrico Fermi High School in Enfield, Conn. Nov. 10, 2009, to answer questions and share their military experiences in an effort to raise awareness and appreciation relative to the Veterans’ Day holiday. The visit marked the second consecutive year for the program, Take a Veteran to School Day. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Capt. Jefferson S. Heiland)

Details Download

Take a Veteran to School Day

Col. Fred Miclon (right), vice commander, 103rd Airlift Wing, greets students at Enrico Fermi High School in Enfield, Conn. Nov. 10, 2009. Col. Miclon was part of a seven-member panel of veterans that visited the Modern World History and Civics classes to answer questions and share their military experiences with students in an effort to raise awareness and appreciation relative to the Veterans’ Day holiday. The visit marked the second consecutive year for the program, Take a Veteran to School Day. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Capt. Jefferson S. Heiland)

Details Download