MI Air National Guard 127th AW Changes Mission

On Saturday April 12th, the 127th Airlift Wing of the Michigan Air National Guard based at Selfridge Air Force Base northeast of Detroit changed it's mission from flying C-130s to flying jet powered KC-135s. They are now designated as the 127th Air Refueling Wing. This change was established in the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Act. The base has had eight KC-135s for a number of years now that once belonged to the 927th ARW of the Air Force Reserves. Those members of the 927th have since been reassigned to the 6th Air Mobility Wing at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida.

New Unit Begins Operations At WPAFB

As part of the newly organized Global Logistics Support Center that regulate the supply of repair parts and aircraft engines to various air force bases worldwide, a new unit has begun service at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. On Monday March 31st, the 591st Supply Chain Management Group started operations. Its primary mission is supply chain strategy and integration of the Global Logistics Support Center headquartered at Scott Air Base in Illinois. This could mean several new talkgroups activating on the WPAFB Trunked Radio System.

445th AW Receives New Commander

At a change of command ceremony on Sunday (4/6) Colonel Stephen Goeman took command of the 445th Airlift Wing at Wright Patterson Air Force Base. Colonel Goeman comes from serving as vice-commander of the 459th Air Refueling Wing based at Edwards Air Force Base, where he served as the senior air reserve technician. At Edwards he was responsible for 1300 personnel in 20 wings operating eight KC-135R Stratotankers. He replaces Brigadier General Bruce E. Davis who is retiring.

Popular Communcations - My New Gig!

My first Popular Communications article has been published.
You can find it on page 57 of the April 2008 issue. I focused the
article on scanning Andrews Air Force Base. Check it out if you get a chance.

http://www.popular-communications.com/

The Silent Treatment

I apologize for the dormant period we have had on the Blog here.
I've spent several months preparing to move. That has been done,
but real life took over for a period and I have not been able to get
any new information of any importance to post on here. Keep in mind if you have anything to pass along concerning military activity in the Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana area please send it along to ohioscan (at) gmail (dot) com.

I have not gotten the new shack up and running at my new QTH yet. I have however, purchased a new PSR-500 GRE handheld. So far I am very happy with it. I really haven't put it through its paces on the Milair side, but hope to soon.