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  • Civilian Tom McBurney, a state employee in operations and maintenance at Yeager Airbase, Charleston, W.Va., works to remove snow, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010. State employees worked extended hours to remove snow and keep 130th Airlift Wing of the West Virginia Air National Guard operations up and running. Snow and emergency service started December 2010 and operations and maintenance has accrued nearly 300 hours of overtime. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. William Hinamon/Released)

    No business like snow business

    Clearing an airfield of snow is no easy task."We've had crew out here from 7:00 last night until 9 o'clock this morning. They're pushing snow all night long, keeping the taxi line clear to where flight operations can continue," said Dave Rectenwald, Superintendant of State Operations and Maintenance. In spite of a winter storm that blasted the
  • West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin, III, points out the name of a fallen hero in the Vietnam War, TUESDAY, Nov. 10, 2009, at a rededication ceremony for the Veterans Memorial in Charleston, W.VA. Veterans and current National Guard members from each branch of the service were in attendance for the morning ceremony. (Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Phyllis E. Keith/Released)

    West Virginia National Guard supports rededication of Veterans Memorial

    Over 80 members of the West Virginia Air and Army National Guard turned out to witness the rededication of the Veterans Memorial at the State Capitol in Charleston, W.Va., Nov. 10, 2009, the day before Veterans Day.Lt. Col. David Rabel, Deputy Wing Commander of the 130th Airlift Wing, remarked, "It is a privilege and an honor to be here on this
  • Senior Scout, a pallet-mounted communications and electronic intelligence system, is loaded onto a West Virginia Air National Guard C-130H3 Hercules aircraft, Aug. 17, 2009. The 130th Airlift Wing out of Charleston, W.Va. deployed to Salt Lake City, Utah for one month to participate in testing. Note the antenna arrays that were permanently attached to the paratroop door. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Debbie Turrill released)

    Aircrews deploy to Utah to test Senior Scout system

    Aircrew members from the 130th Airlift Wing in Charleston, W.Va., deployed with one aircraft to Salt Lake City International Airport in Utah from July 28 to August 24, 2009 to test Senior Scout, a containerized intelligence facility that has been compartmentalized for installation in a standard C-130E or H."Senior Scout is one big modular unit that

  • Equal Opportunity in the Air National Guard

    What does the base Equal Opportunity (EO) office do? What exactly is their purpose and who are they? The base Equal Opportunity Office is staffed by Capt. Spickler, 1st Lt. Frye, 2nd Lt. Richards, and Master Sgt. Smith. Their goal is to enforce and manage the commander's commitment to an environment free from unlawful discrimination (discrimination
  • Senior Airman Nathan Ansell and Master Sgt. Daryl Smith learn how to make repairs on generators, Feb. 3. Both Air National Guardsmen are assigned to the 130th Airlift Wing, Civil Engineering Squadron, and are currently being trained to join the 474th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron, which maintains Joint Task Force Guantanamo’s Camp Justice and Expeditionary Legal Complex. JTF Guantanamo conducts safe, humane, legal and transparent care and custody of detained enemy combatants, including those convicted by military commission and those ordered released. The JTF conducts intelligence collection, analysis and dissemination for the protection of detainees and personnel working in JTF Guantanamo facilities and in support of the Global War on Terror. JTF Guantanamo provides support to the Office of Military Commissions, to law enforcement and to war crimes investigations. The JTF conducts planning for and, on order, responds to Caribbean mass migration operations.

    474th: New Airmen to continue the mission

    The Wire Volume 10, Issue 1 February 27, 2009 - New faces can be found around Camp Justice with the arrival of a new Air Force Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron. The new squadron is mostly comprised of airmen from the West Virginia Air National Guard but a few are also from the Michigan and Hawaii Air National Guard. "Our main goal is to

  • West Virginia National Guardsmen Support 2009 Gubernatorial Inauguration

    Joseph Manchin III was sworn in January 19, 2009, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, on the State Capital North Portico steps as West Virginia's 34th governor. Army and Air National Guardsmen gave exponential support throughout the honored celebration. The inaugural celebration started Sunday with an Ecumenical Mass at Sacred Heart Co-Cathedral in

  • Hot Chocolate for the Road?

    Plenty of people enjoy a nice hot chocolate on a cold, snowy day, but emergency crews were going to have to make their own on Monday, February 2. Pinch Volunteer Fire Department Capt. Doug Douglas arrived on site as the scene commander after a tractor-trailer overturned sending almost 43,000 pounds of cocoa powder over Interstate 79 near Elkview.

  • Section Spotlight: Aerial Port

    The 130th Airlift Wing Aerial Port Operations is a section among others in the unit that received an "Excellent" rating during the 2008 Operational Readiness Inspection. Some of the section responsibilities include passenger processing, aircraft cargo build-up, loading and unloading aircraft, parachute packing, airdrop load build-up and recovering
  • U.S. Air Force 130th Airlift Wing Air National Guardsmen return home Feb. 18, 2009, to Air National Guard Base Yeager in Charleston, W.V., after a lengthy deployment to Bagram, Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. William John Hinamon/Released)

    130th AW Members Return from Afghanistan

    Approximately 200 airmen from the 130th Airlift Wing returned home to Charleston, West Virginia late February following a deployment to Afghanistan. Members left home the beginning of January to support Operation Enduring Freedom as part of their Aerospace Expeditionary Force (AEF) mission. The AEF concept of continually deploying Air units on a

  • The WV National Guard Celebrates Black History Month: An Inspirational Story from One of Our Own

    February is Black History Month, a time to commemorate African-Americans who have changed the world. Lt. Col. Kenneth Hale of the 130th Airlift Wing has a story to truly inspire West Virginians. "It is indeed an honor and privilege to carry the torch of freedom. I know I stand tall because I stand on my father's shoulders and the shoulders of many
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