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  • Vermont National Guard supports medical warehouse

    COLCHESTER, Vt.  – Soldiers and Airmen of the Vermont National Guard are helping distribute COVID-19 vaccines and personal protective equipment from Vermont's Medical Countermeasures Warehouse to people throughout the state."Since there has been an uptick in COVID cases, we have been busy preparing

  • 179th AW to host 1st Air National Guard cyberspace wing

    MANSFIELD, Ohio – Mansfield-Lahm Air National Guard Base is the preferred location for the first Air National Guard cyberspace wing in the country.The Department of the Air Force announced the selection of the Ohio base on Aug. 25. The transformation will support Air Combat Command's future

  • Oklahoma Guard completes Hurricane Ida relief mission

    RESERVE, La. – Following the devastation Hurricane Ida caused in Southern Louisiana, nearly 500 Oklahoma Army and Air National Guard members volunteered to give up their Labor Day weekends to come to the aid of their neighbors.For almost three weeks, Task Force Oklahoma provided much-needed food,

  • Georgia Guard strengthens cyber capability at exercise

    AUGUSTA, Ga. – Members of the Georgia National Guard participated in Cyber Dawg 21, a live-action cybersecurity exercise Sept. 13-17 at the Georgia Cyber Center.The Georgia Technology Center created and led Cyber Dawg 21 to practice and refine cyberattack response by state agencies. Soldiers and

  • 167th Airlift Wing firefighters train on disaster response

    MARTINSBURG, W.Va. – They changed the tires on their equipment trailer, prepped their communication devices, loaded their urban search and rescue kits and headed south from Martinsburg to Charleston for Vigilant Guard 2021.Vigilant Guard is an annual large-scale disaster response exercise sponsored

  • ANG Command Chief visits the 120th Airlift Wing

    GREAT FALLS, Mont – Air National Guard Command Chief Master Sgt. Maurice Williams visited the 120th Airlift Wing, Montana Air National Guard Sept. 12, 2021.With more than 33 years of ANG service, Williams was selected on Oct. 9, 2020 to become the 13th command chief of the ANG. Williams serves as

  • Kentucky Air Guard helps fight COVID at Louisville hospitals

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. – More than 40 members of the Kentucky Air National Guard reported to Baptist Hospital East Sept. 14 to provide logistical support for medical staff fighting a rising tide of critically ill COVID patients.They're among 310 Kentucky Army and Air National Guardsmen who were activated

  • NY Air Guard teams with Brazilian airmen for Exercise Tapio

    WESTHAMPTON BEACH, N.Y. - Eighty New York Air National Guard Airmen participated in a 10-day Brazilian Air Force training operation at Campo Grande Brazil in August as part of the State Partnership Program.The 105th Airlift Wing, based at Stewart Air National Guard Base in Newburgh, transported two

  • Astronaut recovery task force more capable after airlift exercise

    MOFFETT FEDERAL AIRFIELD, CA -- Hawaii and California ANG Airmen are enhancing their ability to recover fallen astronauts after completing a search and rescue training scenario held yet out of Moffett Federal Airfield from Sept 4-12.The training is part of an ongoing series of contingency exercises

  • Tennessee Air National Guard Members Participate in Falcon Defender '21

    Graf Ignatievo Air Base, Bulgaria – U.S. Airmen from the Tennessee Air National Guard and the 435th Contingency Response Group, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, participate in Falcon Defender 21 here, July 19-26.Falcon Defender 21 is a bilateral training exercise with the Bulgarian air force that