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News from the Oklahoma National Guard

NEWS | Feb. 16, 2022

Three AFSOC wings participate in combat control training at WRANGB

By Tech. Sgt. Brigette Waltermire 137th Special Operations Wing

A Special Tactics combat controller with the 125th Special Tactics Squadron (STS), Oregon Air National Guard, is seen through night vision goggles measuring the distance to a target during a training exercise in Oklahoma City, Jan. 12, 2022. The 125th STS trained with the help of members with the 137th Special Operations Wing (SOW) acting as opposition forces during scenarios that required the controllers to track their movement while coordinating a stack of aircraft that was composed of a 137th SOW MC-12W and an AC-130J Ghostrider assigned to Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Brigette Waltermire)
Video by Sgt. Haden Tolbert
Nebraska National Guardsmen take 2025 National Guard Region V Best Warrior Competition
Oklahoma National Guard
May 17, 2025 | 1:33
Nebraska National Guardsmen Sgt. Luke Entz and Spc. Alexander Thomson, both infantrymen from Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion (Airborne), 134th Infantry Regiment, were named winners of the 2025 National Guard Region V Best Warrior Competition on May 16 in Oklahoma City.

The competition took place May 12-15 at Camp Gruber Training Center near Braggs, Oklahoma, and featured 12 competitors from six states, including Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri.
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