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History-making general in Delaware Air Guard retires

Brig. Gen. Ernest Talbert, vice commander, Delaware Air National Guard, is pinned with a second star signifying the honorary rank of major general in the Delaware National Guard upon his retirement from the Delaware ANG in New Castle, Del. on Jan. 11, 2009. Gen. Talbert's wife Richelle and Delaware National Guard Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Francis Vavala perform the pinning on ceremony. Gen. Talbert, a rated command pilot with more than 6,500 flight hours, flew C-130 aircraft missions in Operation Desert Storm and was the 166th Airlift Wing commander in Operation Iraqi Freedom. During his 36-year career he became the first African-American colonel in the Delaware ANG, and the first and only African-American general in the over 350-year history of the Delaware National Guard. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Melissa Chatham)

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Vice president-elect Biden visits Kirkuk Air Base

KIRKUK REGIONAL AIR BASE, Iraq –Vice president-elect Joe Biden waves goodbye to Soldiers and Airmen after his visit here Jan. 13. The Delaware senator and Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman thanked troops for their service before his departure. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Eunique Stevens)

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Mark Your Calendars

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Plane Device

Plane Device. Image created by Billy Smallwood, Defense Media Activity-San Antonio. Image is 8x6.5 inches @ 300 ppi.

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Air Force Roundel (Color)

Air Force Roundel (Color). This roundel, also referred to as the National Star Insignia, is to be used in applications when camouflage is not required. The attached eps file is a vector illustration which can be enlarged to any size without loss of detail or image quality and the background is opaque. The colors are PMS representations of the paint color specifications as contained in TO 1-1-4.

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Ready to mark a milestone

Delaware Air National Guard C-130 Hercules aircrew, from left, Master Sgt. Mike Murphy, flight engineer, Capt. Troy Bockius, aircraft commander and 1st Lt. Anthony Carunchio, pilot, prepare to taxi their aircraft at the New Castle County Airport, Del., June 14 for a training flight commemorating the 166th Airlift Wing's 160,000th accident-free flight hour. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Mike R Smith, National Guard Bureau)

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Almost home

A Delaware Air National Guard C-130 Hercules after landing at the New Castle County Airport, Del., June 14, 2007 completing a training flight commemorating the 166th Airlift Wing's 160,000th accident-free flight hour. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Mike R Smith, National Guard Bureau)

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Bringing her in

A Delaware Air National Guard C-130 Hercules after landing at the New Castle County Airport, Del., June 14, 2007 completing a training flight commemorating the 166th Airlift Wing's 160,000th accident-free flight hour. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Mike R Smith, National Guard Bureau)

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Hercules full stop

Mileage markers at the New Castle County Airport, Del., on June 14, 2007 while a Delaware Air National Guard C-130 Hercules conducts a training flight commemorating the 166th Airlift Wing's 160,000th accident-free flight hour. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Mike R Smith, National Guard Bureau)

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Marking 160,000 miles

Mileage markers at the New Castle County Airport, Del., on June 14, 2007 while a Delaware Air National Guard C-130 Hercules conducts a training flight commemorating the 166th Airlift Wing's 160,000th accident-free flight hour. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Mike R Smith, National Guard Bureau)

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Flying Safety Taxi

A Delaware Air National Guard C-130 Hercules prepares to taxi at the New Castle County Airport, Del., June 14, 2007 for a training flight commemorating the 166th Airlift Wing's 160,000th accident-free flight hour. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Mike R Smith, National Guard Bureau)

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Casualty director

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CPT) Brian Ackerman, assigned to the 142nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron (AES), Delaware Air National Guard (DEANG) directs ambulatory role-playing victims onboard a C-130 Hercules aircraft after a mass casualty chemical bomb attack during exercise Life Saver at Gulfport, Mississippi (MS). Supplemental caption: Date: May 12, 2004.

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Exercise notes

Delaware Air National Guard (DEANG) Captain (CPT) Rachel Stevens, a nurse assigned to the 166th Medical Group (MG), 166th Airlift Wing, goes over her medical notes with a colleague after a medical exercise scenario in support of Patriot Exercise 2005. Patriot Exercise 2005, is the largest annual exercise held across the United States. (SUBSTANDARD) (A3603). Supplemental caption: Patriot Exercise 2005 held at Volk Field, Wis., Combat Readiness Training Center, Wisconsin Air National Guard. Date: July 18, 2005.

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Role-playing safety

US Air Force (USAF) Senior Airman (SRA) Mike Schuh, assigned to the 142nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron (AES), Delaware Air National Guard (DEANG), gives a safety briefing to role-player victims before taking off aboard a C-130 Hercules aircraft in support of exercise Life Saver in Gulfport, Mississippi (MS). Date: May 11, 2004.

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Iraq fact-finding mission

Walking from a US Air Force (USAF) C-130 Hercules aircraft, US Senator Joseph Biden, Democrat, for Delaware, arrives at Baghdad International Airport (BIAP), Iraq, on a Senate Foreign Relations Committee, fact finding mission and visiting the troops in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Caption supplement: Sen. Biden walks with U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, commander, Coalition Ground Forces, Iraq. To the right is US Senator Richard Lugar, Republican, for Indiana (walking while holding hat). The C-130 aircraft tail number is 40210, The First State, Delaware Air National Guard. Date: June 23, 2003.

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Over Panama Canal

A Delaware Air National Guard C-130 and two North Dakota Air National Guard F-16 escorts are in flight over the Panama Canal. In the lower right foreground are several small vessels at anchor, and in the background is the Bridge of the Americas, that spans the Panama Canal.

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Eagle Flag Taxi

A C-130 Hercules from the Delaware Air National Guard at New Castle taxis on the runway at Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst, N.J., after participating in an event for Air Force Exercise Eagle Flag 08-2 Jan. 16, 2007. The exercise is operated by the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Cetner's Expeditionary Operations School at Fort Dix, N.J. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol)

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Cast creation

During his annual training at Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii, Staff Sgt. Timothy Galvin, 166th Medical Squadron, Del. Air National Guard, New Castle, Del. observes as Specialist Peregrin Ramirez creates a cast for Private Mitchell Brookman on April 24th (2007). (USAF photo by Staff Sgt. Melissa E. Chatham) (Released)

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Checking the load

Master Sgt. Ken Grabowski, 166th Aerial Port Flight, Delaware Air National Guard, checks pallet documentaton sheets for heavy equipment loads used for air drop training missions by 166th Airlift Wing C-130 transport aircraft.

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Before the formation

A banner-towing small civilian aircraft owns the sky over Ocean City, Md. shortly before a five-ship large formation of Delaware Air National Guard C-130 transport aircraft from the 166th Airlift Wing in New Castle, Del. flew overhead. Beachgoers at Md. and Del. coastal areas saw part of the 700-mile, three-hour training flight on June 7, 2008 over four states (Del., Md., Va., and N.J.) culminating in an airdrop over Coyle Field, N.J. and a return to home station at New Castle Airport, Del.

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