May 5, 2009 A Smithsonian First The Smithsonian Institute has never painted and decaled an aircraft to a specific military unit until ...On his first day as work as an operations officer at Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Va., Barry Smith stumbled upon a find that would become a central project in his life for the next
April 9, 2009 Sen. Byrd, Gov. Manchin Visit Base to Celebrate C-5 Conversion On a beautiful but windy day, friends, family members and citizens of the Eastern Panhandle toured the unit yesterday, taking the opportunity to see the 167th Airlift Wing up close during the unit's first open house in at least a decade. Making the day even more significant were visits by Sen.
April 9, 2009 Base's Family Readiness Group here to help You might think of them as the other unsung heroes. Members of the 167th Airlift Wing's Family Readiness Group are always available to answer questions, help resolve problems and assist Guardsman and their family members with issues they face. And it doesn't matter if an Airman is deployed; the
Feb. 13, 2009 167th Airlift Wing’s Contracting The 167th Airlift Wing's contracting office was honored late last month with a Veterans Administration Federal Achievement Award for FY07. The contracting office was lauded for exceeding the statutory requirement to award 3 percent of its contracting dollars to Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small
Feb. 13, 2009 Base Marksmanship Team News While we here in West Virginia were dealing with ice, snow and temperatures in the single digits, Tech. Sgt Garey Diefenderfer was opening our 2009 shooting season on a rifle range in warm and sunny Puerto Rico. He had driven down to the airport at Raleigh-Durham, N.C., to meet up with some other
Feb. 13, 2009 167th Airlift Wing Delivers Test Spacecraft for NASA Mission The 167th Airlift Wing was enlisted recently to help in NASA's mission to return astronauts to the moon. And in turn the Martinsburg unit carved out its special niche in space history. A 15-member C-5 crew from the West Virginia Air National Guard based in Martinsburg was charged with delivering the
Feb. 13, 2009 West Virginia National Guard, 167th AW Played Part in Historic It was a call they never received, but were well prepared to answer. Roughly 250 Soldiers and Airmen assigned to the West Virginia National Guard's Chemical, Biological, Radiological/Nuclear and Explosive (CBRNE) Enhanced Response Force Package (CERF-P) were on standby at the 167th Airlift Wing in
Jan. 13, 2009 New Chaplain Arrives on Base It hasn't happened in years, but the 167th Airlift Wing now has two chaplains to serve the spiritual needs of Airmen on base First Lieutenant Jonathan W. Yost delivered his first chapel service this morning in the base's auditorium. Maj.David Reynolds, the wing's chaplain, is currently deployed to
Jan. 13, 2009 New Deputy Air Adjutant General to Focus on Improving Training, Facilities Retired Col. Russell Eugene "Gene" Altizer, former vice commander of the 130th Airlift Wing, was named as the Deputy Air Adjutant General for the West Virginia Air National Guard in September 2008. He replaces retired Gen. V. Wayne "Speedy" Lloyd, who held the position since retiring as the 167th
Jan. 13, 2009 Student Flight Provides Community Service More than 20 members of the 167th Airlift Wing's Student Flight provided community service to help preserve a historic ridge in Harpers Ferry during the Nov. 2 drill. "It was an arduous task," said Master Sgt. Daniel Jenkins, the 167th Airlift Wing's recruiting office supervisor and Noncommissioned