SCANG’s largest deployment since the summer of 2018 is part of expeditionary force rotation
Credit: U.S. Air National Guard photo by Lt. Col. Jim St.Clair, 169th Fighter Wing Public Affairs
U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon jets, assigned to the South Carolina Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing, prepare to depart McEntire Joint National Guard Base, South Carolina, to support an Air Expeditionary Force deployment to Prince Sultan Air Base Saudi Arabia, April 12, 2021. The 169th Fighter Wing will support U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) by preserving operational depth, staging joint forces and projecting overwhelming combat power in the region. This is the wing’s largest deployment since the summer of 2018 when they supported an Air Expeditionary Force rotation to Kuwait.
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S.C. Air National Guard troops deploy to Saudi Arabia
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Members of the South Carolina Air National Guard deploy to Saudi Arabia on April 11, 2021, to support an Air Expeditionary Force deployment to Prince Sultan Air Base. Photo by Lt. Col. Jim St. Clair/USAF 169th Fighter Wing/U.S. Air Force
April 14 (UPI) About 300 members of the South Carolina Air National Guard s 169th Fighter Wing arrived in Saudi Arabia for deployment, it announced on Wednesday.
The troop movement includes an undefined number of F-16CJ fighter planes, a statement from the wing said, noting that it is the SCANG s largest deployment since its support of troops in Kuwait in 2018.
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19 Columbia, S.C. – The South Carolina National Guard announces U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Camille R. W. Caldwell as the next state command senior enlisted leader (CSEL) for the South Carolina National Guard.
Caldwell will serve as the second state CSEL for the South Carolina National Guard. In this role, she will be the advisor to the adjutant general for South Carolina, U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Van McCarty, and other key leaders on matters of health and welfare of the Soldiers and Airmen assigned to the South Carolina Army and Air National Guard.
“Mentoring and coaching Airmen has been a highlight of my service with the South Carolina Air National Guard. I enjoy watching Airmen take pride knowing they have control over their career path, how to remove barriers, and what steps are needed to achieve success,” said Caldwell. “The most important part of the selection as the CSEL is having the opportunity to work with Soldiers and exchange best practices of