Orphanage construction builds friends in Latvia

Coyotes engineer a better life for orphans in Latvia while deterring aggression at the same time.The 190th Civil Engineering Squadron spent most of June in Daugavpils, Latvia, working with Latvian military engineers renovating an orphanage.Funded by European Command, this humanitarian civic

Wylie Coyote takes the cake

Selanders takes command of KSANG

The Kansas Air National Guard welcomed its new commander, Col. Jay Selanders, and bid a bittersweet farewell to predecessor Brig. Gen. Bradley Link in a ceremony at Kansas Joint Force Headquarters Oct. 5.Link retired after more than 30 years of service, most recently serving as the assistant

35 years of Air Refueling experience.

CE rebuilds Armenian structures

"Reserve all judgements until after you've had at least a few hours sleep."  That is how Lt. Colonel Jacob Salmond started the 190th Civil Engineering Squadron's (CES) time in Darbas, Armenia. The group arrived at the school house they would spend the next two weeks renovating at 3:00 a.m. after a

190th climbs aboard maritime exercise

Members of the 190th Air Refueling Wing joined the largest intenational maritime exercise in the world this July.RIMPAC, or Rim of the Pacific, is a bi-yearly exercise based primarily around the Hawaiian Islands. About 20 Coyotes  joined 25,000 other participants, 25 nations, about 50 naval vessels

Wing earns Distinguished Flying Unit ... again

The National Guard Bureau recently announced the 190th Air Refueling Wing as the recipient of the 2013 Distinguished Flying Unit Award. Every flying unit in the country is eligible to apply, but this is the third year out of the past five the 190th won."The award is based on the culmination of work

Services wins food fight

Airmen of the 190th Air Refueling Wing's Force Support Squadron, Sustainment Services Flight were presented with the Air National Guard Senior Master Sgt. Kenneth W. Disney Food Service Award at a ceremony in Chicago at the end of May.The award followed a challenging inspection. Unit members across

Coyotes walk for a cure for breast cancer

Members of the 190th Air Refueling Wing never back down from a challenge. That proved to be the case when Maj. Joe Blubaugh challenged fellow wing members to donate $500 to the 190th Making Strides Against Breast Cancer team. Their reward was seeing Blubaugh get his head shaved by SMSgt Dena Swisher

Oldest jet in the Air Force returns home

The oldest jet in the Air Force has returned home to the 190 Air Refueling Wing after being on loan to the active duty Air Force in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.The KC-135 Stratotanker, 57-1419, was located in Southwest Asia on a 60-day deployment. Technical Sgt. Michael Tremblay, the