• 146th Airmen take to the skies to support Operation Enduring Freedom

    More than 250 members of the 146th Airlift Wing out of Channel Islands Air National Guard Station in Port Hueneme have deployed over the last few months to support Operation Enduring Freedom. Most recently, five of the wing's C-130J aircraft flew to Afghanistan with a full complement of aircrew and

  • 146th joins firefighting efforts in Kern County

    Amidst emotional 9/11 ceremonies taking place yesterday around the base, members of the 146th Airlift Wing in Port Hueneme, Calif. scrambled to respond to CALFIRE's request for National Guard to assist with fires raging across Kern County. By 3:00 p.m. Sept. 11, 2011 the first launch orders were

  • 9/11 and the Call to Mentor our Nation's Youth

    As we approach 9/11, many thoughts and prayers swirl about in our minds and hearts. We think of the many people whose lives were irrevocably changed in a matter of hours. From victim to responder, all were immediately drawn into the single most significant and horrible day of terror in our nation's

  • September Commander's View

    This drill is unusually significant in that it is the 10th anniversary of the tragic events of 9/11. I ask that we all take a moment to remember that day and how the last 10 years have transpired. We have all been impacted in one way or another by the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington

  • Air National Guard reserves begin three-month Afghan deployment

    Climbing aboard a hulking C-130 plane, more than a dozen California Air National Guard reservists left early Thursday for a three-month deployment in Afghanistan where they will support ground troops and medical evacuations.The uniformed and mostly male crew departed from a crowd of family and