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  • Air Force Memorial turns 16

    Honoring the service of the personnel of the United States Air Force and its heritage organizations, the U.S. Air Force Memorial turns 16.

  • Message from new 182nd Airlift Wing SARC, Samantha Harris, March 4, 2022

    U.S. Air Force civilian Samantha Harris, the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Coordinator with the 182nd Airlift Wing, Illinois Air National Guard, and wing command Col. Daniel McDonough deliver a message to the wing’s Airmen about sexual assault prevention and response in Peoria, Illinois,

  • Not Every Hero Wears a Cape. Plan and Practice Your Escape™

    We’ve made many technological advancements in fire prevention and safety over the last 100 years, but one of the most important and one of the most low-tech aspects of fire safety hasn’t changed, and that is having a plan. What do I mean by "have a plan?"Have an escape plan to get out of wherever

  • I’m not running for myself

    My feet hit the ground and within a large team of people I start my run. I’m grateful for the sun and forgiving weather, but even on a dreary day I would still be here running.Maybe it was the sun shining light in support and for a bright change, and if it was raining I would’ve seen it as the rain

  • A Uniform: The Cloth of Our Nation

    Back in 1981, our unit did our two-week annual training at Davis–Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Ariz. I was 21. It was a community relations mission, indoor concert, at a retirement home. I remember this so clearly.A resident came up to me — a woman, an elderly woman — and she looked at me, and

  • How the military saved my college career

    I always talked about joining the Air National Guard in high school, but education was so engrained in me growing up that I didn’t think twice about college when the time came. I packed up, headed for the University of Illinois at Springfield and quickly learned that it was going to be very

  • Our community stands ready for disaster

    Our community stands ready when disaster strikes. Under a Mutual Aid Box Alarm System, or MABAS, umbrella, Peoria County agencies plan, prepare, train and respond to a multitude of incidents and emergencies all over the county. Thirty-eight agencies and more than 200 exercise participants took part