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  • Nevada Guard backs first responders at ‘America’s Party’

    LAS VEGAS – The Nevada National Guard completed its 22nd year assisting first responders for “America’s Party,” an annual New Year’s Eve celebration that brings hundreds of thousands of partygoers to Las Vegas.About 220 Guard members helped this year, with more than 100 on the Las Vegas Strip to

  • It takes a village: Experiencing the whole Airman concept

    WILL ROGERS AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, OK -- I recently deployed to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, in support of Operation Allies Welcome. I spent a month helping manage any and every issue that came through the single phone assigned to our village under Task Force Liberty.Deploying

  • Local junior high school supports military community

    SEARCY, AR -- The 189th Airlift Wing’s Airman and Family Readiness office held a toy drive for Team Little Rock’s military families, providing toys for families with all age ranges of children. The drive, sponsored by Operation Homefront was in coordination with teachers and students at Ahlf Junior

  • Air National Guard, Active Air Force train in arctic weather

    CAMP RIPLEY, Minn. — Nearly 30 Airmen assigned to the 123rd Contingency Response Group (CRG) returned to Camp Ripley for a second round of cold weather training December 13-17.The Kentucky Air National Guard unit, part of the 123rd Airlift Wing, specializes in opening airfields in remote areas.Last

  • NY National Guard troops continue to aid nursing homes

    SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Eighteen New York National Guard medics and medical technicians on duty at a Syracuse area nursing home are opening up more care slots in the region’s medical system, according to Dr. Kimberly Townsend, the president and chief executive officer of Loretto Health and

  • Iowa ANG Supports Al Dhafra Air Base Mission

    Al Dhafra, United Arab Emirates -- More than a dozen Citizen-Airmen from the Iowa Air National Guard are deployed to the Middle East, serving with the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing at Al Dhafra Air Base in the United Arab Emirates.The Iowa ANG Airmen are all from the 185th Air Refueling Wing based at

  • Air Force supports U.S. global health policy priorities of 2021

    FALLS CHURCH, Va. -- As the world continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government has established new policies in 2021 addressing global health security and the use of global health engagement to mitigate the current pandemic, as well as emerging and future biosecurity

  • Biddle ANG Base hosts Congressional Delegation

    BIDDLE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Pa. -- A congressional delegation led by U.S. Congresswoman Madeleine Dean visited the 111th Attack Wing at Biddle Air National Guard Base in Horsham, Pennsylvania, Dec. 21, 2021.The group of federal and state-level representatives received an update on the

  • Alaska Airmen rescue pregnant woman in distress

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing rescued a pregnant woman in distress Dec. 27 at Kipnuk about 100 miles southwest of Bethel.Alaska Air National Guard Senior Master Sgt. Evan Budd, Alaska Rescue Coordination Center superintendent, said

  • Kentucky Air Guard completes tornado response mission

    MAYFIELD, Ky. – Seventeen Kentucky Air National Guard Airmen completed a 10-day mission to control traffic and provide security as residents struggled to recover from a Category 5 tornado that carved a 220-mile path of destruction across five states Dec. 10-11, leveling much of this small town and