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An air-to-air left underside view of an OA-37B Dragonfly aircraft from the 169th Tactical Air Support Squadron, Illinois Air National Guard, during exercise Granadero I

An air-to-air left underside view of an OA-37B Dragonfly aircraft from...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GRANADERO I Country: Honduras (HND) Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. Ken Hammond Release Status: Released to Public Combined... More

Ground crewmen make final preflight checks on an OA-37B Dragonfly aircraft from the 169th Tactical Air Support Squadron, Illinois Air National Guard, during Exercise GRANADERO I

Ground crewmen make final preflight checks on an OA-37B Dragonfly airc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GRANADERO I Base: La Mesa Air Base Country: Honduras (HND) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Ken Hammond Release Status: Released ... More

Approved insignia for: Headquarters, Illinois Air National Guard

Approved insignia for: Headquarters, Illinois Air National Guard

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Artwork: "Illinois Air National Guard - Peoria". Artist: Lisa Ross-Miller, USAF Art Collection

Artwork: "Illinois Air National Guard - Peoria". Artist: Lisa Ross-Mil...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

After the terrorist attacks in New York, Pennsylvania, and the Pentagon, mandatory I.D. checks is now an everyday occurrence. Here a SENIOR AIRMAN from the 183rd Security Forces Squadron checks the identification of an employee entering the Capitol Airport, home of the 183rd Fighter Wing, Illinois Air National Guard

After the terrorist attacks in New York, Pennsylvania, and the Pentago...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Capitol Airport State: Illinois (IL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Show... More

Illinois Air National Guard (ILANG) KC-135E Boom Operator SENIOR MASTER Sergeant (SMSGT) Matt Glover, 108th Air Refueling Squadron (AFS), 126th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), Scott Air Force Base (AFB), Illinois (IL), makes contact with an US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon fighter, 18th Fighter Squadron (FS), 354th Fighter Wing (FW), Eielson AFB, Alaska (AK), and begins refueling it over Alaska (AK) during Exercise NORTHERN EDGE 04. NORTHERN EDGE is Alaska's annual joint training exercise (JTX) designed to enhance interoperability among the services by sharpening and honing joint service techniques and procedures. It helps provide a ready force capable of protecting America's...

Illinois Air National Guard (ILANG) KC-135E Boom Operator SENIOR MASTE...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Illinois Air National Guard (ILANG) KC-135E Boom Operator SENIOR MASTER Sergeant (SMSGT) Matt Glover, 108th Air Refueling Squadr... More

Adm. Cecil D. Haney, commander, U.S. Strategic Command

Adm. Cecil D. Haney, commander, U.S. Strategic Command

Adm. Cecil D. Haney, commander, U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., received an orientation flight with the 126 ARW, an Illinois Air National Guard unit stationed at Scott Air Forc... More

Think like the wolf, not like the sheep

Think like the wolf, not like the sheep

Social media has helped show the importance of using operations security, or OPSEC, both on-duty and off. All Airmen need to consider privacy and safety when it comes to their social media profiles, images and ... More

Capt. Elias Donker (left) assigned to Wolf Operations

Capt. Elias Donker (left) assigned to Wolf Operations

Capt. Elias Donker (left) assigned to Wolf Operations Group, Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, Indiana National Guard demonstrates with Senior Airman Austin Schmitz (right) assigned to the 124th Air Support Op... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Nick J. Barth, an aircraft

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Nick J. Barth, an aircraft

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Nick J. Barth, an aircraft loadmaster with the 169th Airlift Squadron, packs a training bundle on a C-130 Hercules at Alpena, Mich., in support of Exercise Northern Strike 2013 on A... More

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Cameron Hearn, left,

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Cameron Hearn, left,

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Cameron Hearn, left, and Tech. Sgt. James Guetschow, loadmasters with the 182nd Airlift Wing, standby prior to releasing a Container Delivery System (CDS) bundle from a C-130 Her... More

Command Chief Master Sgt. Aaron Gatterdam, the command

Command Chief Master Sgt. Aaron Gatterdam, the command

Command Chief Master Sgt. Aaron Gatterdam, the command chief of the Illinois Air National Guard, gives a speech at an award ceremony for Master Sgt. Nick Fonti, the Illinois Air National Guard First Sergeant of... More

A smoke grenade lies on the ground smoldering after

A smoke grenade lies on the ground smoldering after

A smoke grenade lies on the ground smoldering after being used during an airdrop mission at the Yuma Proving Grounds, Ariz. Feb. 26, 2019. Smoke from the grenade allows C-130 Hercules navigators to identify the... More

An aircrew with the Illinois Air National Guard’s 182nd

An aircrew with the Illinois Air National Guard’s 182nd

An aircrew with the Illinois Air National Guard’s 182nd Airlift Wing at Peoria operates a C-130 Hercules over the installation Dec. 1, 2017, near South Post as part of training at Fort McCoy, Wis. The C-130 and... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Nicolas Menz and fellow

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Nicolas Menz and fellow

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Nicolas Menz and fellow Tactical Air Control Party specialists flip a 230-pound tractor tire across the final lap of the TACP Association 24 Hour Run Challenge at the 182nd Airlift ... More

Defense.gov photo essay 080619-F-1851B-004

Defense.gov photo essay 080619-F-1851B-004

Airmen assigned to the Illinois Air National Guard wade in knee-deep water to spread sheets of plastic over reinforced levees along the Mississippi River, June 19, 2008, near Pleasant Hill, Ill. U.S. Air Force... More

An air-to-air left side view of an OA-37B Dragonfly aircraft from the 169th Tactical Air Support Squadron, Illinois Air National Guard

An air-to-air left side view of an OA-37B Dragonfly aircraft from the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Ken Hammond Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Evaluators from the Kenneth Disney Award examine the

Evaluators from the Kenneth Disney Award examine the

Evaluators from the Kenneth Disney Award examine the 182d Services Flight during a lunch service at the 182nd Airlift Wing, Peoria, Ill., on Feb. 1, 2014. The Services Flight was one of three units being evalua... More

Tech Sgt. Jamie Luna, host aviation resource manager

Tech Sgt. Jamie Luna, host aviation resource manager

Tech Sgt. Jamie Luna, host aviation resource manager with the 126 Operations Group assigned to the 126th Air Refueling Wing at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., was selected as the Wing Outstanding Non-commissioned O... More

Members of the 183d Fighter Wing salute as the unit

Members of the 183d Fighter Wing salute as the unit

Members of the 183d Fighter Wing salute as the unit is redesignated as the 183d Wing, a name reflective of its diverse missions. Members shown here are a small part of the over 170 who have deployed and returne... More

An aircrew with the Illinois Air National Guard’s 182nd

An aircrew with the Illinois Air National Guard’s 182nd

An aircrew with the Illinois Air National Guard’s 182nd Airlift Wing at Peoria operates a C-130 Hercules over the installation Dec. 1, 2017, near South Post as part of training at Fort McCoy, Wis. The C-130 and... More

Chief Warrent Officer 3 Robert Emerson, U.S. Navy,

Chief Warrent Officer 3 Robert Emerson, U.S. Navy,

Chief Warrent Officer 3 Robert Emerson, U.S. Navy, Helicopter Squadron Combat 4, San Diego, CA inspects a .50 caliber door gun installed on a MH-60S Seahawk helicopter, July 29, 2019 at Alpena Combat Readiness ... More

An Illinois Air National Guard C-130H3 Hercules conducts

An Illinois Air National Guard C-130H3 Hercules conducts

An Illinois Air National Guard C-130H3 Hercules conducts a flyby over the 182nd Airlift Wing in Peoria, Ill., June 2, 2013. The military transport plane participated in a rare seven-ship taxi in which seven air... More

Master Sgt. Steve Salander a joint terminal attack

Master Sgt. Steve Salander a joint terminal attack

Master Sgt. Steve Salander a joint terminal attack controller with the 169th Air Support Operations Squadron, Peoria, Ill., Illinois Air National Guard from Washington, Ill., receiving his mission evaluation po... More

Master Sgt. Steve Salander (middle) a joint terminal

Master Sgt. Steve Salander (middle) a joint terminal

Master Sgt. Steve Salander (middle) a joint terminal attack controller with the 169th Air Support Operations Squadron, Peoria, Ill., Illinois Air National Guard from Washington, Ill., receiving his mission eval... More

A C-130 Hercules from the 133rd Airlift Squadron prepares

A C-130 Hercules from the 133rd Airlift Squadron prepares

A C-130 Hercules from the 133rd Airlift Squadron prepares to take off on an airdrop mission in Yuma, Ariz. Feb. 28, 2019. This year’s Operation Snowbird exercise consisted of a multi-state aviation partnership ... More

An Illinois Air National Guard C-130 Hercules flies

An Illinois Air National Guard C-130 Hercules flies

An Illinois Air National Guard C-130 Hercules flies over 182nd Logistics Readiness Squadron JP-8 fuel vehicles at the 182nd Airlift Wing, Peoria, Ill., Nov. 26, 2013. The fuels specialists were staged to refuel... More

U.S. Air Force Capt. Dan Curtin serves as the operations

U.S. Air Force Capt. Dan Curtin serves as the operations

U.S. Air Force Capt. Dan Curtin serves as the operations officer in charge at the 169th Air Support Operations Squadron at the 182nd Airlift Wing, Peoria, Ill. On March 29, 2013, Capt. Curtin ran in the worldwi... More

An air to air left side view of an OA-37B Dragonfly aircraft from the 169th Tactical Air Support Squadron, Illinois Air National Guard, during Exercise GRANADERO I

An air to air left side view of an OA-37B Dragonfly aircraft from the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GRANADERO I Country: Honduras (HND) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Ken Hammond Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit... More

An air-to-air left side view of an OA-37B Dragonfly aircraft from the 169th Tactical Air Support Squadron, Illinois Air National Guard

An air-to-air left side view of an OA-37B Dragonfly aircraft from the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Ken Hammond Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

SSGT David Castillo, a radiology technician with 126th Medical Squadron, Illinois Air National Guard, O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, IL, assists dentist MAJ Susan Cleereman, from the 110th Medical Squadron, Michigan Air National Guard, Battle Creek, MI, performs a tooth extraction on a Guyanese farmer during a Medical Civil Assistance Program (MEDCAP) held in support of the first combined humanitarian and civic assistance exercise conducted between the United States and Guyana. Military personnel from the Air Force, Air Force Reserve and National Guard, Army, Army National Guard and Marine Corps participated in the exercise which included engineering and medical readiness training

SSGT David Castillo, a radiology technician with 126th Medical Squadro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZON '97 Base: Kumaka Country: French Guiana (GUF) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Michael Featherston Release Status: R... More

This is the first African-American flight crew from the 126th Air Refueling Wing, Scott AFB, Illinois, to fly a mission together. This Illinois Air National Guard (IANG) crew flew a KC-135E Stratotanker (Spirit of Harry Caray) to transport IANG members to Savannah, Georgia. From left to right: Captain (CAPT) Ralph Delatour, USAF, Co-Pilot, CAPT Jerome Cole, USAF, Pilot, SENIOR MASTER Sergeant (SMSGT) Maurice Bridges, USAF, Crewchief, STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Arie Latimer, USAF, Boom Operator, and MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Steve Butler, USAF, Boom Operator

This is the first African-American flight crew from the 126th Air Refu...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Scott Air Force Base State: Illinois (IL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Franklin D. Hayes Jr., USAF Releas... More

A US Central Air Forces (CENTAF) US Air Force (USAF) C-130 Hercules, 182nd Airlift Wing (AW), Illinois Air National Guard (ILANG), offloaded by USAF crewmembers and Iranian Soldiers onto a truck at Kerman, Iran. Some five pallets containing 20 thousand pounds of medical supplies are delivered two days after a devastating earthquake destroyed the city of Bam, Iran

A US Central Air Forces (CENTAF) US Air Force (USAF) C-130 Hercules, 1...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kerman Country: Iran (IRN) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Suzanne M. Jenkins, USAF Release Status: Released to Publi... More

A US Air Force (USAF) C-130 Hercules, 182nd Airlift Wing (AW), Illinois Air National Guard (ILANG), US Central Air Forces (CENTAF), crew prepares for departure after offloading five pallets containing 20 thousand pounds of medical supplies at Kerman, Iran. The supplies are destined for the city of Bam, Iran; destroyed by an earthquake two days earlier

A US Air Force (USAF) C-130 Hercules, 182nd Airlift Wing (AW), Illinoi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kerman Country: Iran (IRN) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Suzanne M. Jenkins, USAF Release Status: Released to Publi... More

Fire fighters from the the 126th Air Refueling Wing, Illinois Air National Guard, perform a buidling rescue training during a Unit Compliance Exercise at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., on Jan. 9, 2005. (USAF PHOTO by TECH. SGT. Mike Rice) (Released)

Fire fighters from the the 126th Air Refueling Wing, Illinois Air Nati...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Scott Air Force Base State: Illinois (IL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Mike Rice, USAF Release Status: Re... More

MASTER SGT. Steve Butler, a KC-135 Stratotanker tanker aircraft boom operator from the 126th Air Refueling Wing, Illinois Air National Guard, refuels a B-2 Spirit bomber aircraft from the 509th Bomber Wing, Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, over the Pacific Ocean on April 4, 2005. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT Val Gempis) (Released)

MASTER SGT. Steve Butler, a KC-135 Stratotanker tanker aircraft boom o...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Val Gempis, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber aircraft from the 509th Bomber Wing, Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., is refueled by a KC-135 tanker aircraft from the 126th Air Refueling Wing, Illinois Air National Guard, over the Pacific Ocean on April 4, 2005. The 509th BW is currently deployed at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis) (Released)

A U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber aircraft from the 509th Bomber Wing...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Val Gempis, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Lt. Gen. Darren McDew, commander of the 18th Air Force,

Lt. Gen. Darren McDew, commander of the 18th Air Force,

Lt. Gen. Darren McDew, commander of the 18th Air Force, tours the mobility processing area of the 126th Logistics Readiness Squadron during a visit to the 126th Air Refueling Wing, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., M... More

Doctor Nick Turkal, the lead physician for the Alternate

Doctor Nick Turkal, the lead physician for the Alternate

Doctor Nick Turkal, the lead physician for the Alternate Care Facility loctated at McCormick Place Convention Center speaks at a press conference. Distinguished visitors toured the newly installed isolation pod... More

An Airman with the 169th Air Support Operations Squadron

An Airman with the 169th Air Support Operations Squadron

An Airman with the 169th Air Support Operations Squadron directs a vehicle off the ramp of a C-130 Hercules at the Marion Airport in Marion, Illinois, during the Prairie Assurance exercise Nov. 2. The Peoria, I... More

Master Sgt. Steve Salander a joint terminal attack

Master Sgt. Steve Salander a joint terminal attack

Master Sgt. Steve Salander a joint terminal attack controller with the 169th Air Support Operations Squadron, Peoria, Ill., Illinois Air National Guard from Washington, Ill., and Staff Sgt. Richard Campbell (ri... More

Airmen with the 566th Air Force Band cheer on 182nd

Airmen with the 566th Air Force Band cheer on 182nd

Airmen with the 566th Air Force Band cheer on 182nd Airlift Wing student flight trainees as they leave the ice after taking the armed forces oath of enlistment at the Carver Arena in Peoria, Ill., March 1, 2014... More

An aircrew with the Illinois Air National Guard’s 182nd

An aircrew with the Illinois Air National Guard’s 182nd

An aircrew with the Illinois Air National Guard’s 182nd Airlift Wing at Peoria operates a C-130 Hercules over the installation Dec. 1, 2017, near South Post as part of training at Fort McCoy, Wis. The C-130 and... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Nathan Oller, from the

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Nathan Oller, from the

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Nathan Oller, from the 182d Airlift Wing, based in Peoria, Ill., readies hospital beds in a wing dedicated to elderly patients ahead of a scheduled dry run of medical students posin... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Timothy McAlister and

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Timothy McAlister and

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Timothy McAlister and fellow Tactical Air Control Party specialists flip a 230-pound tractor tire across the final lap of the TACP Association 24 Hour Run Challenge at the 182nd Air... More

An air to air left side view of an OA-37B Dragonfly aircraft from the 169th Tactical Air Support Squadron, Illinois Air National Guard, during Exercise GRANADERO I

An air to air left side view of an OA-37B Dragonfly aircraft from the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GRANADERO I Country: Honduras (HND) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Ken Hammond Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit... More

US Central Air Forces (CENTAF) crewmembers load pallets containing 20,000 pounds of medical supplies onto a US Air Force (USAF) C-130 Hercules, 182nd Airlift Wing (AW), Illinois Air National Guard (ILANG), for Kerman, Iran during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The aid began two days after a devastating earthquake destroyed the city of Bam, Iran

US Central Air Forces (CENTAF) crewmembers load pallets containing 20,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Suzanne M. Jenkins, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Samatha Yanez (center), 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron (EAS), carries off a package from a US Central Air Forces (CENTAF) US Air Force (USAF) C-130 Hercules, 182nd Airlift Wing (AW), Illinois Air National Guard (ILANG), as part of a humanitarian relief mission to Kerman, Iran. The C-130 crewmembers and Iranian Soldiers offloaded five pallets containing 20 thousand pounds of medical supplies at Kerman two days after a devastating earthquake destroyed the city of Bam, Iran

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Samatha Yanez (center), 746t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kerman Country: Iran (IRN) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Suzanne M. Jenkins, USAF Release Status: Released to Publi... More

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft pilot from the Illinois Air National Guard pulls away from an aerial refueling tanker during an aerial refueling mission over Iraq, on Nov. 1, 2004. (USAF PHOTO by TECH. SGT. Erik Gudmundson) (Released)

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft pilot from the Illinois...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Unknown Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Erik Gudmundson, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digita... More

Illinois Air National Guard 126th Air Refueling Wing personnel stand during a retirement ceremony at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., on Dec. 11, 2004. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by TECH. SGT Franklin D. Hayes Jr.) (Released)

Illinois Air National Guard 126th Air Refueling Wing personnel stand d...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Scott Air Force Base State: Illinois (IL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Franklin D. Hayes Jr., USAF Releas... More

Over the Pacific Ocean a US Air Force (USAF) B-2 Spirit bomber, 509th Bomber Wing (BW), Whiteman Air Force Base (AFB), Missouri (MO), prepares to refuels from an Illinois Air National Guard (ILANG) KC-135 Stratotanker, 126th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), Scott AFB, during a deployment to Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam (GU). The bomber deployed as part of a rotation that has provided US Pacific Command (USPACOM) officials a continuous bomber presence in the Asia-Pacific region, enhancing regional security and the US commitment to the Western Pacific

Over the Pacific Ocean a US Air Force (USAF) B-2 Spirit bomber, 509th ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Val Gempis, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kristie L. Payton, knowledge

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kristie L. Payton, knowledge

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kristie L. Payton, knowledge operations manager at the 182nd Communication Flight, receives the CIAN Military Moment award during the Peoria Rivermen Air National Guard night at the Ca... More

U.S. Air Force Major, Tiffany Haselhorst (left), from

U.S. Air Force Major, Tiffany Haselhorst (left), from

U.S. Air Force Major, Tiffany Haselhorst (left), from the 183d Wing, Springfield, Illinois meets with Kasie Mathena (middle), a contractor with AECOM at McCormick Place Convention Center in response to the COVI... More

U.S. Air Force Technical Sgt. Jordan Wright, an Airman

U.S. Air Force Technical Sgt. Jordan Wright, an Airman

U.S. Air Force Technical Sgt. Jordan Wright, an Airman from the 217th Engineering and Instillation Squadron with the 183d Wing, based in Springfield, Ill., removes cots from a wing dedicated to elderly patients... More

U.S. Air Force Capt. Garett Otterbein, 121st Fighter

U.S. Air Force Capt. Garett Otterbein, 121st Fighter

U.S. Air Force Capt. Garett Otterbein, 121st Fighter Squadron F-16C Fighting Falcon pilot, 113th Wing, District of Columbia, Air National Guard, prepares for takeoff at Lask Air Base, Poland, September 20, 2019... More

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Stacy A. Merdian, security

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Stacy A. Merdian, security

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Stacy A. Merdian, security forces craftsman with the 182nd Security Forces Squadron, reunites with family and friends after arriving home at the General Wayne A. Downing Peoria Interna... More

Mr. Dan O'Brien, Executive Director, Abraham Lincoln

Mr. Dan O'Brien, Executive Director, Abraham Lincoln

Mr. Dan O'Brien, Executive Director, Abraham Lincoln Council, Boy Scouts of America, outlines some of the differences in what it took to be an Eagle Scout in the 1940s versus todays Eagle Scoout standards. Amon... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Amn. Koami Kunakey from the 182nd

U.S. Air Force Senior Amn. Koami Kunakey from the 182nd

U.S. Air Force Senior Amn. Koami Kunakey from the 182nd Airlift Wing, based out of Peoria, Ill., places beds in treatment cubicles at the McCormick Place Convention Center in response to the COVID-19 pandemic i... More

Students from Liceum Ogólnoksztłcące im. Adama Mickiewiczat,

Students from Liceum Ogólnoksztłcące im. Adama Mickiewiczat,

Students from Liceum Ogólnoksztłcące im. Adama Mickiewiczat, a nearby high school, board a C-130 Hercules aircraft at Powidz Air Base, Poland, March 16, 2018. The students toured the aircrew flight equipment se... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Donald Henry of the 182nd

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Donald Henry of the 182nd

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Donald Henry of the 182nd Airlift Wing greets a U.S. Armed Forces veteran after his return home from the inaugural Greater Peoria Honor Flight at the General Wayne A. Downing Peoria In... More

Master Sgt. Steve Salander (right) a joint terminal

Master Sgt. Steve Salander (right) a joint terminal

Master Sgt. Steve Salander (right) a joint terminal attack controller with the 169th Air Support Operations Squadron, Peoria, Ill., Illinois Air National Guard from Washington, Ill., and Senior Airman Austin Sc... More

U.S. Air Force firefighters from the 182nd Civil Engineer

U.S. Air Force firefighters from the 182nd Civil Engineer

U.S. Air Force firefighters from the 182nd Civil Engineer Squadron combat a kerosene-based JP-8 jet fuel fire at the 182nd Airlift Wing in Peoria, Ill., May 13, 2013. The firefighters tested the capabilities of... More

An aircrew with the Illinois Air National Guard’s 182nd

An aircrew with the Illinois Air National Guard’s 182nd

An aircrew with the Illinois Air National Guard’s 182nd Airlift Wing at Peoria operates a C-130 Hercules at Young Air Assault Strip on Dec. 1, 2017, on South Post as part of training at Fort McCoy, Wis. The C-1... More

Staff Sgt Alejandro Saldivar (left) and Senior Airmen

Staff Sgt Alejandro Saldivar (left) and Senior Airmen

Staff Sgt Alejandro Saldivar (left) and Senior Airmen Rob Designe (right) from the 168th Air Support Operations Squadron, Peoria, Ill., control A-10 aircraft on a close air support mission while a UH-60M Black ... More

An air-to-air left underside view of an OA-37B Dragonfly aircraft from the 169th Tactical Air Support Squadron, Illinois Air National Guard

An air-to-air left underside view of an OA-37B Dragonfly aircraft from...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Ken Hammond Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An air-to-air left side view of an OA-37B Dragonfly aircraft from the 169th Tactical Air Support Squadron, Illinois Air National Guard

An air-to-air left side view of an OA-37B Dragonfly aircraft from the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Ken Hammond Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An air-to-air left side view of an OA-37B Dragonfly aircraft from the 169th Tactical Air Support Squadron, Illinois Air National Guard

An air-to-air left side view of an OA-37B Dragonfly aircraft from the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Ken Hammond Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A view from the boom operator's station of a KC-135E Stratotanker aircraft of the 126th Air Refueling Wing, Illinois Air National Guard, as it refuels an F-4E Pantom II aircraft during the multinational joint service Exercise BRIGHT STAR '85

A view from the boom operator's station of a KC-135E Stratotanker airc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Egypt (EGY) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lono Kollars Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighing Falcon figher, 18h Figher Squadron (FS), 354h Figher Wing (FW), Eielson AFB, Alaska (AK), lines up wih he boom of a Illinois Air Naional Guard (ILANG) KC-135E Sraoanker, 108h Air Refueling Squadron (AFS), 126h Air Refueling Wing (ARW), Sco Air Force Base (AFB), Illinois (IL), during a refueling mission over Alaska (AK) in suppor of Exercise NORTHERN EDGE 04. NORTHERN EDGE is Alaska's annual join raining exercise (JTX) designed o enhance ineroperabiliy among he services by sharpening and honing join service echniques and procedures. I helps provide a ready force capable of proecing America's ineress a home and abroad. More...

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighing Falcon figher, 18h Figher Squadron...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: A US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon fighter, 18th Fighter Squadron (FS), 354th Fighter Wing (FW), Eielson AFB, Alaska (A... More

Illinois Air National Guar (ILANG) Major (MAJ) Ralph DeLatour (left), Aircraft Commaner, an ILANG Captain (CPT) Nick Babiak, co-Pilot, an ILANG SENIOR MASTER Sergeant (SMSGT) Matt Glover, Boom Operator, navigate their ILANG KC-135E Stratotanker on a refueling mission over Alaska (AK) uring Exercise NORTHERN EDGE 04. The crew an aircraft are from the 108th Air Refueling Squaron (ARS), 126th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), Scott AFB, Illinois (IL). The Stratotanker's principal mission is air refueling proviing support to US Air Force (USAF), US Navy (USN) an US Marine Corps (USMC) aircraft as well as those of allie nations. NORTHERN EDGE is Alaska's annual joint training exercise (JTX)...

Illinois Air National Guar (ILANG) Major (MAJ) Ralph DeLatour (left), ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Illinois Air National Guard (ILANG) Major (MAJ) Ralph DeLatour (left), Aircraft Commander, and ILANG Captain (CPT) Nick Babiak, ... More

Two US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcons, 18th Fighter Squadron (FS), 354th Fighter Wing (FW), Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), fly in formation off the wing of a Illinois Air National Guard (ILANG) KC-135E Stratotanker, 108th Air Refueling Squadron (AFS), 126th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), Scott AFB, Illinois (IL), during a refueling mission over Alaska in support of Exercise NORTHERN EDGE 04. NORTHERN EDGE is Alaska's annual joint training exercise (JTX) designed to enhance interoperability among the services by sharpening and honing joint service techniques and procedures. It helps provide a ready force capable of protecting America's interests at home and abroad. More...

Two US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcons, 18th Fighter Squadron ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Two US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcons, 18th Fighter Squadron (FS), 354th Fighter Wing (FW), Eielson Air Force Base (AFB... More

U.S. Air Force Capt. Scott Grotbo serves as the 182nd

U.S. Air Force Capt. Scott Grotbo serves as the 182nd

U.S. Air Force Capt. Scott Grotbo serves as the 182nd Air Support Operations Group assistant director of operations at the 182nd Airlift Wing, Peoria, Ill. On March 29, 2013, Capt. Grotbo ran in the worldwide T... More

Aviation Rotation 18-2  - 182nd Airlift Wing

Aviation Rotation 18-2 - 182nd Airlift Wing

Polish Air Force kapral Damian Jankowski (left) hammers a punch while performing repairs on a rear scavenge oil pump being held by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Nicholas Reed from the 182nd Airlift Wing, Illinois A... More

A .50 caliber gun is installed on a U.S. Navy MH-60

A .50 caliber gun is installed on a U.S. Navy MH-60

A .50 caliber gun is installed on a U.S. Navy MH-60 Seahawk helicopter with the Helicopter Squadron Combat 4 out of San Diego, CA, July 29, 2019 at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Alpena, MI in support... More

A U.S. armed forces veteran and his Honor Flight guardian

A U.S. armed forces veteran and his Honor Flight guardian

A U.S. armed forces veteran and his Honor Flight guardian return home from the inaugural Greater Peoria Honor Flight at the Gen. Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport in Peoria, Ill., June 4, 2013. Amer... More

Col. Peter Nezamis, the commander of the 126th Air

Col. Peter Nezamis, the commander of the 126th Air

Col. Peter Nezamis, the commander of the 126th Air Refueling Wing, presents Tech Sgt. Terry Kahrhoff, the Illinois Air National Guard Noncommissioned Officer of the Year and a crew chief for the 126th Air Refue... More

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Scott Kosmopolis, 340th

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Scott Kosmopolis, 340th

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Scott Kosmopolis, 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, manually adjusts communication frequencies during an aerial refueling mission aboard a KC-135 Stratotanker while flying over... More

Members of the Illinois Air National Guard's 182nd

Members of the Illinois Air National Guard's 182nd

Members of the Illinois Air National Guard's 182nd Airlift Wing and other service members give a warm welcome to U.S. armed forces veterans as they return home from the inaugural Greater Peoria Honor Flight at ... More

A simulated aircraft crash victim prepares for his

A simulated aircraft crash victim prepares for his

A simulated aircraft crash victim prepares for his role during a mass-casualty exercise in Peoria, Ill., April 12, 2014. An Illinois Air National Guard C-130 Hercules was used to imitate an aircraft crash with ... More

Capt. Elias Donker assigned to Wolf Operations Group,

Capt. Elias Donker assigned to Wolf Operations Group,

Capt. Elias Donker assigned to Wolf Operations Group, Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, Indiana National Guard, demonstrates a holding technique during a combative training class to tactical air control party ... More

Master Sgt. Erin Dietmeier assigned to the 182nd Airlift

Master Sgt. Erin Dietmeier assigned to the 182nd Airlift

Master Sgt. Erin Dietmeier assigned to the 182nd Airlift Wing / Force Support Squadron, Peoria, Ill., looks at her face shield for cracks on her M50 gas mask. Airmen from the 182nd Airlift Wing, Peoria, Ill., a... More

U.S. Air Force Capt. and Honor Flight guardian Alma

U.S. Air Force Capt. and Honor Flight guardian Alma

U.S. Air Force Capt. and Honor Flight guardian Alma Boyles (in yellow) of the 182nd Airlift Wing escorts her veteran after the inaugural Greater Peoria Honor Flight at the Gen. Wayne A. Downing Peoria Internati... More

From left, U.S. Air Force Col. William Robertson, Army

From left, U.S. Air Force Col. William Robertson, Army

From left, U.S. Air Force Col. William Robertson, Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 Mark Chojnacky, Navy Lt. Michael Modeer and Marine Capt. Ethan Akerberg, all representing local military reserve units, sign a pled... More

An air to air left side view of an OA-37B Dragonfly aircraft from the 169th Tactical Air Support Squadron, Illinois Air National Guard, during Exercise GRANADERO I

An air to air left side view of an OA-37B Dragonfly aircraft from the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GRANADERO I Country: Honduras (HND) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Ken Hammond Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit... More

An air to air left side view of an OA-37B Dragonfly aircraft from the 169th Tactical Air Support Squadron, Illinois Air National Guard, left, and an O-2 Skymaster aircraft from the 24th Composite Wing, in formation during Exercise GRANADERO I

An air to air left side view of an OA-37B Dragonfly aircraft from the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GRANADERO I Country: Honduras (HND) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Ken Hammond Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit... More

A left side view of an OA-37B Dragonfly aircraft from the 169th Tactical Air Support Squadron, Illinois Air National Guard, landing after completing a mission during Exercise GRANADERO I

A left side view of an OA-37B Dragonfly aircraft from the 169th Tactic...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GRANADERO I Base: La Mesa Air Base Country: Honduras (HND) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Ken Hammond Release Status: Released ... More

An air-to-air left side view of an OA-37B Dragonfly aircraft from the 169th Tactical Air Support Squadron, Illinois Air National Guard

An air-to-air left side view of an OA-37B Dragonfly aircraft from the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Ken Hammond Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

SENIOR MASTER SGT. Downard supports his teammate SENIOR AIRMAN Sears following Sears' completion of the three-mile combat run during Combat Lightning '92. Downard and Sears are part of a team from the Illinois Air National Guard

SENIOR MASTER SGT. Downard supports his teammate SENIOR AIRMAN Sears f...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COMBAT LIGHTNING '92 Base: Hurlburt Field State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator:... More

A rear view, extreme close-up over the left shoulder, as US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Thomas Pullin applies camouflage to his face during the Escape and Evasion course, Thursday, March 2,2000. SSGT Pullin is assigned to the 126th Air Refueling Wing, Illinois Air National Guard, Scott AFB, Illinois, and deployed to the Air Mobility Warfare Center, Fort Dix, New Jersey, for the Phoenix Readiness Combat Course

A rear view, extreme close-up over the left shoulder, as US Air Force ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PHOENIX READINESS Base: Fort Dix State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT ... More

On e flightline next to a US Air Force (USAF) F-16 Fighting Falcon, USAF Colonel (COL) Robert Murphy (left), Commander, 183rd Fighter Wing, Illinois Air National Guard (ILANG), briefs USAF COL Patrick Rosenow (in leaer jacket), Article 32 Investigating Officer, on aspects of e pilots HGU-55/P helmet wi AN/AVS-9 Night Vision Goggles (NVG) attached. USAF COL Rosenow is investigating e Tarnak Farms Friendly Fire incident at killed four Canadian soldiers and injured eight near Kandahar, Afghanistan. The Article 32 hearing is an investigation of e charges against e pilots to determine wheer to try by court-martial. In e background is one of e many media members covering...

On e flightline next to a US Air Force (USAF) F-16 Fighting Falcon, US...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: On the flightline next to a US Air Force (USAF) F-16 Fighting Falcon, USAF Colonel (COL) Robert Murphy (left), Commander, 183rd ... More

U.S. Air Force firefighters from the 182nd Civil Engineer

U.S. Air Force firefighters from the 182nd Civil Engineer

U.S. Air Force firefighters from the 182nd Civil Engineer Squadron prepare to combat a kerosene-based JP-8 jet fuel fire at the 182nd Airlift Wing in Peoria, Ill., May 13, 2013. The firefighters tested the capa... More

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Don Landgrebe, commander of

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Don Landgrebe, commander of

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Don Landgrebe, commander of the 906th Air Refueling Squadron, welcomes Col. Laura L. Lenderman, commander of the 375th Air Mobility Wing, to the 126th Operations Group Jan. 26, 2016, at ... More

An aircrew with the Illinois Air National Guard’s 182nd

An aircrew with the Illinois Air National Guard’s 182nd

An aircrew with the Illinois Air National Guard’s 182nd Airlift Wing at Peoria operates a C-130 Hercules over the installation Dec. 1, 2017, near South Post as part of training at Fort McCoy, Wis. The C-130 and... More

Master Sgt. Steve Salander a joint terminal attack

Master Sgt. Steve Salander a joint terminal attack

Master Sgt. Steve Salander a joint terminal attack controller with the 169th Air Support Operations Squadron, Peoria, Ill., Illinois Air National Guard from Washington, Ill., receiving his mission evaluation fo... More

U.S. Air Force Technical Sgt. Ray Welsch, a Crew Chief

U.S. Air Force Technical Sgt. Ray Welsch, a Crew Chief

U.S. Air Force Technical Sgt. Ray Welsch, a Crew Chief with the 126th Air Refueling Wing, based at Scott Air Force Base, asks Brig. Gen. Richard Neely, the Adjutant General of the Illinois National Guard, a que... More

Staff Sgt. Vincent Tripodi assigned to the 182nd Airlift

Staff Sgt. Vincent Tripodi assigned to the 182nd Airlift

Staff Sgt. Vincent Tripodi assigned to the 182nd Airlift Wing / Maintenance Group, Peoria, Ill., looks at his serviceable tag for the serial number assigned to his M50 gas mask. Airmen from the 182nd Airlift Wi... More

A pilot with the 108th Air Refueling Squadron wears

A pilot with the 108th Air Refueling Squadron wears

A pilot with the 108th Air Refueling Squadron wears a shoulder patch showing the heritage of the unit during an aerial refueling mission, April 16, 2014. The 108 ARS is an Illinois Air National Guard unit, assi... More

An aircrew with the Illinois Air National Guard’s 182nd

An aircrew with the Illinois Air National Guard’s 182nd

An aircrew with the Illinois Air National Guard’s 182nd Airlift Wing at Peoria operates a C-130 Hercules over the installation Dec. 1, 2017, near South Post as part of training at Fort McCoy, Wis. The C-130 and... More

U.S. Air Force Capt. Alma Boyles (right) of the 182nd

U.S. Air Force Capt. Alma Boyles (right) of the 182nd

U.S. Air Force Capt. Alma Boyles (right) of the 182nd Airlift Wing poses with her family after returning home as a volunteer escort guardian on the inaugural Greater Peoria Honor Flight at the Gen. Wayne A. Dow... More

An aircrew with the Illinois Air National Guard’s 182nd

An aircrew with the Illinois Air National Guard’s 182nd

An aircrew with the Illinois Air National Guard’s 182nd Airlift Wing at Peoria operates a C-130 Hercules at Young Air Assault Strip July 18, 2017, on South Post during the Patriot North 2017 Exercise at Fort Mc... More

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