As it turns 60 this year, the Colorado Air National Guard finds its mission expanding. Deployments overseas to the Middle East and Asia mean the average guard member is now serving 100 days a year on active duty. Colonel John “Buck†Buckingham, Vice Wing Commander for the 140th Wing housed at Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora, speaks with Dan Meyers.
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