C-21 Mission

Master Sgt. Todd Strom, of the 119th Logistics Readiness Squadron, prepares an Alaska Air National Guard 249th Airlift Wing C-17 for loading July 8, at the North Dakota Air National Guard, as he begins loading equipment (also known as increments) for air lift to Volk Field, Wisc. The airman is a member of the newly created 119th Air Terminal Flight (also known as Aerial Port). The increments being loaded are part of the first ever shipment known as a 'chalk' for the Aerial Port at the NDANG. (DoD photo by Senior Master Sgt. David H. Lipp) (Released)

C-21 Mission

From left to right Tech. Sgt. John Martin, load master in the 249th Airlift Squadron, directs Staff Sgt. Kent Shackelford and Master Sgt. Todd Strom, both of the 119th Logistics Readiness Squadron, as they secure a piece of equipment (increment) on board an Alaska Air National Guard 249th Airlift Wing C-17 July 8, at the North Dakota Air National Guard, as they begin loading it for air lift to Volk Field, Wisc. The airmen are members of the newly created 119th Air Terminal Flight (also known as Aerial Port). The increments being loaded are part of the first shipment known as a chalk for the Aerial Port at the NDANG. (DoD photo by Senior Master Sgt. David H. Lipp) (Released)

Deployed Airmen

Airmen from the 119th Wing, North Dakota Air National Guard, stand near a C-21 Lear Jet in South West Asia. For the first time in the history of the U.S. Central Command, the C-21s, the military version of the Learjet 35A, are being maintained by Airmen rather than contractors.

Deployed Airmen

An Airman from the 119th Wing, North Dakota Air National Guard, works on a C-21 Lear Jet in South West Asia. For the first time in the history of the U.S. Central Command, the C-21s, the military version of the Learjet 35A, are being maintained by Airmen rather than contractors.

Deployment homecomings

Master Sgt. Eric Johnson, of the 119th Wing, receives a sandbag from a civilian and passes it along a human chain of flood fighters as they stand in knee high flood water April 21, 2009, southeast of Kindred, N.D. Johnson is helping the group build a temporary flood levee in an effort to hold back rising water near a farm home. The high water has broken out from the banks of the Sheyenne river and is making its' way over land and across roads threatening rural residents of Cass County, N.D. (DoD photo by Senior Master Sgt. David H. Lipp)

C-21 Mission to southwest Asisa

Lt. Col. Rick Omang and 1 Lt. Gregory Ames, both of the 177th Airlift Squadron, North Dakota Air National Guard pilot a C-21 aircraft as they launch from Hector International Airport, Fargo, N.D. May 20. This is the first time that the North Dakota Air National Guard C-21s have deployed to southwest Asia in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Airmen will be supporting the mission in alternating shifts throughout the summer. The 119th Wing began flying the C-21 Lear Jets after the unit lost their F-16 Fighting Falcons in January 2007. (DoD photo by Senior Master Sgt. David H. Lipp) (Released)