RECENTLY, NEARLY 70 MEMBERS OF THE 136TH AIRLIFT WING returned home in a C130H Hercules after completing a deployment to Kuwait. Maj Gen Thomas Suelzer, Deputy Adjutant General – Air, and other 136th Airlift Wing senior leaders met the maintainers and air crew as they returned from supporting Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, a coalition mission to train, advise, and assist Afghan National Defense and Security Forces. (Photo courtesy of the 136th Airlift Wing)
AUSTIN
FORT WORTH
THE TEXAS NATIONAL GUARD JOINT COUNTERDRUG TASK FORCE GROUND RECONNAISSANCE DETACHMENT trains new personnel on water survival tactics Jan. 6, 2021 in Austin, Texas. The training is part of a three-month process to prepare the service members for maximizing their support to law enforcement investigations throughout the state. (Photo by MSG Michael Leslie)
HOUSTON MEMBERS OF THE 147TH ATTACK WING AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE SQUADRON participated in the 1st Annual Ellington Day at the Lonestar Flight Museum. The Maintainers answered questions and talked to more than 500 attendees about the MQ-9 Reaper and the 147th Attack Wing. (Photo courtesy of the 147th Attack Wing)
ABILENE
MAJ THOMAS WERNER, an instructor pilot at the 149th Fighter Wing, is proof of how Gunfighters excellence rises to the top! Werner will be joining the one and only Air Force Thunderbirds as Thunderbird 7 and serving as the team’s operations officer starting in June 2021. (Photo courtesy of the 149th Fighter Wing)
SAN ANTONIO
TEXAS NATIONAL GUARD SOLDIERS gather after delivering cots to a warming center during extreme winter weather conditions in Abilene, Texas. Service members from the Texas Army, Air and State Guards worked in support of the Texas Department of Public Safety and Texas Division of Emergency Management transporting personal to safety, assisting stranded motorists, clearing roadways, manning warming centers, transporting critical infrastructure personnel to work, and delivering basic commodities like water, food, blankets, and oxygen to Texans in need, February 12-20, 2021. (Photo by SSG Yvonne Ontiveros) 12 | N a t i o n a l G u a r d A s s o c i a t i o n o f T e x a s
SAN ANTONIO
H Spring 2021
TSGT DESIREE NG, a 149th Medical Group Medical Technician administers a COVID-19 vaccination, at Joint Base San AntonioLackland, Texas. The 149th Medical Group is ensuring that we keep our Airmen healthy and vaccinated so that they can be ready to meet the mission needs of the Air Force. (Photo by SSgt Derek Davis)
