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  • Air to ground: a father and son rare moment

    As U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Nick Barth, a loadmaster with the 169th Airlift Squadron, Peoria, Ill., prepares a standard airdrop training bundle on a C-130 Hercules during Exercise Northern Strike on Aug. 6, 2013, he reflects on what his dad told him right before his deployment in support of

  • ‘Jabbo Chili’ wins 6th-annual chili cook off

    Tech. Sgt. Alex R. Sea, vehicle equipment maintenance specialist with the 182nd Logistics Readiness Squadron, won the sixth-annual chili cook off for overall points at the 182nd Airlift Wing, Peoria, Ill., Jan. 8, 2014.Sea defeated 12 other contestants for the second time with his Jabbo Chili

  • Peoria air guardsman receives prestigious Red Erwin Award

    A C-130 Hercules aircraft loadmaster with the 169th Airlift Squadron was awarded the Staff Sgt. Henry E. "Red" Erwin Outstanding Enlisted Aircrew Member Airman of the Year Award today."It's pretty much a major surprise. I didn't believe it," said Air Force Senior Airman Ryan J. Lane on receiving the

  • Sam's Club offer

    While military commissaries are closed due to the Government Shutdown, Sam's Club is allowing all military members with a valid military ID card to shop without a Sam's Club membership. "In appreciation for the service that military personnel provide our members and communities, Sam's Club locations

  • FREE!! What?!?! Something is FREE?? YES!!

    When: Saturday October 5th Where: Henson Robinson Zoo. Springfield, ILWhat: Fur, Feather, Fin, Fall Fling!- Free Admission to the zoo- Turtle Races (awesome!)- Animal Programs- Vendors and more! Since drill has been cancelled and all of us have an unexpected FamilyWeekend now, we thought we would

  • Where one lives makes no difference on family

    Home, according to the Encarta Dictionary, "the place where a person, family, or household lives," is a complicated thing. To love your home means that you are comfortable with it. You know what you know about it. To move out of a home is quite a test. Everything now becomes unknown. It is the

  • Training with a hope of never using it

    Participating in a mass casualty incident exercise is essentially training for something we hope never happens. Generally the outcome, regardless of how well the training goes, does not include accolades and awards for a job well done. So the greatest asset to gain is the knowledge of what works and

  • In the right place at the right time

    September 27 was your typical autumn Saturday in Bishop Hill, Illinois, a community known for the Swedish immigrants who founded the town in 1846. Tourists were shopping in the local stores, dining in the local eateries, and enjoying the fall festival held there annually. Chief Master Sgt. Adam

  • 182d Airlift Wing Family Readiness volunteer competes for National Award

    "In 1991, I made the painless transition from being a military dependent of my father to being a military dependent of my new husband. It has been a great adventure and wonderful life", said Susan Webb, spouse of Ken Webb and mother of Ben and Taylor Webb, all members assigned to the 182d Airlift

  • 'Getting to know you, getting to know all about you'

    Author Margaret J. Wheatley once said, "Successful organizations, including the Military, have learned that the higher the risk, the more necessary it is to engage everyone's commitment and intelligence." Following that logic, it is the duty of the 182nd Airlift Wing to support its frontline