A dozen A-10s and some 350 airmen from the Michigan Air National Guard’s 127th Wing deployed to an undisclosed air base in the Persian Gulf region to take over the fight against ISIS in Iraq and Syria, unit spokesman TSgt. Daniel Heaton told Air Force Magazine on Tuesday. This expeditionary contingent left Selfridge ANG Base, northeast of Detroit, in early April on a six-month rotation to support Operation Inherent Resolve, the US-led air campaign against ISIS, according to a wing release. The Michigan contingent relieved an expeditionary squadron of A-10s and airmen from the Indiana ANG’s 122nd Fighter Wing in Fort Wayne that deployed last November, marking the first A-10 OIR rotation. The Michigan unit is likewise assigned to the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing while deployed. This rotation is the 127th Wing’s longest large-scale movement since deploying to Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, in 2011, said unit officials.
Airman Charged in M18 Shooting Death Found Dead
Oct. 27, 2025
The Airman arrested in connection with the M18 pistol discharge that killed a fellow member of Air Force security forces on July 20 in Wyoming was found dead earlier this month, an Air Force spokesperson confirmed.
