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  • Utah Air National Guard fuels fight in Afghanistan

    The four blue-tailed KC-135 Stratotankers of the Utah Air National Guard's 151st Air Refueling Wing have been a scarce sight on the tarmac at Manas Air Base since deploying here in late June. Instead, they've spent much of the last few weeks of their first deployment to the Kyrgyz Republic airborne

  • Safety de Mayo Party - 101 Critical Days of Summer

    On April 22, the 151st Air Refueling Wing disguised the mandatory "101 Critical Days of Summer" campaign kickoff briefings as a "Safety de Mayo Party." The cold, rainy weather dampened the planned outdoor activities, but nothing could dull the buzzing atmosphere inside the Salt Lake City's Aerospace

  • Utah ANG takes on POTUS visit and Army homecoming simultaneously

    Hosting a U.S. presidential visit is always a challenge, but hosting a visit by President George W. Bush along with the redeployment of more than 200 National Guard Soldiers within hours of each other is a whole other ballgame. But that's exactly what members of the Utah Air National Guard

  • Parting is such sweet sorrow

    The all too familiar gray shape appeared on the desert horizon, with its four Pratt and Whitney TF-33-PW-102 engines trailing their telltale exhaust plumes. One of only two remaining KC-135 "E" model Stratotanker aircraft in the Utah Air National Guard was officially delivered to its final resting

  • Utah Airmen Participate in Dining-Out

    Airmen from the 151st Air Refueling Wing, tenant organizations and Utah State Headquarters got decked out in their best uniforms to take part in an evening of socializing and sending their fellow co-workers to the grog May 9 during the Utah Air National Guard's long-awaited dining-out. Approximately

  • Civil Engineers Head Out

    Approximately 26 Airmen from the 151st Civil Engineering Squadron headed downrange May 3 as part of their Air Expeditionary Force (AEF) rotation.  The unit will be deployed as part of the 9th Air Expeditionary Group in Kuwait. "Our wartime tasking is everything from beddown to generating

  • Utah ANG to hold Dining Out

    Brig. Gen. David M. Hooper, Assistant Adjutant General for Air, and the Utah Air National Guard Top 3 will host a dining-out for all ANG members on May 9, 2008 at 6 p.m. at Club Hill at Hill Air Force Base with Col. (retired) Reece Stein as the keynote speaker. The dining-in and dining-out represent

  • Wing public website to debut soon

    Beginning in May 2008, the 151st Air Refueling Wing's historic Salty Guard Flyer will make its evolution into the 21st century by transitioning to a digital format. With a vast majority of Air Force publications like newspapers and flyers migrating to the web, the 151st ARW will finally have the

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