Night Vipers

U.S. Air Force Colonel Kerry M. Gentry does a pre-flight inspection on an F-16C Viper at Atlantic City International Airport, N.J. on Jan 23. Gentry is the Commander of the 177th Fighter Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Matt Hecht

Night Vipers

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jeffrey Montemurro removes a ladder from an F-16C Viper piloted by Captain Keith Graham at Atlantic City International Airport, N.J. on Jan 23. Pilots and Airmen from the 177th Fighter Wing braved low temperatures to perform night training operations. Montemurro is a crew chief from the 177th Fighter Wing, and Graham is a pilot assigned to the 119th Fighter Squadron, New Jersey Air National Guard. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Matt Hecht

177th Fighter Wing assists community in wake of Hurricane Sandy

Airmen from the 177th Fighter Wing conduct search and recovery operations on Long Beach Island, N.J., on Nov 1. The 177th Fighter Wing assisted local authorities in aiding members of the community displaced by Hurricane Sandy. U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Matt Hecht

177th Fighter Wing assists community in wake of Hurricane Sandy

Airmen from the 177th Fighter Wing conduct search and recovery operations on Long Beach Island, N.J., on Nov 1. The 177th Fighter Wing assisted local authorities in aiding members of the community displaced by Hurricane Sandy. U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Matt Hecht

177th Fighter Wing assists community in wake of Hurricane Sandy

Airmen from the 177th Fighter Wing conduct search and recovery operations on Long Beach Island, N.J., on Nov 1. The 177th Fighter Wing assisted local authorities in aiding members of the community displaced by Hurricane Sandy. U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Matt Hecht

Transit Center firefighters participate in construction collapse exercise

Left, Senior Airman Joshua Lupidi and Airman 1st Class Ashley Linney secure a simulated victim during a construction collapse exercise at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, Sept. 28, 2012. The 376th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Department participated in the exercise to stay proficient in their training. Both Lupidi and Linney are 376 ECES firefighters. Lupidi is deployed from Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., and Linney is deployed from the 177th Fighter Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Brett Clashman)

Chapel, first responders honor 9/11 heroes

Airman 1st Class Ashley Linney delivers a speech on the Firefighter?s Maltese Cross during a 9/11 remembrance ceremony at the Wings of Hope Chapel, Sept. 10, 2012, Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan. Linney is a 376th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter who is deployed from the 177th Fighter Wing, Atlantic City and is a native of Little Egg Harbor, N.J. Linney spoke about the eight points on the cross, which represents the symbol for all firefighters: honor, charity, loyalty, chivalry, gallantry, generosity, protection and dexterity and how Chief Peter Ganci, Jr. embodied all of these traits on September 11, 2001. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jason Vaught)

Air Guard trains at Fort Drum

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 227th Air Support Operations Squadron, New Jersey Air National Guard, train with weapons at Fort Drum, N.Y. on Aug 20. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Matt Hecht

TCM, Kyrgyz fire department train to save lives

Right, Senior Airman Kenneth Merlock operates a hydraulic cutter tool to cut part of a vehicle while Senior Airman Frank Abac observes during a auto-extraction exchange at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, Aug. 29, 2012. The cutter tool is one of many tools fire fighters use to extract pinned or trapped victims involved in a vehicular incident. Merlock is deployed out of 177th Fighter Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard and a native of Atlantic City, N.J. Abac is a 376 ECES fire fighter deployed out of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska and a native of Chicago. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Brett Clashman)

Tech. Sgt. Neal Esplin, 177th Medical Group, New Jersey Air National Guard, provides dental care to an Alabama resident at a Selma medical clinic during the Innovative Readiness Training mission Alabama Care 2012 in Selma, Ala. Aug. 8, 2012.

Tech. Sgt. Neal Esplin, 177th Medical Group, New Jersey Air National Guard, provides dental care to an Alabama resident at a Selma medical clinic during the Innovative Readiness Training mission Alabama Care 2012 in Selma, Ala. Aug. 8, 2012. IRT Alabama Care 2012 is an Air National Guard led, multiservice mission comprised of active, reserve, and National Guard members from Army, Navy and Air Force components providing service members with readiness training while providing Alabama residents with free health services such as dental, optometry and medical screenings in the medically underserved and economically depressed community of Selma, Ala. Aug. 7-14, 2012. (National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Melissa E. Chatham/RELEASED)

Civil Air Patrol visits 177th Fighter Wing

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Ethan Hugg, a Joint terminal attack controller (JTAC) helps some Civil Air Patrol Cadets from the Cumberland Composite Squadron, NJ into his body armor at 177th Fighter Wing on June 26. Hugg is a New Jersey Air National Guardsman assigned to the 227th Air Support Operations Squadron. The 177th Fighter Wing is located at Atlantic City International Airport, NJ. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Matt Hecht

Air National Guard base tour wows students

U.S. Air Force Airman First Class Matthew Sinton educates a second grade student from Atlantic Christian School on the inner workings of an F-16C Fighting Falcon at Atlantic City International Airport, NJ on June 14. The students were visiting the 177th, part of the New Jersey Air National Guard, for a base tour. Sinton is an F-16C crew chief assigned to the 177th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Matt Hecht