page_title: West Virginia National Guard
section_title: 167th Airlift Wing
hierarchical_section_title: West Virginia National Guard / West Virginia Air National Guard / 167th Airlift Wing
caption_attribution_description: English: 167th Airlift Squadron C-5 Galaxy West Virginia Air National Guard
context_page_description: The West Virginia National Guard is a part of the West Virginia Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety. It comprises the West Virginia Army National Guard and the West Virginia Air National Guard.
  The leadership of the West Virginia National Guard includes:
  Adjutant General: Major General James A. Hoyer
  Director, Joint Staff: Brigadier General H.B. Gillam
  Assistant Adjutant General for Army: Brigadier General Russell Crane
  Senior Enlisted Leader: CSM James Allen
context_section_description: Since the September 11 attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C., the unit has had members deployed to the Afghan and Iraq wars. Unit members have received six Bronze Stars and two Purple Hearts in support of these operations. In December 2006, the 167th received its first C-5 Galaxy, out of a total of 11 aircraft. On February 2012, the Force Structure Overview was released by the Secretary of the Air Force. The document detailed numerous aircraft changes throughout the active, Guard and Reserve forces, including the replacement of the unit's C-5 aircraft with C-17s. On September 25, 2014, the 167th Airlift Wing flew its final C-5 mission, a local training sortie. That same day the wing received its first C-17 Globemaster III aircraft, one of eight C-17s the unit is slated to receive.
caption: A C-5 Galaxy of the 167th Airlift Wing
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