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167th Airlift Wing Airman Spotlight
May 10, 2024 — Staff Sgt. Elizabeth Casteel is a personnel specialist for the 167th Force Support Squadron and the 167th Airlift Wing Airman Spotlight for May 2024... MORE

UNITE funds boost annual Family Day event
December 8, 2023 — The 167th Airlift Wing Family Day event had extra activities this year because the UNITE program funds recreational activities for units to build unit cohesion and morale... MORE

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167th Airlift Wing conducts readiness exercise
August 17, 2023 — The 167th Airlift Wing conducted a readiness exercise at Shepherd Field, Martinsburg, West Virginia, Aug. 9-12... MORE

Airmen from the 167th Airlift Wing procure their mission oriented protective posture gear during a readiness exercise at the 167th Airlift Wing, Martinsburg, West Virginia, Aug, 9, 2023.

167th Airlift Wing Airman Spotlight August 2023
August 17, 2023 — Senior Master Sgt. Jacki Weddle is a First Sergeant for the 167th Operations Group and 167th headquarters staff. She is the 167th Airlift Wing Airman Spotlight for August 2023... MORE

Senior Master Sgt. Jacki Weddle is a First Sergeant for the 167th Operations Group and 167th headquarters staff. She is the 167th Airlift Wing Airman Spotlight for August 2023.

167th Airman finds success as author of short stories
October 6, 2022 — Airman 1st Class Cody Eichelberger has written and published several novels and short stories... MORE

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Cody Eichelberger, a defender with the 167th Security Forces Squadron, holds a copy of his book ‘Burnt Chapel’ at the 167th Airlift Wing, Martinsburg, West Virginia, Oct. 1, 2022.

Ceremony held to recognize wing’s Outstanding Airmen of the Year
April 8, 2022 — The 167th Airlift Wing recognized four of its top Airmen for their accomplishments during an Outstanding Airmen of the Year (OAY) award ceremony at the 167th base dining facility, Martinsburg, W.Va., April 2... MORE

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Emma Van Horn, Tech Sgt. Joshua Webber, Master Sgt. Matthew Wilson, and Master Sgt. Jacob Heavner, recipients of the 167th Airlift Wing 2022 Outstanding Airmen of the Year (OAY) award stand in preparation to receive their recognition during a ceremony at the the 167th base dining facility, Martinsburg, West Virginia, Apr. 2, 2022. The ceremony was held to recognize Airmen who excel at job performance, leadership, and personal achievement, earning them the title Outstanding Airman of the Year

167th Heritage and Diversity Council kick-off meeting held during April unit training assembly
April 8, 2022 — A meeting to kick off the new 167th Airlift Wing Heritage and Diversity Council was held in the wing conference room at Shepherd Field, Martinsburg, W.Va., April 3... MORE

Airmen meet for the first 167th Airlift Wing Heritage and Diversity Council meeting in the wing conference room, Shepherd Field, Martinsburg, West Virginia, April 3, 2022. The council will plan activities and events to highlight the diverse backgrounds and cultures of the wing.

167th Airlift Wing Airman Spotlight April 2022
April 8, 2022 — Staff Sgt. Whitney Salisbury is a maintenance production manager for the 167th Maintenance Group and the 167th Airlift Wing Airman Spotlight for April 2022... MORE

Staff Sgt. Whitney Salisbury is a maintenance production manager for the 167th Maintenance Group and the 167th Airlift Wing Airman Spotlight for April 2022.

167th Hosts WVANG State Command Chief Change of Responsibility
February 10, 2022 — The 167th Airlift Wing hosted a state command chief change of responsibility ceremony in the base dining facility, Feb. 5... MORE

Chief Master Sgt. Brandon Ives, West Virginia Air National Guard state command chief, makes his first remarks as the newest WVANG command chief during a state command chief change of responsibility ceremony at the 167th Airlift Wing dining facility, Martinsburg, West Virginia, Feb. 5, 2022.

167th Airlift Wing Airman Spotlight February 2022
February 10, 2022 — Senior Airman Emma Van Horn is a knowledge management specialist for the 167th Communications Flight and the 167th Airlift Wing Airman Spotlight for February 2022... MORE

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Emma Van Horn is a knowledge management specialist for the 167th Communications Flight and the 167th Airlift Wing Airman Spotlight for February 2022.

167th Airlift Wing Airman Spotlight January 2022
January 14, 2022 — U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jacob Nelson is a crew chief for the 167th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and the 167th Airlift Wing Airman Spotlight for January 2022... MORE

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jacob Nelson is a crew chief for the 167th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and the 167th Airlift Wing Airman Spotlight for January 2022

Ops Adopts program spreads holiday cheer to local children
January 14, 2022 — The 167th Operations Group coordinated the Ops Adopts program, a Christmas gift drive, that provided gifts for 35 local families this year... MORE

Airmen from the 167th Operations Group wrap Christmas gifts for local children as part of the Ops Adopts program at the 167th Airlift Wing, Shepherd Field, Martinsburg, West Virginia, Dec. 16, 2022. The program provided gifts for children of 35 families this year.

167th Airlift Wing Airman Spotlight June 2021
June 17, 2021 — Technical Sgt. Christopher Dunn is a command and control operations specialist for the 167th Airlift Wing and the 167th AW Airman Spotlight for June 2021... MORE

Technical Sgt. Christopher Dunn is a command and control operations specialist for the 167th Airlift Wing and the 167th AW Airman Spotlight for June 2021.

Delaware, West Virginia Air Guard units team up for cargo exercise
May 6, 2021 — Recently the 167th and 166th Airlift Wings partnered together to conduct a joint cargo loading exercise as part of the 166th’s home station operational readiness exercise May 3. ... MORE

Airman 1st Class Leah Brasure, air transportation specialist, and Staff Sgt. Becky Campos, loadmaster, prepare cargo to be loaded on a C-17 Globemaster III. The 167th and 166th Airlift Wings partnered together to conduct a joint cargo loading exercise as part of the 166th's home station operational readiness exercise May 3 at New Castle Air National Guard Base, Delaware.

167th emergency responders participate in all hazards response exercise
May 5, 2021 — 167th Airlift Wing emergency responders participated in a week-long, all hazards response training exercise here, April 26-30... MORE

U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Nate Smith, right, a loadmaster and flight safety non-commissioned officer for the 167th Airlift Wing, plays the role of an aircraft hijacker as Staff Sgt. Bradley Knotts and Staff Sgt. Ryan Jenkins, with the 167th Security Forces, maneuver to apprehend him during a Counter CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear) All-Hazard Management Response, or CAMR, exercise at Shepherd Field, Martinsburg, West Virginia, April 30, 2021. CAMR is a hybrid program of classroom lecture, discussion and tabletop exercises that culminate in a full scale emergency response exercise.

167th Airlift Wing Conducts Extremism Stand Down
May 5, 2021 — Members of the 167th Airlift Wing participated in training and roundtable discussions on how to combat extremism in the ranks, strengthen the unit’s overall integrity and bring awareness to current issues in today’s world during May’s unit training assembly... MORE

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Kevin Culbert, 167th Medical Group commander, defines the term extremism while briefing members of the 167th Medical Group and wing headquarters as part of an extremism stand down during May’s unit training assembly at the 167th Airlift Wing, Martinsburg, West Virginia, May 1, 2021. The wing held the stand down at the direction of the Secretary of Defense in an effort to combat extremism in the ranks.

167th Airlift Wing Airman Spotlight May 2021
May 5, 2021 — Master Sgt. Michael Seavolt is the 167th Security Forces Squadron’s S-5 function’s non-commissioned officer in charge and the 167th Airlift Wing’s Airman Spotlight for May 2021... MORE

Master Sgt. Michael Seavolt is the 167th Security Forces Squadron’s S-5 function non-commissioned officer in charge and the 167th Airlift Wing’s Airman Spotlight for May 2021.

167th and 175th demonstrate ACE concept in training exercise
March 12, 2021 — The 167th Airlift Wing recently teamed up with the 175th Wing, Maryland Air National Guard, to conduct their first agile combat employment exercise Feb. 17... MORE

Two A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft from the 104th Fighter Squadron of the 175th Wing, Maryland Air National Guard, and a C-17 Globemaster III with the 167th Airlift Squadron, 167th Airlift IWng, West Virginia Air National Guard, taxi to the runway at Shepherd Field, Martinsburg, West Virginia, Feb. 17, 2021, as part of an exercise to demonstrate Agile Combat Employment (ACE) capabilities.

West Virginia Air National Guard welcomes new commander
March 12, 2021 — The West Virginia Air National Guard welcomed its new commander during a change of command ceremony at the 167th Airlift Wing, Martinsburg, W.Va., March 7... MORE

U.S. Army Brig. Gen. William Crane, the Adjutant General for the West Virginia National Guard, passes the flag representing the 2,100 members of the West Virginia Air National Guard to U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Ray Shepard during a change of command ceremony held at the 167th Airlift Wing, Shepherd Field, Martinsburg, West Virginia, March 7, 2021.

Logan Young honored in memorial service
March 12, 2021 — A memorial service to honor fallen 167th Airlift Wing firefighter, Logan Young, was held in an aircraft hangar at the 167th Airlift Wing, March 6... MORE

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Chris Taylor, chief of the 167th fire department presents London Brown with two teddy bears made from Staff Sgt. Logan Young’s uniform during a memorial service held at the 167th Airlift Wing, Shepherd Field, Martinsburg, West Virginia, March 6, 2021. Brown was engaged to Young who died while fighting a fire in December.

Wing recognizes Outstanding Airmen of the Year
March 12, 2021 — A ceremony to honor the 167th Airlift Wing’s four Outstanding Airmen of the Year was held in the base auditorium, March 7... MORE

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Ray Shepard, the Assistant Adjutant General- Air for West Virginia, left, and Command Chief Master Sgt. David Stevens, West Virginia Air National Guard Command Chief, right, present Airman 1st Class Pujaba Chudasama, with the James Kemp McClaughlin trophy during the 167th Airlift Wing’s Outstanding Airman of the Year ceremony March 7, 2021.

167th AW Airman Spotlight
March 12, 2021 — Airman 1st Class Pujaba Chudasama is a maintenance management analyst for the 167th Maintenance Operation Flight and the 167th Airlift Wing’s Airman Spotlight for March 2021... MORE

Airman 1st Class Pujaba Chudasama is a maintenance management analyst for the 167th Maintenance Operation Flight and the 167th Airlift Wing’s Airman Spotlight for March 2021.

Airmen voluntarily receive COVID-19 vaccine
February 10, 2021 — The West Virginia National Guard’s Task Force Medical-East conducted a vaccination clinic at the 167th Airlift Wing during the wing’s unit training assembly, Feb. 6 and 7... MORE

Staff Sgt. Katie Farrell and Staff Sgt. Ian Miller, standing, administer the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to Airmen in the 167th Airlift Wing dining facility Feb. 6, 2021. Farrell and Miller, are members of the 167th Medical Group and currently serving in the West Virginia National Guard’s Task Force Medical- East.

167th Airlift Wing Airman Spotlight February 2021
February 10, 2021 — Airman 1st Class Sage Burdette is a personnel specialist for the 167th Force Support Squadron and is the 167th Airlift Wing Airman Spotlight for February 2021... MORE

Airman 1st Class Sage Burdette is a personnel specialist for the 167th Force Support Squadron and is the 167th Airlift Wing Airman Spotlight for February 2021.

167th Airman makes a call, saves a life
November 10, 2020 — Airman 1st Class Julianne Arnold, an air transportation specialist for the 167th Airlift Wing, alerted emergency services to the home of a women battling COVID-19, Oct 15, 2020, and likely saved her life... MORE

Airman 1st Class Julianne Arnold, an air transportation specialist for the 167th Airlift Wing, alerted emergency services to the home of a women battling COVID-19, Oct 15, 2020. Arnold has been serving on the West Virginia National Guard’s epidemiology task force since August, and called the women as part of her duties assisting the Jefferson County Health Department.

167th Airmen provide COVID-19 testing and other support
October 6, 2020 — 167th Airlift Wing Airmen continue assistance to state with COVID-19 response efforts... MORE

167th Medical Group Airmen assist with COVID-19 nasal swab testing for the local community at the West Virginia University Student Recreation Center, Morgantown, W Va., Sept. 30, 2020. The Airmen are assigned to West Virginia National Guard’s task force medical team which has been assisting county health departments throughout the state during the pandemic.

167th Airlift Wing Airman Spotlight October 2020
October 6, 2020 — Maj. Lori Wyatt is the assistant chief nurse for the 167th Medical Group and the 167th Airlift Wing’s Airman Spotlight for October 2020... MORE

Maj. Lori Wyatt is the assistant chief nurse for the 167th Medical Group and the 167th Airlift Wing’s Airman Spotlight for October 2020.

Chaplain fills in for active duty priest
October 6, 2020 — 167th Airlift Wing Chaplain (Capt.) Joshua Stevens spent September at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona to offer some relief to their Chaplain Corps who was short-staffed due to deployments... MORE

Chaplain (Capt.) Joshua Stevens passed out ice cream to Airmen while serving on temporary duty at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. Stevens participated in a number of morale-building activities, counseling sessions and reintegration briefings during his month-long tour there in September 2020.

167th Airlift Wing Airman Spotlight September 2020
September 14, 2020 — Tech. Sgt. Luis Morello is the quality assurance manager for the 167th Comptroller Flight and the 167th Airlift Wing Airman Spotlight for September 2020... MORE

Tech. Sgt. Luis Morello is the quality assurance manager for the 167th Comptroller Flight and the 167th Airlift Wing Airman Spotlight for September 2020.

New tracking devices to aid in continuing study of black vultures
September 14, 2020 — Black vultures were fitted with five new tracking devices as part of an ongoing study to mitigate aviation hazards around Shepherd Field, Martinsburg, W.Va... MORE

Chad Neil, a wildlife biologist for USDA APHIS Wildlife Services-West Virginia and part of the 167th AW’s Bird/Wildlife Aircraft Strike Hazard (BASH) team, holds a black vulture that has been fitted with a transmitting device in Martinsburg, W.Va., Aug. 18, 2020.

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WV Guard aids in 2016 flood clean-up

West Virginia National Guard engineers provide home demolition for citizens of White Sulphur Springs after the June 2016 flooding that tore through the town in a "thousand-year flood." Gov. Jim Justice has activated WVNG members to aid in flood response in South Carolina after Hurricane Helene last week. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Zoe Morris)

WV Guard aids in 2016 flood clean-up

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2nd Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group (A) Change of Command

2nd Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group (A) Change of Command

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West Virginia’s first Norwegian Foot March a success

West Virginia’s first Norwegian Foot March a success

West Virginia’s first Norwegian Foot March a success

West Virginia’s first Norwegian Foot March a success

West Virginia’s first Norwegian Foot March a success

West Virginia’s first Norwegian Foot March a success

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