ANG broadens path to leadership positions

The Air National Guard is changing and formalizing the application process for enlisted members applying for commissions.The changes are ideal, in the opinion of SrA Elizabeth Pollard from the Logistics and Readiness Squadron, who aspires to someday be an officer. "The biggest challenge is not

Coyote Log goes digital

Forbes flies into race for new aircraft

The 190th ARW is among the final competitors to be named the first Air National Guard KC-46 Wing."If we are selected to receive the new tanker, it will expand our potential for new missions," said Maj. Gen. Lee Tafanelli, Kansas adjutant general. "Tankers perform air refueling missions vital to the

Medical Group earns 96% in HSI

Medical Group earns 96% in HSIThe test came back positive: The 190th Medical Group earned a 96 percent on their recent Health Services Inspection."The results of the inspection represent months of planning, training and hard work by Medical Group personnel," wrote 190th Air Refueling Wing Commander

Summer safety is not an afterthought

The 2011 fatality statistics reported by the Air Force Safety Center already include a significant number of recreational, motorcycle, and motor vehicle fatalities. Each of the Airmen in these accidents have family members and friends whose lives have been permanently altered.In 2011, only one 190th

Clergy take flight

Japanese tsunami's impact on 190th missions

With the ferocity of Kansas weather, it's not uncommon for a mission to be impacted by thunderstorms, wind or even the occasional blizzard. However, it's not often that a 190th mission is affected by a tsunami, but that's exactly what happened following the massive earthquake and resulting tsunami

Missile defense system concludes first operational mission

It's been said that there are only two kinds of aircraft: fighters and targets. While that is an exaggeration there is some truth to the statement and even more so when referencing military aircraft. When it comes to aerial combat the 190th's KC-135R Stratotanker, with no weapons and no defenses,

190th first to test tanker countermeasures

The 190th Air Refueling Wing is helping to solve a 50-year-old question: how an aircraft that carries 200,000 pounds of fuel can fly safely into a combat zone?In the long history of the KC-135, the solution to missile attacks was a luxurious padding of airspace - they didn't enter enemy areas. The

190th illuminates possibilities for aeromedical missions

The aircraft of the 190th ARW fly diverse missions all over the world, carrying cargo and refueling other aircraft. For the last several years our Stratotankers have also participated in aeromedical missions by lifting medical patients out of the Middle East and to hospitals around the United