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  • Language Enabled Airman Program Opens to Select Air National Guard AFSCs

    MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. - The Air Force Culture and Language Center has announced that the Language Enabled Airman Program, or LEAP, has been authorized by the Department of the Air Force Senior Language Authority in partnership with the Commander Air National Guard Readiness Center to board

  • 148th Fighter Wing Completes PACAF Deployment

    OKINAWA, Japan - Members and F-16 Fighting Falcons assigned to the 148th Fighter Wing, Minnesota Air National Guard deployed to the 18th Wing at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan from July to October 2024. While deployed, the Minnesota Air National Guard members were known as the 179th Expeditionary

  • New York Air Guard Wing Welcomes New, High-Tech Helicopters

    WESTHAMPTON BEACH, N.Y. - The New York National Guard’s 106th Rescue Wing officially marked the arrival of its new HH-60W Jolly Green II search and rescue fleet during a ceremony Oct. 25 at Francis S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base.The aircraft will replace the HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters

  • Idaho Air Guard Wing Supports Joint Partnerships at Exercise

    NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. - The 124th Fighter Wing arrived at Nellis Air Force Base Oct. 24 for the Green Flag West exercise.GFW ensures the 124FW is operationally ready to provide joint ground support to its NATO partners globally. During this exercise, the wing based at Gowen Field in Boise,

  • Arizona Air Guard Opens New High-Tech Indoor Firing Range

    PHOENIX - The opening ceremony for the 161st Air Refueling Wing’s new high-tech indoor firing range was held Oct. 25 at Goldwater Air National Guard Base.Maj. Gen. Kerry L. Muehlenbeck, the adjutant general of Arizona and director of the Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs; Col.

  • CBRN teams enhance readiness through collaborative training exercise

    JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. - U.S. Air Force Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear teams from across the National Capital Region participated in a training exercise aimed at enhancing their operational readiness, Aug. 23, 2024. Organized by the Installation Office of Emergency Management, the

  • 134th ACS Receives First Air Base Air Defense System - Missile Defense

    Multiple DoD contractors train Airmen assigned to the 134th Air Control Squadron, Kansas Air National Guard, on the assembly, functionality, and operation procedures of the Tactical Operations Center – Light, Air Base Air Defense System – Missile Defense (ABADS-MD) at McConnell Air Force Base,

  • Alaska National Guard Joins Flood Response in Kotzebue

    KOTZEBUE, Alaska – With winter freeze-up just around the corner, Kotzebue residents and responders from across Alaska are racing against time to clean up and recover from a powerful fall storm that flooded the town, displaced more than 80 residents and damaged dozens of homes.The Alaska Organized

  • Arizona Air Guard Defenders Return From Kuwait Deployment

    MORRIS AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Ariz. – More than a dozen Airmen from the 162nd Wing Security Forces Squadron returned home after a six-month deployment to Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, where they supported combat power of joint and coalition forces in the U.S. Central Command Area of