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    The team was recognized as the 2025 Continental Northern American Aerospace Defense Command Region Aerospace Control Alert unit of the year.
  • Super Garuda Shield is an annual exercise between the Indonesian National Armed Forces and U.S. military designed to strengthen bilateral interoperability, capabilities and cooperation.
    Super Garuda Shield is an annual exercise between the Indonesian National Armed Forces and U.S. military designed to strengthen bilateral interoperability, capabilities and cooperation.
  • Super Garuda Shield is an annual exercise between the Indonesian National Armed Forces and U.S. military designed to strengthen bilateral interoperability, capabilities and cooperation.
    Super Garuda Shield is an annual exercise between the Indonesian National Armed Forces and U.S. military designed to strengthen bilateral interoperability, capabilities and cooperation.
  • Super Garuda Shield is an annual exercise between the Indonesian National Armed Forces and U.S. military designed to strengthen bilateral interoperability, capabilities and cooperation.
    Super Garuda Shield is an annual exercise between the Indonesian National Armed Forces and U.S. military designed to strengthen bilateral interoperability, capabilities and cooperation.
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    The student flight program transitions newly enlisted recruit from civilian life into a disciplined military environment before they depart for basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas.
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    The CALFX is designed to immerse Soldiers and Airmen in realistic training and to prepare them for combat operations.

Why diversity is a key to success in the Air National Guard

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Irene Lu, a cyber transport systems specialist with the 182nd Communications Flight, Illinois Air National Guard, explains how a network patch panel operates in Peoria, Ill., April 30, 2016. Lu, a first-generation American of Chinese heritage and the only female in her shop, said that the more diversity the military has, the more one person can learn about the world and learn from different experiences. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Lealan Buehrer)

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