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  • Building the crew - the navigators

    (This is the third in a five-part series on C-130 flight crews.)Most modern vehicles come with an option for an electronic vehicle navigation system that allows a driver to plot a route to their destination to avoid traffic congestion and show way points such as gas stations or rest areas and

  • CAP cadets fly with the 120th AW

    14 members of the Malmstrom Air Force Base Composite Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol visited the 120th Airlift Wing of the Montana Air National Guard September 13.During the visit CAP cadets and leaders received a tour of the base operations group building, sat in the wing's aircraft training

  • 3rd generation Airman joins MTANG

    Tyler LaPierre stood in the cargo hold of a C-130 Hercules transport aircraft parked on the ramp of the 120th Airlift Wing, raised his right hand and repeated the oath of enlistment in front of his family and future coworkers the afternoon of August 31.Tyler may be the newest member of the Montana

  • Command information

    Greetings from the 120th Medical Group, home of the Big Sky Medics, the best medical group in the Air National Guard! If you haven't heard, the 120th MDG was recently recognized by the National Guard Bureau as being the number one medical group in the Air National Guard, out of 73 total medical

  • Services personnel train in the great outdoors

    Members of the 120th Sustainment Services Flight received much of their formal training outside during the three-day drill held on base Aug. 6-8, 2016 at the 120th Airlift Wing.The services professionals cooked meals using their new Disaster Relief Mobile Kitchen Trailer (DRMKT), constructed Alaska

  • 120th Medical Group top rated

    The 120th Medical Group was rated the top medical group in the Air National Guard for 2015 after an inspection by the National Guard Bureau Joint Surgeon's Office.Nine areas at the clinic were inspected without the unit's knowledge."We weren't actually preparing for any type of inspection," said

  • Building the crew - flight engineers

    (This is the second of a five-part series)When a vehicle develops mechanical problems while driving cross country AAA recommends exiting onto the far right shoulder, as far off the road as possible, turning on the emergency flashers, raising the vehicle's hood and remaining in the vehicle until a

  • 120th AW Quarterly Awards presented

    120th Airlift Wing personnel identified as top performers for the third quarter of fiscal year 2016 were presented with awards during the regularly scheduled drill August 13 here.The quarterly awards were announced during a commander's call held in the Larsen Room of the Wing Headquarters Building.

  • Total Force takes on Air Force Marathon

    Training has begun for 17 runners in preparation for the 20th annual Air Force Marathon scheduled September 17 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.Maj. Michael Loy, 120th Airlift Wing maintenance group operations officer and marathon troop commander, collected a team representing the

  • Protocol class conducted at 120AW

    Seventeen 120th Airlift Wing Airmen learned rules of conduct from an experienced U.S. Air Force Services Agency instructor during a protocol fundamentals class held on base in the 120th Airlift Wing's Larsen Room July 24-29, 2016.Special Events Director Maggie Bonner shared stories of her decades of