U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Todd Shak, Headquarters Hawaii Air National Guard Recruiting and Retention Flight senior enlisted leader, salutes Lt. Col. Michael Buendia, Headquarters Hawaii Air National Guard Recruiting and Retention Flight commander, during the activation ceremony of Headquarters Hawaii Air National Guard Recruiting and Retention Flight held at Pearl Highlands Center in Pearl City, Hawaii, Aug. 1, 2026. Buendia and Shak became the organization’s inaugural command team after being activated. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Orlando Corpuz)

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Michael Buendia, left, Headquarters Hawaii Air National Guard Recruiting and Retention Flight commander and Senior Master Sgt. Todd Shak, Headquarters Hawaii Air National Guard Recruiting and Retention Flight senior enlisted leader, stand at attention during the unit’s activation ceremony held at Pearl Highlands Center in Pearl City, Hawaii, Aug. 1, 2026. Buendia and Shak became the organization’s inaugural command team after being activated. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Orlando Corpuz)

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Ty Bishop, a 123rd Intelligence Squadron Signals Intelligence analyst serving in the 188th Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Group, 188th Wing, Arkansas National Guard, graduated with a perfect score on the Apprentice Electronic Signals Intelligence Analyst Course at Goodfellow Air Force Base, San Angelo, Texas, on July 10, 2026. (Courtesy photo)

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Katie Chiarantona, commander, 192nd Maintenance Squadron, 192nd Wing, Virginia National Guard and Chief Master Sgt. Harrison Southworth, the squadron’s senior enlisted leader, observe an aircraft recovery operation during the Advanced Crash Damaged and Disabled Aircraft Recovery Course at Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center in Camp Douglas, Wisconsin, July 14, 2026. More than 85 military and civilian defense partners took part in the Joint Program Office course, which provided attendees practical, hands-on training recovering a wide variety of airframes using advanced equipment and techniques designed to do so safely and efficiently. (U.S. National Guard photo by Paul Gorman)

U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Operational Test & Evaluation Squadron 1 use a CH-53K King Stallion helicopter to transport a recovered F-15 Eagle aircraft during the Advanced Crash Damaged and Disabled Aircraft Recovery Course at Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center in Camp Douglas, Wisconsin, July 14, 2026. More than 85 military and civilian defense partners took part in the Joint Program Office course, which provided attendees practical, hands-on training recovering a wide variety of airframes using advanced equipment and techniques designed to do so safely and efficiently. (U.S. National Guard photo by Paul Gorman)

An F-35A Lightning II aircraft assigned to the Wisconsin Air National Guard's 115th Fighter Wing simulates a show-of-force flyover of a downed aircraft site at Hardwood Air-to-Ground Weapons Range near Finley, Wisconsin, July 14, 2026, during the Advanced Crash Damaged and Disabled Aircraft Recovery Course at Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center. More than 85 military and civilian defense partners took part in the Joint Program Office course, which provided attendees practical, hands-on training recovering a wide variety of airframes using advanced equipment and techniques designed to do so safely and efficiently. (U.S. National Guard photo by Paul Gorman)