Air National Guard Airmen support AFRL radar project

Tech. Sgt. Bob Chaney operates a crane during construction of a 100' bi-static radar tower May 20, 2011 at Springfield Air National Guard Base, Ohio. Air National Guard Airmen from six states helped construct four towers and install radar systems to provide the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base with the capability to conduct advanced sensors research. BRAC 2005 decisions directed relocation of the research radars from Rome, N.Y. Sergeant Chaney is with the 220th Engineering Installation Squadron, based in Zanesville, Ohio. (U.S. Air Force photo/Rick Shaughnessy)

Air National Guard Airmen support AFRL radar project

Tech. Sgt. Brian McCarty marks a properly tightened bolt and nut during construction of a 100' radar tower May 20, 2011 at Springfield Air National Guard Base, Ohio. Air National Guard Airmen from six states helped construct four towers and install radars to provide the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base with the capability to conduct advanced sensors research. BRAC 2005 decisions directed relocation of the research radars from Rome, N.Y. Sergeant McCarty is with the 220th Engineering Installation Squadron, based in Zanesville, Ohio. (U.S. Air Force photo/Rick Shaughnessy)

Fallen Marine honored during dignified transfer ceremony

88th Security Forces Squadron and Ohio Patriot Guard members lead a procession honoring Marine Cpl. Adam D. Jones of Germantown, Ohio during a dignified transfer ceremony at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Thursday, May 5, 2011. Corporal Jones died April 27 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.(U.S. Air Force photo/Ben Strasser)

Fallen Marine honored during dignified transfer ceremony

Airmen and Marines honor Marine Cpl. Adam D. Jones of Germantown, Ohio during a ceremony at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Thursday, May 5, 2011.Corporal Jones died April 27 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ben Strasser)

World Trade Center steel arrives to southwest Ohio

Chief Master Sgt. Shelina Frey joins Airman from Wright-Patteson Air Force Base listening to the story of the trek of a large steel beam from New York's World Trade Center during a ceremony marking its arrival to Fairborn, Ohio March 25, 2011. The artifact will become part of a permanent memorial to honor first responders and victims of the 9/11 terrorists attacks. It will be located at the National Center for Medical Readiness, located in Fairborn near Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Chief Frey is Command Chief for Aeronautical Systems Center and the 88th Air Base Wing. (Skywrighter photo/Niki Jahns)

World Trade Center steel arrives to southwest Ohio

Led by a procession of Ohio Patriot Guard riders and firefighting equipment from southwest Ohio communities and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, a flatbed trailer containing a large steel beam from New York's World Trade Center arrives to Fairborn, Ohio March 25, 2011. The artifact will become part of a permanent memorial to honor first responders and victims of the 9/11 terrorists attacks. It will be located at the National Center for Medical Readiness, located in Fairborn near Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. (Skywrighter photo/Niki Jahns)