134th fireman explains daily equipment checks
134th Air Refueling Wing
Video by Senior Airman Brad West
May 21, 2025 | 1:00
Matthew Gray, a fireman with the 134th Air Refueling Wing, explains daily equipment checks of the fire trucks on McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base, Tennessee, May 21, 2025. Gray did the gear checks as part of his shift change to ensure all necessary equipment was present and working. (U.S. Air National Guard video by Senior Airman Brad West) More


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  • August is National Immunization Awareness Month

    August marks National Immunization Awareness Month and although vaccinations are important to individuals of all ages, they are vital in keeping military members healthy.When it comes to service members, immunizations are mandatory and must be maintained throughout one's military career."The

  • 134th ARW Airmen host Top Wrench competition, inspire local youth

    The 134th Air Refueling Wing hosted the annual Top Wrench program here, July 14.The Top Wrench program is a one day automotive competition developed to introduce high school students to a new perspective on how the decisions they are making now will affect them in the future, and aimed at stopping

  • Tennessee Airmen volunteer at Alaskan Military Youth Academy

    Airmen from the 134th Air Refueling Wing's Force Support Squadron helped support the Alaska Military Youth Academy Dining Facility during a temporary duty assignment July 10-19.Members worked shifts preparing and serving food three times a day to cadets of the Military Youth Academy during their

  • Tennessee Airmen assist in Bermuda rescue of burn victims

    An aircrew with the 151st Air Refueling Squadron here, assisted the rescue of two critical burn victims about 500 miles southeast of Bermuda by conducting in-flight refueling to another Air Force aircraft June 21.  What was scheduled to be a local training mission for the Tennessee Airmen was

  • Paid time off increases for Knox County military employees

    Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett signed an amendment to the personnel ordinance July 29 increasing Knox County employees, who are also members of the National Guard or Reserve, paid time off from 20 days to 30 days.The ordinance took effect immediately and was approved in order to compensate military

  • 134th Public Health assist in testing mosquitos in Alaska

    Airmen from the 134th Medical Group Public Health helped with placing and capturing mosquitoes to be tested for various diseases while on temporary duty assignment July 10-19.Mosquitos are very prevalent in the area and are tested weekly during the summer months."We place mosquitos traps in six to

  • Safety NCO Achieves Top Graduate

    In early 2015, a civilian airline pilot was flying at about 26,000 feet enroute to Charlotte, NC. from Chattanooga TN. when he detected an odd odor.  As he was asking his first officer about it, the aircraft alarm panel displayed a lavatory smoke message and the flight attendant emergency call

  • June - National Safety Month

         The National Safety Council is promoting June as National Safety Month to help inform the population of ways to make the environment safer.According to the NSC, the goal for National Safety Month is to raise awareness of what it takes to stay "SafeForLife," and focus on reducing the leading

  • Airmen Ensure "Command and Control" in Tennessee Maneuvers 2016

    Airmen from the 119th Command and Control Squadron practiced their disaster response techniques utilizing the Joint Incident Site Communication Capability Terminal (JISCC) at the Tennessee Maneuvers exercise (TNMAN '16) in Memphis, June 20-23, 2016. The JISCC is a mobile command and control center

  • SMOKY MOUNTAIN AIR SHOW ATTRACTS THOUSANDS

    MCGHEE-TYSON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, TN.--More than 200,000 spectators gathered at McGhee-Tyson Air National Guard Base to witness the Smoky Mountain Airshow, which was the first show in 16 years, here Apr. 16-17.     The show included approximately seven aerial acts and over 30 local vendors,