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  • New Leaders Graduate from Satellite NCO Academy

    McGHEE TYSON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Tenn. -- Six Airmen from the 143d Airlift Wing were among 125 Airmen from 14 units who graduated from the Satellite Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) Academy Class 12-2 in a ceremony held at The I.G. Brown Air National Guard Training and Education Center December

  • Bruins Stop by for Military Appreciation

    Last Wednesday players and staff members from the Providence Bruins Hockey Team and staff members from the Boston Bruins Hockey Team stopped into Quonset Air National Guard Base to visit members of the Rhode Island National Guard to show their appreciation for the selfless service of the Airmen and

  • Joint Information Center - A "Purple" Place

    During Hurricane Sandy, members of the Rhode Island Air National Guard's 143d Airlift Wing Public Affairs and the Rhode Island Army National Guard's 110th Public Affairs Detachment formed the Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency's (RIEMA) Joint Information Center (JIC). The team worked in

  • A Conversation with the Director of the Satellite P.M.E.

    Recently Tech Sgt. Arthur DesLauriers of the 143d Public Affairs Staff had the opportunity to talk with Senior Master Sgt. Andrew Traugot, Director of Satellite Professional Military Education (PME). SMSgt. Traugot visited the 143d to observe the Non-Commissioned Officers (NCO) attending the

  • Team Rhody is Mission Ready

    This summer the 143d Airlift Wing joined forces with the 107th Airlift Wing and the 914th Air Reserve Wing, both of Niagara, New York, to form the 125th Air Expeditionary Wing for an Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI). After well over a year of planning and coordination, home station and

  • Hard Work Pays Off in More Ways than One!

    The National Guard Association of Rhode Island announced that through the efforts of the 2009 Rhode Island National Guard Open House Air Show held here in June they have donated $100,000.00 to the Hasbro Children's Hospital and $42,000 to other local charities. This brings the total donations over

  • Preparing for Basic Military Training

    On September 20, 14 Rhode Island Air National Guard recruits attentively sat at a table as Technical Sergeant Greg Grutter of the 143d Security Forces disassembled a 9 mm handgun. For many, it was their first time handling a weapon, but they knew it would not be their last. The students were part

  • "I'm All In - Are You?" New Command Chief Hits Ground Running

    Chief Master Sergeant William McGovern, Jr., the newly appointed 143d Command Chief, is settling into his new office in P-1 here at Quonset, but doesn't plan on sitting still too long."I want to be remembered as an engaged Chief, in tune with the enlisted force. I want to roll up my sleeves and get

  • Former 143d Airlift Wing Commander Receives Second Star

    Major General Thomas J. Haynes stood at attention as his own two star flag was unfurled for the first time on March 7, 2009. In a ceremony held at the Rhode Island State House, the rotunda was filled with well wishers from all aspects of his career, including Airmen and women from the 143d Airlift