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  • Operation Safe Skies 2011

    If you know anything about Europe, you know that Europeans love their soccer. So when it was announced that Ukraine and Poland would be hosting games for Eurocup 2012, the continental Super Bowl of soccer, it was no surprise that both countries went into preparation for the event by upgrading

  • Six-million dollar building

    Seven distinguished "ribbon cutters" officially opened the facility in a ribbon cutting ceremony here, June 4. The "old hangar," as it was affectionately referred to, is now a state-of-the-art centralized repair facility for General Electric F-16 jet engine repair.The 1950 original aircraft hangar

  • Turning the 183rd Air Force Blue, Green

    The 183rd Fighter Wing's Air Force Blue is going Green....Green Energy that is. When the Airmen of the 183rd Fighter Wing tell people they are "going green," they are talkingabout Green Energy. The Illinois Air National Guard Base at Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport is one of the first out of over

  • 183d CES Building Hope in Navajo Nation

    When the wind blows, the red dust leaves the high desert plains and stings the eyes.In this, coupled with 90-plus degree heat, the Airmen of the 183rd Civil Engineering Squadron, 183rd Fighter Wing Springfield, IL, worked nine to 12 hours each day in the desert plains. But despite hard work and

  • Final Flight of the Falcon's View

    "The only thing constant is change", is a phrase that has been heard and quoted often. Anyone born in the 1900s can attest to how many technological changes have taken place in such a short amount of time.The 183rd has also seen its share of changes in the last few decades. Yet, everyone has