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  • Annual 171st CFC Campaign Season is here!

    Every fall, the 171st has the opportunity to make a difference by contributing to their local Combined Federal Campaign, and try some really great chili. Last year, our members contribute more than $19,000 to the CFC from more than 36 donors. We hope to continue the success with this year's

  • Fire prevention month: smoke alarms and escape plan

    According to the National Fire Protection Association, October is fire prevention month. Specifically Oct. 9-15 was Fire Prevention Week, depicting this year's campaign "Protect Your Family from Fire!"The focus is to get families involved in fire safety through familiarity and inspection of smoke

  • 171st Awarded AFA AFOUA

    The 171st Air Refueling Wing won the 2011 Air Force Association (AFA) Outstanding Air National Guard Flying Unit Award (AFOUA).The competition was extremely competitive within the Air Force units who submitted for the award.A group of nine unit members from the 171st ARW attended the awards ceremony

  • Air Traffic System Evaluation

    The 258 ATCS went through an intense three day ATSE August 16-18 2011 at the unit, receiving the official out-brief at 9:00 a.m. August 19th. The squadron was evaluated on 807 checklist items, which is the second highest amount of items on any Air National Guard unit to date. The evaluation assesses

  • Veterans helping veterans

    More than 130 members of the 171st Air Refueling Wing volunteered to assist with the 31st Annual Veteran Wheelchair Games which were held in Pittsburgh July 31- Aug. 6. Our unit provided support for veteran athletes with boarding their departing flights and transporting luggage.Many unit members

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