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  • Utah Air Guard marksmen take home national shooter awards

    Four Utah Air National Guardsmen recently returned home with national shooting awards after competing in the Winston P. Wilson National Match in Little Rock, Ark. Six members from the Utah Air Guard Marksmanship team, along with 12 Utah Army Guard members, traveled to Arkansas to compete Oct. 13

  • 151st ARW stresses motorcycle safety

    In fiscal year 2008, the Air National Guard suffered five fatalities due to motorcycle mishaps. While the Utah ANG has been fortunate not to lose any members this year, it has had several close calls this summer, including an off-road motorcycle accident which caused the son of a Utah ANG member to

  • Utah Air and Army Guard Host annual 'Trunk or Treat'

    The Utah National Guard Family Programs Office held its annual "Trunk-or-Treat" Halloween party at the Utah National Guard Headquarters here on October 25. It was the fifth time for the yearly event and organizers estimate that it drew an audience of nearly 1,000 for three-hour bash. "Every year it

  • Utah Guard's 85th Civil Support Team supports Hurricane Ike recovery efforts

    The Utah National Guard's 85th Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team deployed to Texas October 1 to support local authorities in recovery efforts from the damage caused when Hurricane Ike struck the Gulf Coast earlier this month. The 22-member team consisting of members from the Utah Air

  • Annual Governor’s Day highlights Utah Guard and families

    A sea of military uniforms filled the University of Utah's football field September 13 as more than 6,000 Soldiers and Airmen marched into Rice-Eccles Stadium for the 2008 Governor's Day parade. With helicopter and KC-135 flyovers, a booming marching band and cannon fire, the audience cheered as

  • Utah Army and Air Guard host 47th annual Freedom Academy

    Not too many summer camps offer opportunities for high school students to rappel from a 34-foot tower, drive a humvee, tour a state prison and listen to nationally acclaimed motivational speakers all in the same week. But at the Utah National Guard's annual Freedom Academy, that's just the tip of

  • 151 ARW Airmen return from Manas

    After two months of performing 24-hour operations and 6+ hour missions, more than 130 Airmen from the 151st Air Refueling Wing, Utah Air National Guard, returned home this week from Manas Air Base, Kyrgyz Republic. Families and friends clapped and cheered as 30 members of the contingent arrived home

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