• Back to the Hometown

    In the course of your career as an Air Guardsman you may reach unique accomplishments within the ranks. Often, you may receive congratulations from coworkers and superiors, but what of your supporters outside the fence line? Time and again our friends and family prove to be our loudest supporters;

  • Where is the Straight Talk?

    When disaster strikes, the number one commodity becomes information. Far too often in these situations there is the potential in the world of media for information to be given out at uncomfortably slow amounts of time, or even given out erroneously to beat a deadline. However, the 182nd Airlift Wing

  • The 182nd’s Service in Humanitarian Relief Efforts

    In a true sense of benevolence, the United States conducts initiatives that support impoverished nations who have been plagued by disaster and turmoil. One of these platforms is the Denton Program, which, as described by the Department of Defense, is made "to allow U.S. based non-governmental

  • A Day in the Life of a Services Member

    You may only see our faces twice a month during lunch, but our mission is a full-time endeavor. A Services member UTA starts not on Saturday, but rather weeks prior. In addition to creating meal plans, the nutritional values for those meal plans, and food orders, we are constantly working with a

  • The 182nd's Illinois Outstanding Airman of the Year

    The 2013 Illinois Outstanding Airman of Year award was presented to Senior Airman Alexander Corwin on January 6th, 2013. Airman Corwin is a Traditional Guardsman with the 182nd Maintenance Squadron, 182nd Airlift Wing, at the Peoria Air National Guard Base. Airman Corwin currently serves as an

  • First Christmas with the Guard Family

    As with many years past and many more to come, December UTA brought a Christmas party for the 182d Airlift Wing family to our very own hangar. Following a Commander's Call by Colonel William Robertson, the base populace was released to enjoy the Christmas festivities with their families, including

  • Lifeblood of the Mission

    When Airman First Class Samantha Copeland arrived at the 182d Airlift Wing last month from her Technical School, she was introduced to not only a unique career field, but a distinctive working environment as well in the 182d Logistics Readiness Squadron's Fuels Flight. "I really like the Guard as a

  • Former C-130 Crew Chief Visits 182nd

    Mr. Christopher Schutz, a former crew chief of the C-130E Hercules that stands in the 182nd Airlift Wing Air Park, visited the base on Wednesday, September 26, 2012, and he had the tremendously rare opportunity to visit the aircraft he helped maintain nearly fifty years ago. The trip which Mr.

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