• ID Card Services Closed

    The Military Customer Service section is closed until further notice due tothe current government shutdown. Due to the closing, Military, Retiree andDependent Identification Cards will not be issued until further notice. Wewill provide updates on the status of these operations on the 182nd

  • Notice for Furloughed Technicians

    If you choose to apply for unemployment insurance benefits, you should go towww.ides.illinois.gov . If you go to an IDES location, you will be directed to file online. Please be preparedto identify how much wages you received in each of the last five completedquarters of the past year. As before,

  • Director of the Air National Guard visits Illinois Units

    Lt. Gen. Stanley E. Clarke III, Director of the Air National Guard, visited the three operational wings of the Illinois Air National Guard located throughout the state, during a two day visit to Illinois that began Sept. 7.The director made the trip as part of his initiative to get out to

  • 182nd Command Chief retires after 41 years

    On August 17, 2013, Chief Master Sgt. Stephen James Eakle will retire after 41 years of service in the U.S. Armed Forces. Chief Eakle enlisted in the Illinois Air National Guard in June of 1972. He has served in multiple career fields that include security, training, medical, and logistics. Four

  • 24 hours for the fallen

    They are our quiet professionals who are surgical with their skill sets and unrelenting in their delivery. Their "Death on Call" motto is not spoken lightly from their mouths and the gravity of their mission outweighs the recognition and respect they will never ask for, but unequivocally deserve.

  • 182nd Airlift Wing Receives New Virtual Reality Simulator

    At first look, the virtual reality parachute simulator looks like a giant baby bouncer made of metal, tethers, and wires. However, rather than train babies to stand, the state of the art piece of equipment teaches adults to fall. This model is the latest pursuit to teach military service members how

  • Outstanding Family Support Earns Recognition

    On Feb. 2, 2013, Mrs. Susan Webb and Mrs. Margaret Miller were presented awards by 182nd Airlift Wing Commander Col. William Robertson and Brig. Gen. William Cobetto, Assistant Adjutant General - Air, Illinois National Guard, during the commander's call at the Peoria Air National Guard Base. The

  • 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

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