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  • Alaska Air National Guard officer shares story with Service High JROTC

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, AK -- A 176th Wing personnel officer visited Robert Service High School Navy Junior ROTC cadets April 15 at the school’s Anchorage campus to share her story of military service.Alaska Air National Guard 1st Lt. Laurel Foster, 176th Force Support Squadron Force

  • Iowa’s 185th ARW awarded Air and Space Outstanding Unit Award

    Sioux City, IA -- Members of the Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing recently learned they have been awarded the Air and Space Outstanding Unit Award for exceptionally meritorious service for their efforts in 2022.The award citation specifically mentioned the unit’s high operations

  • Kentucky Air Guard helps stage Thunder Over Louisville

    LOUISVILLE, KY -- Spectators lined the banks of the Ohio River here April 20 for the annual Thunder Over Louisville air show, made possible with support from the Kentucky Air National Guard.This year’s event featured more than two-dozen rotary- and fixed-wing aircraft, including appearances by the

  • California Air Guard 146th Maintenance Group Learns New Skill

    VOLK FIELD, Wis. - On a chilly, overcast morning that promised rain in the very northern state of Wisconsin, 28 U.S. Airmen assigned to the 146th Maintenance Group of the Air National Guard in Southern California move equipment around a stripped-down C-130H Hercules airplane with the letters CDDAR

  • Virginia Guard CST, State Police Team Up for Training Exercise

    BLACKSTONE, Va. - Virginia National Guard Soldiers and Airmen assigned to the 34th Civil Support Team trained with Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation bomb technicians March 19-21 at the Blackstone Readiness Center. The 34th CST supports civil authorities in a domestic chemical,

  • 168th Wing Enables Fighter Support over Pacific for Agile Reaper

    ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam - Airmen from the 168th Wing supported the Agile Reaper exercise, providing combat refueling to 3rd Air Expeditionary Wing F-22 Raptors and airlift for cargo and passenger assets traveling from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, to Guam and locations across the

  • Wisconsin Air Guard Trains with Papua New Guinea Partners

    PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea - Wisconsin Air National Guard members from the 128th Air Refueling Wing Security Forces Squadron and the 115th Fighter Wing Security Forces Squadron trained alongside the Papua New Guinea Defence Force March 17-22 as part of the State Partnership Program.The Airmen

  • 142nd Wing observes Sexual Assault Awareness & Prevention Month

    PORTLAND, OR -- Every April marks the observance of Sexual Assault Awareness & Prevention Month (SAAPM) across the Department of Defense. The month-long information campaign aims to raise awareness about sexual assault in the military and educate service members on available resources and reporting

  • Medical refocus boosts ANG unit’s readiness standings

    JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. -- Two years ago, the 108th Wing ranked at the bottom out of 93 Air National Guard organizations in Individual Medical Readiness standings, but with the implementation of a refocus initiative, they are now in the top 20.“IMR, like many programs, is a leadership