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  • Readiness Rolling Out: Alabama Airmen prepare for DLE 2025

    Airmen with the 187th Fighter Wing conducted a rapid cargo movement at Dannelly Field, Alabama, July 1-2, 2025, in support of the wing's participation in Resolute Force Pacific (REFORPAC), a Department-Level Exercise (DLE) demonstrating rapid deployment capabilities.The logistics operation showcased

  • Wisconsin National Guard Showcases Guard Mission at AirVenture

    OSHKOSH, Wis. - Wisconsin National Guard Soldiers and Airmen offered more than 690,000 guests from 80 countries a first-hand look at the mission of the National Guard during the Experimental Aircraft Association’s 2025 AirVenture July 21-27.Guard members conducted multiple public forums to introduce

  • Alaska Air Guard Rescues Climber Trapped on Cliff

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 176th Wing rescued a climber who was trapped and unable to climb down a steep cliff July 27 near Seward.The Alaska Rescue Coordination Center opened the mission in response to a request for assistance from the

  • 178th Wing Scores in Top 5% of Total Force in Combat Readiness Inspection

    SPRINGFIELD-BECKLEY AIR GUARD STATION, Ohio - The Ohio Air National Guard’s 178th Wing scored in the top 5% of all Air Force wings in a Combat Readiness Inspection completed July 17 at the Springfield-Beckley Air National Guard Base and Warrior Training Center located at Wright-Patterson Air Force

  • Senate confirms Lohmeier to be nation’s 29th Air Force Under Secretary

    WASHINGTON (AFNS) - Mr. Matthew Lohmeier was confirmed July 24 by the Senate as 29th Under Secretary of the Air Force, placing a former fighter pilot and Space Force Guardian in the Department’s second highest-ranking civilian leadership post.With a 52-46 vote, Lohmeier joins the Department of the

  • Joint Training Exercise Hosted by F.E. Warren Air Force Base

    F.E. WARREN AIR FORCE BASE, Wyo. - This summer Airmen from the 90th Security Forces Squadron and the 153rd Security Forces Squadron came together for a mock deployment exercise at the Explosive Ordinance Range at F.E. Warren AFB to strengthen and grow relations between the two security forces

  • Massachusetts Air Guard Squadron Completes Deployment for Training in Japan

    YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan - The Massachusetts Air National Guard’s 102nd Civil Engineer Squadron completed a deployment for training, or DFT, July 1-12 on Yokota Air Base, Japan.Members integrated with their active component counterparts within the 374th Civil Engineer Squadron, or CES, to accomplish

  • Operation Healthy Tennessee: Where Readiness Meets Relief

    EVENSVILLE, Tenn. - More than 200 service members from the U.S. Air Force, Air National Guard, U.S. Army Reserve, U.S. Navy Reserve and U.S. Air Force Reserve participated in Operation Healthy Tennessee, part of the Department of Defense’s Innovative Readiness Training, or IRT, program.During the