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Republic F-84F

F-84Fs of the Federalized Air National Guard in Newfoundland, November 1961, prior to flying the Atlantic to Europe in response to the Berlin Crisis. Because of the long over-water distance to the next airfield in the Azores, the planes were towed to the end of the runway prior to takeoff to conserve fuel. During this Operation Stair Step deployment of more than 200 fighter aircraft (the largest overseas movement of a fighter force since World War II), not a single plane was lost. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Capt Norma Parsons-Erb 1956

On 1 August 1956, Captain Norma Parsons became the first woman to join the Air National Guard when she was sworn in as a nurse in the 106th Tactical Hospital, New York Air National Guard. Two days earlier, Congress had enacted Public Law 845 allowing the participation of women in the Guard, albeit only as officers serving in nursing and other medical fields; women were not allowed to enlist until 1967. Before joining the Air Guard, Capt Parsons had served on active duty with the Army Air Force in the China-Burma-India Theater and as an Air Force nurse in-theater Korea during the conflict.
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1st Lt Thomas E. Williams was the earliest known African-American Pilot in the ANG.

1st Lt Thomas E. Williams was the earliest known African-American Pilot in the ANG. He joined in NJ on 7 May 1954 and was killed during a routine training mission on 15 January 1955 when his F-86A went into an unrecoverable spin.
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1st Lt. Arthur E. Olinger and Capt. Harry Underwood of the 182nd FBS, Texas

While escorting B-29s near "MiG Alley" over North Korea on 26 June 1951, 1st Lt. Arthur E. Olinger and Capt. Harry Underwood of the 182nd FBS, Texas, shared credit for the Air Guard’s first jet kill, a MiG-15.
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Ground crew prepares an F-84 from the Florida ANG’s 159th Fighter Squadron

Ground crew prepares an F-84 from the Florida ANG’s 159th Fighter Squadron for a combat mission during the Korean War. Unit was temporarily based in South Korea.
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Major Donald J.Strait with P-51D “Jersey Jerk” in Europe, 1945

Major Donald J.Strait with P-51D “Jersey Jerk” in Europe, 1945. Enlisting in the New Jersey National Guard before World War II, Strait went to flight school, becoming one of two fighter aces with National Guard backgrounds with 13.5 victories. Postwar, Strait commanded the New Jersey Air National Guard, retiring in 1978 as a major general.
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Joe Foss 1943

After enlisted service as an artilleryman in the South Dakota National Guard From 1937 to 1940, Joe Foss entered the Marine Corps Reserve for aviation training. As a Marine, Foss achieved 26 victories in the Southwest Pacific and received the Medal of Honor, finishing the World War II as a major. After the war, Joe Foss helped start the South Dakota Air National Guard, rising to the rank of brigadier general and in 1955 winning election as governor of the state.
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Capt. Raymond S. Miller 1920

Captain (later Brig. Gen.) Raymond S. Miller (far left) prepares to fly from St. Paul, Minn., to Washington, D.C., with plans for the first air unit of the postwar National Guard, 20 September 1920. Miller is pictured with (left to right) Brig. Gen. Walter F. Rinow, Minnesota’s Adjutant General; Governor J.A.A. Bergquist; and Lt. Col. William C. Garis, Assistant Adjutant General. (NGB Historical Services Collection)
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1st Lt Field E. Kindley, Kansas National Guard

1st Lt Field E. Kindley, Kansas National Guard, WWI ace (12 victories), with “Fokker.”
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1st Aviation Detachment Gallaudet 1915

Gallaudet Tractor biplane rented by the Aviation Detachment, 1st Battalion, Signal Corps, New York National Guard, in 1915.
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PFC Beckwith Havens, caption from print verso 1912

National Guard aviation predated World War I. PFC Beckwith Havens, celebrated as the Guard’s first pilot, is shown here on an aerial photo mission. He first flew for the Guard in joint maneuvers with Guard and Army units in 1912.
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Lt Col Charles B. Winder 1912

Lieutenant Colonel Charles B. Winder, Ohio National Guard, obtained the first Reserve Military Aviator rating in May 1912, after the War Department authorized aviation training for National Guard officers earlier in the year.
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Left, Lt Col Scott Plambeck, ARC deputy advisor; Maj Gen Bill Etter, deputy director of Air National Guard; and Col Thomas Wark, Director of Air, Space and Information Operations, meet with 451st Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron members to lear

Here, from left, Lt Col Scott Plambeck, ARC deputy advisor; Maj Gen Bill Etter, deputy director of Air National Guard; and Col Thomas Wark, Director of Air, Space and Information Operations, meet with 451st Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron members to learn about their deployment experience to Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan.
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Maj. Gen. Bill Etter, deputy director of Air National Guard, and Lt. Col. James Works, commander of the 777th Expeditionary Prime Beef Squadron

From right, Maj. Gen. Bill Etter, deputy director of Air National Guard, and Lt. Col. James Works, commander of the 777th Expeditionary Prime Beef Squadron, discuss construction projects of the 777th EPBS Jan. 6, 2012 at the squadron's compound in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
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Maj. Gen. Bill Etter, deputy director of ANG, and his team visited Air National Guardsmen who were deployed to Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan.

From left, Lt. Col. Scott Plambeck, Air Reserve Component deputy advisor; Maj. Steven Poulos, executive officer to the deputy director of Air National Guard; Maj. Gen. Bill Etter, deputy director of ANG; Col. Gary McCue, 702d Expeditionary Airlift Squadron liaison officer; Lt. Col. Darren Hamilton, 702d EAS commander; Col. Kevin Blanchard, 451st Air Expeditionary Wing vice commander; and Col. Thomas Wark, director of Air, Space and Information Operations pose in front of a C-27J from Ohio Air National Guard Jan. 6, 2012. The general and his team visited Air National Guardsmen who were deployed to Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan.
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Staff Sgt. Ron Rogers, California Air National Guardsman

Staff Sgt. Ron Rogers is a California Air National Guardsman working on a four-month deployment with the U.S. Air Force’s 10th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Flight.
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Air Guard marks training center's 40th anniversary

From left, Lt. Gen. Craig R. McKinley, director of the Air National Guard, Col. Michael L. Waggett, commander of the Air Guard's I.G. Brown Training and Education Center (TEC) and Chief Master Sgt. Deborah Davidson, TEC enlisted education commandant, watch a pass and review of Noncommissioned Officer Academy students July 31 during the TEC's 40th anniversary celebration at McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base, Tenn. (Photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Kendra Owenby, Tennessee National Guard)
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