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  • 111th Attack Wing reaches MQ-9 initial operational capability

    The 103rd Attack Squadron of the Pennsylvania National Guard officially reached initial operational capability with the launch of its first combat air patrol (CAP) here yesterday.Of the people involved in the 103rd Attack Squadron mission, almost all are Pennsylvania Air National Guard members, with

  • F-35s provide SCANG training

    The South Carolina Air National Guard received two F-35A Lightning II fighter jets on its runway for the first time, March 21 and 22.The F-35s assigned to the 33rd Fighter Wing, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida are here to provide fourth and fifth generation integration fighter training with F-16

  • Arizona Airmen help fellow tanker unit

    During the March unit training assembly the 161st Air Refueling Wing was asked to send a maintenance team to Cheyenne, Wyoming to repair a disabled KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft so it could continue-on to Eielson Air Force Base Alaska.It's not uncommon in the Air Force and Air National Guard tanker

  • Puerto Rico ANG member receives 2015 ANG Safety Award

    156th Airlift Wings Flight Safety officer recently received the 2015 Air National Guard Individual Flight Safety Award for the ANG Safety office.The Air National Guard Safety Award is a national level award issued annually to competing ANG members and organizations from around the nation that

  • Department of Defense publishes Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal guidance

    On March 30, 2016, the President signed an Executive Order titled, "Establishing the Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal" based on the recommendations of Secretary of Defense and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.  The Department of Defense announced today that effective immediately, service members

  • Airmen from 145th Airlift Wing enhance leadership skills during LTAS

    Members of the 145th Airlift Wing were given an opportunity to enhance their leadership skills by attending a Leadership Team Awareness Seminar held at the North Carolina Air National Guard Base, Charlotte Douglas International Airport, March 17 and 18.The mobile training team from the Defense Equal

  • Panama State Partners come to Whiteman Air Force Base

    Six members of the Panamanian Public Forces met with members of the Missouri National Guard March 14-18, as part of the Guard's State Partnership Program.The partnership began 20 years ago coordinating more than 100 engagements involving subject matter expert exchanges on an array of topics, such as

  • AFA honors Air National Guard members

    The Air Force Association's D.W. Steele Sr. Memorial Chapter hosted the 14th Annual AFA Salute to the Air National Guard, recognizing personnel assigned to the National Guard Bureau during a March 30 ceremony at the Sheraton Pentagon City Hotel in Arlington, Virginia."This is our opportunity to say

  • Celebrating women's history month 2016

    What started as a national celebration in 1981, when Congress authorized the president to proclaim the week beginning March 7, 1982 as Women's History Week, has now become a month-long celebration bringing a unique opportunity to take time to honor the hard work and contributions made by women

  • SAPR program trains new Victim Adovcates

    Airmen from the 181st Intelligence Wing, 126th Air Refueling Wing and the 180th Fighter Wing, participated here in a training course for victim advocates Mar. 14-18.The week-long initial training consisted of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response program management tools, advocacy skills, and other