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192nd Wing Features

  • Happy New Year and Farewell

    My association with the 192nd Wing has been amazing! From military spouse, to AFRPM contractor to Title 5 (Whoo-Hoo!), the 192nd Wing has been a major part of my life for about 37 years! I have met some incredible people in this wing and have shared some amazing experiences with you over these

  • Voices of the VaANG: Master Sgt. Tamara Swift

    “Being a good steward in the community is part of who we are. I definitely feel like community service is one of the most important things I do because I know I’m not the only person in this world who’s ever needed to reach out. For probably the last six or seven years, I’ve coordinated the

  • Voices of the VaANG: Airman 1st Class Lamaas Bey

    “I guess for me it was about working with something I had never worked with before. Then, I thought about if I were to leave the military, would I be able to get a good paying job outside? Those were the two factors that really steered me towards working on the F-22. Learning something new and what

  • Voices of the VaANG: Airman 1st Class Jesse Lykins

    “Music was my obsession from elementary school all the way to being a [music] teacher. But being in service to the country, to the state, and having wingmen, to me is literally the ultimate thing you can do to be a good person and to serve other people. When you’re a musician, a lot of it is all

  • Voices of the VaANG: Chief Master Sgt. Christopher Amburn (Part 3/3)

    “I just want to be known as that chief who genuinely cared — like ‘that dude just cared for people.’ I love our Airmen! Oh my gosh! Talk about a hard decision; this is the hardest decision I’ve ever made in my life. Our Airmen are just so much more to me than maintainers, security forces, supply, or

  • Voices of the VaANG: Chief Master Sgt. Christopher Amburn (Part 2/3)

    “When the boss and I would go speak at ALS (Airman Leadership School), FTAC (First Term Airmen Course), or one of these Newcomers’ Orientations, Col. Piper got to where he would say ‘Alright, I’ve said my words; I want to leave the rest of the time for Chief Church.’"

  • Voices of the VaANG: Chief Master Sgt. Christopher Amburn (Part 1/3)

    “My Air Force story is one of resiliency. What I mean by that is, becoming an American Airman saved my life! I wasn’t necessarily on a good path when I was a senior in high school. My mother worked in a cotton mill, and my dad worked in a plant making air compressors. All of my buddies were getting

  • Voices of the VaANG: Master Sgt. Angela Wilson

    “When I graduated [in 2008], I made history as the oldest person to ever graduate Air Force basic training. I had my 40th birthday while we were at Warrior Week. So, of course we’re all marching out there and the whole flight is saying ‘happy birthday!’ It was really a nice, kind of tear-jerker

  • Voices of the VaANG: Staff Sgt. Lisa Williams

    “I ended up in the Navy after graduating with my first master’s degree during the recession. When I got out, it was difficult finding work because my job in the Navy was very specific to Aegis ships. A degree in mental health and experience in the Aegis computer network didn’t give me a lot to go

  • Voices of the VaANG: Senior Airman Gabrielle Yates

    “It could just be the way I grew up. My mom is a single mom, and I tell you, the woman can do anything she wants. She literally learned how to tile our living room floor because she didn’t want to pay someone to do it. She re-shingled the roof, she repaved the driveway. She always said ‘why would I

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