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C-21; Departure; Conversion; Lear; Retired; Pilot; Olson; Derrig; Krapp

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Scott Hovda, a crew chief in the 119th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, gives hand signals as he assists pilots Col. Kent Olson, the 119th Wing commander and Col. Brad Derrig, the 119th Wing vice-commander, as they launch the last C-21 aircraft number 40064 at the North Dakota Air National Guard Base, Fargo, N.D., Aug. 27, 2013. The aircraft is making its’ final flight for the unit before being retired at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, Dayton, Ohio, Aug. 28, 2013. This particular aircraft was the first C-21 Lear Jet built for the U.S. Air Force. The aircraft is the last to depart the unit during a mission conversion, leaving the unit without a manned flying mission for the first time since it began in 1947. It will be the only state in the United States without a manned flying mission. The unit has an outstanding flying record with over 174,000 hours without a class A mishap in manned aircraft. The 119th Wing is one of only two Air National Guard units to be selected for the U.S. Air Force Hughes Trophy, awarded to flying units, and the only Air National Guard unit to win the award twice. The unit also won the William Tell World-Wide fighter competition three times while flying fighters. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by SMSgt. David H. Lipp/Released)
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C-21; Departure; Conversion; Lear; Retired; Pilot; Olson; Derrig; Krapp

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Scott Hovda, a crew chief in the 119th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, gives hand signals as he assists pilots Col. Kent Olson, the 119th Wing commander and Col. Brad Derrig, the 119th Wing vice-commander, as they launch the last C-21 aircraft number 40064 at the North Dakota Air National Guard Base, Fargo, N.D., Aug. 27, 2013. The aircraft is making its’ final flight for the unit before being retired at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, Dayton, Ohio, Aug. 28, 2013. This particular aircraft was the first C-21 Lear Jet built for the U.S. Air Force. The aircraft is the last to depart the unit during a mission conversion, leaving the unit without a manned flying mission for the first time since it began in 1947. It will be the only state in the United States without a manned flying mission. The unit has an outstanding flying record with over 174,000 hours without a class A mishap in manned aircraft. The 119th Wing is one of only two Air National Guard units to be selected for the U.S. Air Force Hughes Trophy, awarded to flying units, and the only Air National Guard unit to win the award twice. The unit also won the William Tell World-Wide fighter competition three times while flying fighters. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by SMSgt. David H. Lipp/Released)
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C-21; Departure; Conversion; Lear; Retired; Pilot; Olson; Derrig; Krapp

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Scott Hovda, a crew chief in the 119th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, right, prepares to assist pilots Col. Kent Olson, the 119th Wing commander and Col. Brad Derrig, the 119th Wing vice-commander, as they launch the last C-21 aircraft number 40064 at the North Dakota Air National Guard Base, Fargo, N.D., Aug. 27, 2013. The aircraft is making its’ final flight for the unit before being retired at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, Dayton, Ohio, Aug. 28, 2013. This particular aircraft was the first C-21 Lear Jet built for the U.S. Air Force. The aircraft is the last to depart the unit during a mission conversion, leaving the unit without a manned flying mission for the first time since it began in 1947. It will be the only state in the United States without a manned flying mission. The unit has an outstanding flying record with over 174,000 hours without a class A mishap in manned aircraft. The 119th Wing is one of only two Air National Guard units to be selected for the U.S. Air Force Hughes Trophy, awarded to flying units, and the only Air National Guard unit to win the award twice. The unit also won the William Tell World-Wide fighter competition three times while flying fighters. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by SMSgt. David H. Lipp/Released)
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C-21; Departure; Conversion; Lear; Retired; Pilot; Olson; Derrig; Krapp

U.S. Air Force C-21 pilots from left to right Col. Brad Derrig, the 119th Wing vice-commander, Col. Kent Olson, the 119th Wing commander, and Lt. Col. Jerrad Krapp, the 177th Airlift Squadron commander, pose for a photo near C-21 aircraft number 40064 moments before the launch it for the final time from the North Dakota Air National Guard Base, Fargo, N.D., Aug. 27, 2013. The aircraft is making its’ final flight for the unit before being retired at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, Dayton, Ohio, Aug. 28, 2013. This particular aircraft was the first C-21 Lear Jet built for the U.S. Air Force. The aircraft is the last to depart the unit during a mission conversion, leaving the unit without a manned flying mission for the first time since it began in 1947. It will be the only state in the United States without a manned flying mission. The unit has an outstanding flying record with over 174,000 hours without a class A mishap in manned aircraft. The 119th Wing is one of only two Air National Guard units to be selected for the U.S. Air Force Hughes Trophy, awarded to flying units, and the only Air National Guard unit to win the award twice. The unit also won the William Tell World-Wide fighter competition three times while flying fighters. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by SMSgt. David H. Lipp/Released)
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C-27J

C-27J
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C-27J

C-27J
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C-27J

C-27J
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Camel ride

119th Wing rides a camel on a day off during a deployment.
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Camel ride

A member from the North Dakota Air National Guard rides a camel on a day off while deployed.
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Capt Stutz administers COVID-19 test

Capt. Rebecca Stutz, of the 119th Medical Group, administers a voluntary BinaxNOW COVID-19 test for a North Dakota State University Bison football ticket holder in the lobby of the FargoDome, Fargo, N.D., Feb. 21, 2021. The testing service is being offered to the game attendees as they enter the facility. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by David H. Lipp)
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Capt. Stoffel conducts C-21 tour with German exchange officer

Capt. Ryan Stoffel, a C-21 pilot in the 177th Airlift Squadron, right, provides information about C-21 aircraft and flying mission during a June 24 base tour with Maj. Jaime Stephan, left, and German exchange officer Capt. Michael Kettl, at the North Dakota Air National Guard, Fargo, N.D.
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Cargo unloading

Airman Grayson Eback, of the 119th Logistics Readiness Squadron, pushes on a cargo container as he helps unload it from a C-17 aircraft at the North Dakota Air National Guard Base, Fargo, N.D., May 1, 2021. The cargo was returning for use at Exercise Southern Strike at the Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center, Gulfport, Miss. Southern Strike is a large-scale, joint and international combat training exercise featuring counter-insurgency, close-air support, non-combatant evacuations, and maritime special operations hosted by the Mississippi National Guard with joint DoD agency participants from multiple locations around the country. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Chief Master Sgt. David H. Lipp)
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CCAF now required for top enlisted ranks

Chief Master Sgt. Kevin Muehler, the 119th Wing command chief, right, presents the Community College of the Air Force degree to Master Sgt. Christopher Walberg, the 119th Mission Support Group first sergeant, during a ceremony at the North Dakota Air National Guard base, Fargo, N.D., Jan. 12, 2013. The community College of the Air Force degree is now required for enlisted personnel to be eligible for promotion to the ranks of Senior Master Sergeant and Chief Master Sergeant.
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CE Cadre Volumetric Mixer

Staff Sgt. Chris Larson, a 119th Civil Engineer Squadron training cadre, left, discusses the use of a volumetric mixer for placing flowable fill into a simulated bomb impact crater for repair with visiting trainees from the 90th Civil Engineer Squadron at the North Dakota Air National Guard Regional Training Site, Fargo, N.D., Sept. 30, 2021. The visiting engineers are using the Rapid Airfield Damage Recovery (RADR) system for training to repair damage to a 150 feet by 750 feet concrete simulated runway, sectioned off in 20 foot by 20 foot squares for training craters. It is specially designed for making holes in the concrete squares that simulate bomb impact craters that can be repaired with fill and capping material. The Fargo civil engineer training site is one of four in the Air National Guard, and is the first one of those to provide new system for RADR training. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Chief Master Sgt. David H. Lipp)
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Change of Command

Col. Kent Olson addresses his unit for the first time as 119th Wing commander March 14 at the North Dakota Air National Guard, Fargo, N.D.
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Change of Command

Maj. Gen. David A. Sprynczynatyk, North Dakota adjutant general, left, accepts the 119th Wing command flag from Col. Rick Gibney March 14 as Gibney symbolically relinquishes his command so that Sprynczynatyk can present the flag to new 119th Wing commander, Col. Kent Olson, at the North Dakota Air National Guard, Fargo, N.D.
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Change of Command

Maj. Gen. David A. Sprynczynatyk, North Dakota adjutant general, left, pauses for a photo with new 119th Wing commander Col. Kent Olson March 14 during a change of command ceremony at the North Dakota Air National Guard, Fargo, N.D. Olson is replacing Col. Rick Gibney as the 119th Wing commander.
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Change of Command Ceremony at the 119th Wing

Maj. Gen. David Sprynczynatyk, the North Dakota adjutant general, right, accepts a symbolic command flag from Brig. Gen. Alan Palmer, the North Dakota National Guard Air Component Commander, and prepares to hand off the flag to newly promoted Brig. Gen. Cecil “Bud” Hensel, far left, symbolizing the assumption of command during the change of command ceremony May 1, at the North Dakota Air National Guard, Fargo, N.D.
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Chaplain Homecoming

Maj. Dellas Herbel, a chaplain in the 119th Wing, walks outside the Hector International Airport terminal building into the chilly Fargo, N.D., evening alongside his family upon his return home from a six-month deployment to Southwest Asia Jan. 2021. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by David H. Lipp)
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Chaplain Provides Comfort During Exercise

Lt. Col. James Cheney, a chaplain in the 119th Wing, provides counseling for an Airman who is acting as an attack victim during a training exercise at the North Dakota Air National Guard Base, Fargo, N.D., June 8, 2019. The training is required periodically and is routine at Air National Guard bases throughout the United States. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Chief Master Sgt. David H. Lipp)
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