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  • MIANG Airspace Media Release

    ALPENA, Mich. – A proposal to update military training airspace around Grayling Aerial Gunnery Range will help ensure the readiness of Air National Guard flight crews nationwide, according to ANG leaders at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center. The proposal would modify and create new Military

  • CRW Airmen expand operational capabilities during Northern Strike

    The distinctive sound of aircraft propellers echoed over the airfield as dozens of aircraft arrived to take part in the joint and multi-national exercise called Northern Strike 2018 from Aug. 4 through 18.The 821st Contingency Response Group from Travis Air Force Base, California, deployed two small

  • Northern Strike 2018

    “Each year, the training opportunities provided by Northern Strike get better and better,” said Col. John Miner, Alpena CRTC commander. “From all four Department of Defense components to our coalition partners, we've not seen another exercise that combines the multi-spectrum, multi-domain, and joint

  • Who was Phelps Collins?

    The airfield at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, as well as the conference center building at the base, are named for a prominent son of Alpena who was an early American combat pilot.William Collins, Phelps’ father, was the president of the Alpena Manufacturing Company, which produced an

  • Michigan National Guard appoints senior enlisted advisor

    LANSING, Mich. --Chief Master Sgt. Alan VanPate has been appointed as the senior enlisted advisor for the Michigan National Guard. VanPate will now serve as a senior advisor to Maj. Gen. Gregory Vadnais, the adjutant general for the Michigan Army and Air National Guard, a force of more than 10,000

  • Alpena CRTC hosts international canine training

    Lansing, Mich.-For one week each fall, the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center looks more like a kennel facility than a Michigan National Guard military training site. Click here for more of the story.