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  • Utah ANG Hosts Weapons System Council Conference

    More than 30 representatives from the Air Force intelligence community attended a Weapons System Council Conference hosted by the 169th Intelligence Squadron at Roland R. Wright Air National Guard Base, February 3-4.A Utah Air National Guard tenant unit, the 169th IS includes some of the most highly

  • Utah ANG conducts crucial air refueling training with NATO allies in Germany

    Three aircrews and 19 maintenance personnel from the Utah Air National Guard's 151st Air Refueling Wing spent two weeks at NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen, Germany, providing much-needed air refueling support during training flights for NATO E-3A pilots Jan. 4-16.The E-3A component, made up of members

  • Chaplain departs leadership center stronger, back to Utah

    Chaplain Lt. Col. Bruce Brewer from the Utah Air National Guard marked spiritual and physical resilience here recently with his thoughts on hopeful leaders as well as with his heart to fitness-minded adherents.Chaplain Brewer served as the interim chaplain for the I.G. Brown Training and Education

  • Utah Air National Guard Base renamed to honor 95-year-old hometown hero

    The Utah Air National Guard base located on the east side of Salt Lake City International Airport was renamed Roland R. Wright Air National Guard Base during a formal dedication ceremony here Nov. 18 in honor of retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Roland R. Wright, a combat pilot with a distinguished

  • Utah ANG trains for disaster response at Vigilant Guard 2014

    The Utah Air National Guard participated in Vigilant Guard Utah 2014, a multiagency disaster preparedness exercise, held November 3-6, in several locations in Utah ranging from Layton to Nephi.The training exercise, which involved members of the Army and Air National Guard, state and federal

  • Utah Honor Flight brings WWII veterans to D.C.

    For the first time in seven decades, a group of World War II veterans got together and wore matching uniforms.Instead of their last uniform of camouflage and boots, this time they were wearing matching red, white and blue T-shirts, emblazoned with Utah Honor Flight across their proud chests.The

  • Utah ANG hosts exchange officer, strengthens NATO ties with Germany

    The Utah Air National Guard recently hosted a German officer who spent two weeks here June 9-20 as part of the Department of Defense Reserve Officers Foreign Exchange Program. Lt. Col. Timo Diegmueller, a military intelligence officer with the German Air Force Headquarters in Cologne, made the

  • UTANG trains with NATO allies in Geilenkirchen Germany

    Three air crews and several maintenance personnel from the Utah Air National Guard provided crucial air refueling support during training flights for NATO E-3A pilots here April 28- May 8.E-3A Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft are currently conducting surveillance operations over Poland

  • Utah ANG leads way in CCAF graduations

    Forty-eight members of the Air National Guard were awarded a record number of 53 degrees from the Community College of the Air Force in a ceremony held May 3, at the Utah Air National Guard base here. The CCAF recognized the Utah Air National Guard for graduating more individuals in 2013 from their

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