177th Fighter Wing | New Jersey Air National Guard

Chaplain's servant leadership path leads to Air National Guard service

MORRIS AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Arizona -- The date Aug. 7, 1998 will forever be a day that Maj. Nathan Mestler, Arizona National Guard’s 162nd Wing chaplain, will remember as the first formative event for his move into chaplaincy. On that day, bombs exploded outside two different U.S. embassies in

Pilot brothers reunite in the Pacific

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- George Guss watched his brother, Tyler, follow in their father’s footsteps by becoming a pilot in the U.S. Air Force. After reaching a crossroads while attending the University of Georgia, he decided he also wanted to take to the skies. Together, the brothers progressed in

109th Airlift Wing Hosts German Air Force Officer

SCOTIA, N.Y. – The New York National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing hosted a German Air Force officer in June as part of the Military Reserve Exchange Program.MREP enables Guard and Reserve Airmen and Soldiers, both officers and enlisted, to train with select allied nations. It helps participants

I Am The Mission - SrA Alicia Buhr

Warfield Air National Guard Base, Md. -- Meet U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Alicia Buhr, a structures journeyman assigned to the 175th Civil Engineer Squadron, Maryland Air National Guard.As a child, Buhr knew that serving in the military was something that she wanted to do, but circumstances did not

Maryland National Guard cyber operators hone their skills during exercise

Warfield Air National Guard Base, Md. -- During a recent election, bad actors accessed the public facing website that was tracking Presidential election results and changed the results the public was seeing in real-time, which skewed in favor of the losing candidate. In the background, cyber

177th Fighter Wing Emblem

The 177th Fighter Wing is located at Atlantic City International Airport, in Egg Harbor Township, NJ. The 177th has been at this location since 1958. Our mission aircraft is the single seat F-16C Fighting Falcon. Since October 1998, the 177th has had an active involvement in Operation's Noble Eagle, Southern Watch, Northern Watch, Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.