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  • F-22 Raptor Provides Refuge for Honey Bees

    192nd Fighter Wing Aircraft Maintainers were bemused when they found a swarm of honey bees hanging from the exhaust nozzle of an F-22 Raptor engine following flight operations at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia  on June 11, 2016.Initially, everyone's reaction was to run and find someone who

  • Virginia Air National Guard Promotes Newest General

    U.S. Air Force Col. Robert J. Grey, Virginia Assistant Adjutant General, Air and Strategic Initiatives, is promoted to brigadier general June 16, 2016, at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, 149th Fighter Wing, Hampton, Virginia. His wife, Francine, son, Bobby, and daughter, Samantha, pin on his new rank

  • 149th Fighter Squadron welcomes new commander

    The Virginia Air National Guard 192nd Fighter Wing welcomed Lt. Col. Darren "Whip" Gray, former Director of Operations of the 149th Fighter Squadron, as the new 149th Fighter Squadron commander during a change of command ceremony June 12, 2016 at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia. Gray took

  • DFC ‘forward deploys’ with Soldiers for RED FLAG-Alaska 16-2

    The deployed forces commander in charge of RED FLAG-Alaska 16-2 “forward deployed” to observe U.S. Army involvement along with close air support June 8 in the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex.It was the first time in six years a DFC visited the field to take in first-hand operations from the

  • 192nd Operations Support Squadron welcomes new commander

    The 192nd Fighter Wing Operations Support Squadron celebrated a change of command ceremony Feb. 27, 2016 at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia. Lt. Col. Christopher G. Batterton assumed command of the 192nd OSS from Lt. Col. Steven S. Alexander."The past few years have been an amazing experience as