Empowered Airmen

We live in a world that is driven by rapidly changing technology and an environment that includes aggressive and capable global competitors. Airmen are key to cutting unnecessary bureaucracy, recognizing and understanding our competition, and thinking of creative ways we can reshape the design of our Air Force. The Air Force must accelerate, must change, and must prepare for the future!

This page is dedicated towards highlighting the accomplishments of our talented Airmen at all levels and to show the impact they can make when they are informed and empowered to problem solve and make smart recommendations and decisions.

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ACC leads radical change to USAF fleet maintenance, management

Air Combat Command is leading efforts to overhaul how the U.S. Air Force does aircraft maintenance and fleet management this spring.

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Empowering Airmen

CMSAF shares time with Airmen during BMT graduation

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48th CES enhance mission readiness through virtual reality

Airmen prepare a F-16 Fighting Falcon for takeoff

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174th Attack Wing August 2015 News and Updates

174th Attack Wing

Aug. 7, 2015 | 3:47

Syracuse, New York - The August 174th Attack Wing update provides the latest news from around Hancock Field Air National Guard Base. This month's highlights include a visit from Gen. Frank Gorenc, Commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa, and Allied Air Command ( HQ Aircom ). Major General Anthony German assumed command of the 5,900-member New York Air National Guard, on June 22, 2015 and Lt Col Michele Kilgore became the first female group commander in the history of the 174th Attack Wing (ATKW) during an assumption of command ceremony Sunday, June 7.

The daily mission on Hancock Field is to provide qualified airmen and weapon systems to joint global air, space and cyberspace operations, in support of homeland defense, and to aid civil authorities at the direction of the New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. We are home to a number of diverse and unique missions, including the 174th Attack Wing’s MQ-9 combat operations mission, MQ-9 aircrew training mission, and MQ-9 maintenance training mission; the 274th Air Support Operations Squadron’s Close Air Support command, control and coordination mission; the 222nd Command & Control Squadron’s space operations control mission; and the 152nd Air Operations Group’s air operations center mission. Available in HD by bottom corner button