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  • Senior Airman Joseph A. Moran (left) and Airman 1st Class Zina R. Allred work as a team replacing an antenna pedestal on the color weather radar of a KC-135 Stratotanker at the 313th Air Expeditionary Wing on July 5, 2011, in Western Europe.

    Teamwork gets the job done

    Senior Airman Joseph A. Moran and Airman 1st Class Zina R. Allred work together as a team to complete critical aircraft maintenance. Moran's home unit is the 134th Air Refueling Wing in Knoxville, Tenn. and Allred is from the 151 ARW in Salt Lake City, Utah. Both are traditional guard members who share the same Air Force Specialty Code, aircraft
  • Airman 1st Class Kristin Love marshals a KC-135 "Stratotanker" off the parking ramp prior to take-off at the 313th Air Expeditionary Wing in Western Europe on July 4, 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. John P. Capra)

    Marshalling for Flight

  • Brig. Gen. Roy E. Uptegraff, Commander 313th Air Expeditionary Wing (left) and Col. Ted Metzgar, Commander 128th Air Refueling Wing discuss dynamics of operations at the 313 AEW prior to Col. Metzgar assuming command of the wing on June 14, 2011 in Western Europe (U.S. Air Force Photo/Capt. John P. Capra)

    Milwaukee team to support "Operation Unified Protector"

    Col. Ted Metzgar, Commander 128th Air Refueling Wing and a number of his unit members and senior staff departed Milwaukee on June 10, 2011 in support of "Operation Unified Protector" in Western Europe.The team was picked up in Milwaukee by the 190th Air Refueling Wing, Kansas Air National Guard on a KC-135 "Stratotanker" on their way to support the
  • Sixty-Five Airmen and family members from the 128th Air Refueling Wing gather in front of an under-construction house in Milwaukee during a volunteer effort with Habitat for Humanity on Saturday, June 4, 2011. The Airmen hanged drywall in four houses. 1st Lt. Gregory Damask, the 128th Air Refueling Wing Logistics Readiness Officer, organized the volunteer effort, and he looks forward to Airmen from the 128 ARW volunteering with Habitat for Humanity next year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Kenneth Pagel / Released)

    Milwaukee Airmen Volunteer with Habitat for Humanity

    Sixty-five Airmen and family members from the 128th Air Refueling Wing volunteered to help Habitat for Humanity renovate four houses on North First Street on Saturday, June 4, 2011.The Airmen placed drywall in the houses from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m., said 2nd Lt. Gregory Damask, the logistics readiness officer for the 128th Logistics Readiness
  • Airman Steven Penkert and Staff Sgt. Matthew Bohlen, both assigned to the 128th Air Refueling Wing Force Support Squadron, recover a simulated corpse during a Search and Recovery training exercise at Gen. Mitchell International Airport on Sunday, June 26, 2011. The training program is an annual event that prepares Airmen for their roles as members of the Search and Recovery Team, which is responsible for recovering deceased service members at incident sites; the team is led by the mortuary affairs officer. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jeremy Wilson / Released)

    128th FSS Conducts Search and Recovery Training

    A line of Airmen meticulously moves across a grassy field. Step by step, the Airmen lower themselves to the ground while they part the grass with their hands.Armed only with latex gloves and dust masks, the Airmen continue their search until a voice is heard."Find," an Airman calls out.As the other Airmen continue their search, a training monitor
  • MILWAUKEE--Three members of the 128th Air Refueling Wing's Life Support shop instruct several 128th Air Refueling Wing aircrew personnel in the use of land navigation techniques during an annual training event on Saturday, June 25, 2011. The annual training event covered various aspects of an aircrew's ability to survive in adverse situations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Kenneth Pagel / Released)

    Milwaukee Air Guard Aircrew Trains to Survive

    The 128th Air Refueling Wing's KC-135R aircrew conducted their annual survival training in the local Milwaukee community on Saturday, June 25, 2011. The training reinforced combat and water survival tactics in the event an aircrew member is forced to endure in such a scenario, said Staff Sgt. Jenna Hildebrand, a 128th Air Refueling Wing Life
  • Col. Edward E. Metzgar, 313th Air Expeditionary Wing commander, along with his senior staff members render hand salute as Maj. Gen. Margaret H. Woodward, Commander, 17th Air Force (U.S. Air Forces Africa) arrive at an air base in Western Europe on June 21, 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. John P. Capra)

    Maj. Gen. Margaret H. Woodward Visits, Thanks Airmen of 313th AEW

    Maj. Gen. Margaret H. Woodward, Commander, 17th Air Force and U.S. Air Forces Africa visited Airmen serving with the 313th Air Expeditionary Wing June 21 to thank them for their service and meet with unit commanders.Upon Maj. Gen. Woodward's arrival, she was greeted by Col. Edward E. Metzgar, 313th Air Expeditionary Wing commander, along with other
  • Airman of the 313th Air Expeditionary Wing enjoy a traditional summertime treat of hamburgers, hot dogs, potato salad, and baked beans prepared for them by senior enlisted leadership on June 16, 2011 in Western Europe. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Capt. John P. Capra)

    Senior enlisted members sponsor "burger burn"

    Senior enlisted members of the 313th Air Expeditionary Wing hosted a "burger burn" for the wing. Command Chief Master Sgts. Victor Guerra and Joseph A. Parlato worked with 496th Air Base Squadron Services Flight to arrange for burgers, hot dogs, potato salad, baked beans and soft drinks. Airmen gathered on the veranda to enjoy the typical American

  • Red Cross Eases Access to Emergency Communication Services

    As part of an ongoing effort to better serve the military community, the American Red Cross will move to a single telephone number for its emergency communication services next month. Beginning June 13 at 8 a.m. EDT, service members and their families can use one toll-free number -- 877-272-7337 -- to send an urgent message to a service member.
  • Members of Milwaukee's128th Air Refueling Wing Honor Guard present the colors during the ESGR breakfast held at the Wisconsin Club in downtown Milwaukee, May 16, 2011. Each year the Milwaukee Armed Forces Committee and Wisconsin Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) recognize the men and women who serve the armed forces and the employers that support them. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Thomas J Sobczyk / Released

    Armed Forces Week opens recognizing service members and their employers.

    Each year the Milwaukee Armed Forces Committee along with the Wisconsin Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) kicks off Armed Forces Week by recognizing the men and women who serve the armed forces and the employers that support them. The ESGR breakfast takes place at the Wisconsin Club in downtown Milwaukee and addresses
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