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  • Cadets Keep in Step at Drill Competition

    Sharply dressed uniformed participants in polished dress shoes marching in formation come to a stomping halt. The young men and women are the epitome of having military bearing and these young men and women are not servicemembers. They are high school students, and competitors in the 10th annual

  • Diligence, Vigilance, and Common Sense

    During the holiday season it is easy to become complacent or distracted by events and all the many "to do" items on our lists. In the fight against global terrorism, those who may wish to do harm are ever watching and know this may be a time of weakness for service members and their families.Now, it

  • Copperheads Race for the Cure

    Community support is always at the forefront of Arizona's Air National Guardsmen, but when it comes to rallying around one of their own, they just don't walk, but run to provide support. On October 11, 2009, members of the 161st Air Refueling Wing (Copperheads), Phoenix, Arizona joined survivor and

  • FACA Tours 161st

    A group of retired Forward Air Controllers toured the base here May 13. The group consisted of about twenty members of the national Forward Air Controllers Association. There are about sixty members located in Arizona of about twenty who meet once a month to share stories and continue the sense of

  • FINI FLIGHT

    Col. William E. Anderson, outgoing commander of 161st Air Refueling Wing, took off here as navigator in a KC-135 March 5 for his final flight before retiring. Anderson navigated the air refueling tanker to Albuquerque, NM where they refueled two F-16s and then returned to Phoenix. Upon exiting the