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    177th Conducts a Combined Combat Skills Challenge

    Airmen of the 177th Fighter Wing participated in the inaugural Combined Combat Skills Challenge on August 17 and 18, 2019, here at the Atlantic City Air National Guard Base in Egg Harbor Township, N.J. The challenge encompassed the generation of combat sorties, ranging from the maintainers’ preparation and loading of F-16 aircraft, to the pilots’ execution of the mission.
  • NJ ANG Innovation During POL Renovations

    NJ Air National Guard unit innovates during POL renovation

    The 177th Fighter Wing Commander, Command Chief and various members of the Wing toured the 177th Petroleum, Oil and Lubricants (POL) shop to observe new renovations June 18, 2019, at the 177th Fighter Wing in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey.
  • 177FW - NJ ANG

    177th Fighter Wing undergoes Fighter Alert Force Evaluation

    The 177th Fighter Wing again demonstrated its commitment to excellence during a recent Fighter Alert Force Evaluation, conducted by North American Aerospace Defense Command Inspector General and Air Combat Command inspectors Jan. 23 -24, 2019 at the Atlantic City Air Guard Base, N.J.
  • NJ Youth ChalleNGe Academy tours the 177th Fighter Wing of the New Jersey Air National Guard

    NJ Youth ChalleNGe Academy cadets visit the 177th Fighter Wing

    The New Jersey Youth ChalleNGe Academy, State of New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, based out of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, visited the 177th Fighter Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard, Egg Harbor Township, N.J., for a base tour Dec. 19, 2018.
  • 177th Fighter Wing Group Photo

    177th Fighter Wing Earns Air Force Outstanding Unit Award

    In recognition of exceptionally meritorious service above the normal call of duty from January 2016 through December 2017, the U.S. Air Force awarded the 177th Fighter Wing with the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award September 5, 2018.
  • Tech. Sgt. Freddy Vasquez wins award for 2017 Top Production Recruiter in the Air National Guard.

    177th FW recruiter is top in the Nation

    For the second year in a row, the office that holds the 177th Fighter Wing recruiters is also home to the top Air National Guard recruiter in the Nation.
  • Airman Picks Up Perfect PT

    Airman Picks Up Perfect PT

    Bragging rights. That’s what Staff Sgt. Mark A. Perna earned during his last Air Force physical fitness assessment, achieving a perfect score of 100 points. “I’m older and I can tell all the young guys to step it up,” said Perna, a 32-year-old native of Vineland, New Jersey. “I feel like I earned bragging rights.”
  • U.S. Airmen from the 177th Civil Engineer Squadron

    177th Civil Engineer Squadron Concretes Corrections

    U.S. Airmen from the 177th Civil Engineer Squadron, New Jersey Air National Guard, and employees from the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs participated in a base sustainment and beautification effort July 27, 2018, at the 177th Fighter Wing, Egg Harbor Township, N.J.
  • Like father, like son.

    Two Generations of Maintenance Officers

    Like father, like son. Almost 40 years after U.S. Air Force Capt. Thomas J. Cooper commissioned, his son, Maj. Brian T. Cooper, followed in his footsteps. Brian, commander of the Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at the 177th Fighter Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard, commissioned in the Air Force in 2003 and his father, Thomas, an aircraft maintenance officer, commissioned in the Air Force in 1965.
  • U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Samantha M. Massey

    Heroic Airman Helps Victims of Deck Collapse

    An Airman with the 177th Fighter Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard, assisted in rescuing individuals from a structural collapse at the Rogue Water Tap House in Savannah, Georgia.
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