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  • Ohio Air Guard’s 180th Fighter Wing Trains for Future Fight

    VOLK FIELD, Wis. - More than 100 Airmen and 10 F-16 Fighting Falcons assigned to Ohio National Guard’s 180th Fighter Wing deployed to Wisconsin in early August to participate in the Northern Lightning exercise.Northern Lightning is an annual training event hosted at Volk Field Combat Readiness

  • Ohio Air Control Squadron, Estonian Support Northern Lightning

    VOLK FIELD AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Wis. - U.S. Airmen from the Ohio Air National Guard 123rd Air Control Squadron participated in exercise Northern Lightning alongside a member of the Estonian Defence Forces Aug. 8.Master Sgt. Jarno Maasing, commander of the Network Monitoring and Helpdesk Group at

  • Volk Field Hosts National Competition

    The U.S. Air Force’s eight most accomplished munitions teams from around the world converged here late last month for the third annual Air Force Combat Operations Competition (AFCOCOMP).The 31st Munitions team from Aviano Air Base, representing U.S. Air Forces in Europe Command, load 500-pound inert

  • Northern Thaw exercise concludes at Volk Field

    VOLK FIELD, Wis. – Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center, known for lighting up the skies with the annual Northern Lightning exercise, hosted multiple units from around the country for the two-week Northern Thaw exercise ended April 2. The total force exercise provided tailored,

  • Annual Northern Lightning exercise returns to Volk Field

    CAMP DOUGLAS, Wis. — Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center is hosting approximately 50 aircraft and nearly 1,000 members of the National Guard, Air Force, Army, and Navy as part of the annual Northern Lightning Counterland training exercise. Units from California, Idaho, Minnesota, New York,