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  • Ohio Airman Receives Bronze Star For Actions During Deployment

    BLUE ASH, Ohio — Master Sgt. Daniel Rogers, senior enlisted leader of the 123rd Air Control Squadron, received the Bronze Star Aug. 1 for his actions during a deployment in which he safeguarded more than 320 coalition personnel while under attack by small-arms fire, 170 mm rockets and mortars

  • National Guard, Sweden Celebrate 100 Years of Swedish Air Force

    LINKÖPING, Sweden — U.S. Soldiers and Airmen with the New York and South Dakota National Guard prepared for Sweden Jubilee events Aug. 20, joining Swedish and international partners in celebrating 100 years of the Swedish Air Force and discussing the future of air and space power.The Sweden Jubilee

  • Massachusetts Guard, Paraguay Prepare Sites for Fuerzas Comando 2026

    ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay — More than 50 Soldiers and Airmen from the Massachusetts National Guard conducted a joint engineering mission with the Paraguayan Armed Forces to renovate critical infrastructure at military training sites near Asunción, Paraguay, July 13-26.The joint task force, including

  • Air Guard Builds Combat Readiness at Patriot Forge II

    FORT DEVENS, Mass. – Nearly 200 Air National Guard civil engineers moved through dense terrain carrying weapons and combat equipment, navigated without relying on Global Positioning System, operated tactical vehicle convoys, treated simulated casualties under fire and defended an air base against an

  • Alaska Air Guard Rescues Injured Hiker From Hatcher Pass

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — At the request of the Alaska State Troopers, Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing rescued an injured hiker from steep terrain in the Hatcher Pass area, approximately 40 miles north of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Aug. 18.When the Alaska Rescue

  • Nordhaus, Raines highlight global impact of State Partnership Program

    SAVANNAH, Ga. — Air Force Gen. Steve Nordhaus, chief of the National Guard Bureau, and Senior Enlisted Advisor John Raines, senior enlisted advisor to the chief, highlighted the State Partnership Program’s growing role in strengthening readiness, expanding interoperability and building enduring

  • Alabama Air Guard Tests Combat Readiness During Tuskegee Thunder

    DANNELLY FIELD, Ala. — Airmen assigned to the 187th Fighter Wing trained to generate and sustain F-35A Lightning II combat airpower under pressure during Operation Tuskegee Thunder, Aug. 12-14.The exercise, conducted in conjunction with the wing’s Combat Readiness Inspection (CRI), placed the Red

  • 130th AW Medic Leads Guard Team to Victory in AFSOC Medic Rodeo

    CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The sun had barely peaked over the mountains surrounding Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, when the heat and chaos set in without warning. A team of military medics was ordered into their M50 Joint Service General Purpose Masks and sent sprinting through the desert terrain.

  • Air Guard Communications Units Train at Northern Strike

    ALPENA, Mich. – Air National Guard combat communications squadrons from multiple states and territories gathered in northern Michigan Aug. 1-15 to support Exercise Northern Strike 26-2 at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center.The Missouri Air National Guard’s 239th Combat Communications Squadron,