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  • 7th Annual JROTC competition

         Approximately 350 Junior ROTC students from nine different high schools near Pittsburgh and surrounding areas including West Virginia participated in the annual all day event here, April 29.     Each JROTC detachment had to compete against each other in several events such as the large group

  • 171st CES conducts exercise with county fire department

         The base fire department and the Allegheny County Fire Department, along with several other sections participated in a joint mutual aid exercise here April 18.     The training exercise took place at the munitions storage area (MSA), a fenced-off area where explosives and small arms are

  • Pittsburgh hosts PNGAS Conference

         Approximately 560 Pennsylvania Army and Air National Guard members attended the annual Pennsylvania National Guard Association, (PNGAS) 2010 Combined Leadership Development Workshop April 22-25 at the Sheraton Station Square Hotel.     PNGAS kicked off with an 18-hole, four-man scramble golf

  • Pittsburgh Family Ties

    May 14th was a memorable day for Senior Master Sgt. Matthew Preissler who is the Professional Military Education and Training Functional Manager assigned to the Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.May 14th marked the day his retirement flag would be flown at the 171st Air Refueling Wing in

  • Scouting for Skills event at 171st helps youths

         Approximately 1,000 Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts along with some of their parents, attended the 171st Air Refueling Wing's annual Scouting for Skills weekend here April 10 and 11.  Over the weekend the Scouts were given the opportunity to earn certain badges to progress in the scout

  • 258th Air traffic controllers take charge while deployed

         It was a normal day with the usual standard operations at the Air Traffic Control tower at the 379th Expeditionary Operational Support Squadron in Southeast Asia.  The air traffic controllers were conducting normal business until 12:37 p.m. Mar. 22.  That's when the tower's commercial power

  • CSAF pays a visit to the 171st ARW

         Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Roy made a guest appearance at the 171st Air Refueling Wing here March 7.      Roy made a special acknowledgement to the 171st ARW deployed members all over the world after thanking and congratulating Airmen recognized at a monthly recognition

  • African American Luncheon nearing its third decade of festivities

         Though the temperatures were blistering cold and another Western Pennsylvania snow storm was brewing, it didn't stop the annual 171st Air Refueling Wing's African American Heritage Luncheon event that occurred Feb. 26, at the Pittsburgh Airport Marriott Hotel.       In its 27th year, the event

  • Annual Commander's Call kicks off in January

         The annual 171st Air Refueling Wing Commander's Call conducted by Brig. Gen. Roy Uptegraff, commander, was held at the Hyatt Regency in Coraopolis Sunday morning, January 10.     Gen. Uptegraff began speaking by calling the airmen of the 171 ARW, "America's finest," before giving an overview of

  • The new Vice is ready to listen

         Most people know this funny, kind-hearted, out-going newly pinned full-bird colonel whether they can tell stories of his enlisted days all the way to being the former Security Forces Squadron Commander.     Col. Steven R. Painter became the new vice commander of the 171st Air Refueling Wing in

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