• Service members inspired by former POW

    Retired U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Rhonda Cornum recently spoke to Airmen, Sailors, Soldiers and their families about resiliency during a Yellow Ribbon event at the Portsmouth Courtyard Marriott.Cornum, a former prisoner of war who served in the Army from 1978 through 2012, discussed how resilience is the

  • Total Force Airmen host Storytellers forum at Pease

    Total Force Airman from the 157th Air Refueling Wing gathered at the Loy Auditorium here to participate in an Air Force Storytellers forum.Storytellers is a resiliency forum where Airmen discuss life changing experiences, extreme circumstances, family stress and professional distress and having or

  • LRS Airmen think outside the box

    Airmen from the 157th Logistics Readiness Squadron here replaced an engine earlier this week in a 157th Security Forces Squadron vehicle that needed immediate repair. The installation resulted in the Air National Guard saving more than $5,000 and ensuring the vehicle was returned to security forces

  • Maintainers apply heritage markings to wing's oldest aircraft

    Members of the 157th Maintenance Group painted special heritage markings last October on one of the unit's KC-135 Stratotankers to rejuvenate the group espirit de corps.The idea was the brainchild of Tech. Sgt. A. (Marshall) Ricciotti, a former 157th Maintenance Group crew chief who is currently in

  • Pease one step closer to KC-46 with hangar construction

    Contractors hoisted an 80 ton steel truss into position today at Building 253, Pease Air National Guard Base, New Hampshire. The trusses are support features for the hangar modernization project. The intent of the project is to remodel Buildings 253 and 254 to maximize the operational space in order

  • Pease Airmen shaping the future of refueling

    Master Sgt. Steven Warren recently completed a rotation to Boeing near Seattle, as part of the U.S. Air Force's Tech Order Certification and Verification Team, for the KC-46 Pegasus.Boeing is writing the technical orders for the new KC-46 weapon system. Warren, along with Master Sgts. Joel LaRose,

  • Pease prepares for new tanker with relocation of flight simulator

    A ceremony was held here today to retire the KC-135 flight simulator, marking a turning point as the base prepares to bed down the U.S. Air Force's newest tanker, the KC-46A Pegasus.In 2014,  Air Mobility Command and the Air National Guard worked together to identify a total of four KC-135 pilot

  • Wing increases readiness in mobility exercise

    Members of the 157th Air Refueling Wing participated in a four-day mobility training exercise at Pease Air National Guard Base, New Hampshire beginning March 3.The training exercise, which provides the U.S. Air Force and combatant commanders with rapid global mobility and global reach, challenged