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  • Air National Guard participates in a bi-national NORAD exercise

    Approximately 115 Air National Guardsmen of the 125th Fighter Wing, Jacksonville, Fla. and the 101st Air Refueling Wing, Bangor, Maine, participated in Exercise VIGILANT SHIELD 2015 at the remote location of 5 Wing Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.Exercise VIGILANT SHEILD is an annual

  • NORAD Mission Brings Support Personnel New Challenges and Experiences

    Members of the Florida Air National Guard 125th Fighter Wing deployed to participate in Exercise VIGILANT SHIELD 15 from Oct. 19-27, 2014 at 5 Wing Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. During a deployment, many individuals get to experience not only learning how to operate in a new

  • Florida Guard Airmen take part in disaster response drill at JIA

    Airmen from the 125th Fighter Wing's Civil Engineering Squadron took part in the Triennial Airport Disaster Exercise held at Jacksonville International Airport (JIA) on Oct. 1. Working with more than 20 other agencies, the Florida Air Guardsmen practiced their disaster procedures and responded to a

  • Finance and Contracting Airmen keep the missions going behind the scenes

    Contracting has a role in just about every part of day-to-day operations in the Florida Air National Guard.  As the office that approves and buys all commodities, services, and construction that is needed - the four Airmen that work in contracting stay busy.  There is a lot of work that goes into

  • Inaugural ceremony honors CCAF graduates

    Friends, families and fellow Airmen gathered in the dining facility here to honor these Airmen who had earned their degrees through the Community College of the Air Force. Dr. David Garner, the associate dean of arts and sciences at Florida State College Jacksonville, spoke about how education

  • An Unforgettable Independence Day

    The Florida Air National Guard's Lt. Col. Sandy Lindsay, recently spent a holiday with a medical team transporting injured military personnel home from the battlefield.Lindsay, a 125th Fighter Wing Critical Care Nurse, is deployed as a part of the Critical Care Air Transport Team (CCATT). The team

  • 159th Weather Flight supports Florida Army National Guard during exercise

    Members of Florida Air National Guard's 159th Weather Flight provided up-to-date tactical weather information for the Florida Army National Guard's 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team and 111th Aviation Regiment during combat training exercises that began in mid-July."We support the 53rd IBCT with

  • Director of Air National Guard Clarke visits 125th Fighter Wing

    The general met with 125th Fighter Wing leaders, including Commander Col. Brian Simpler and his staff, and personally thanked enlisted Airmen upon his arrival at the Jacksonville base. The Airmen, selected from departments throughout the fighter wing, were chosen by their supervisors for being