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  • 115th Fighter Wing Celebrates end of F-16 era at Truax Field

    MADISON, Wis. – The 115th Fighter Wing’s last F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft departed Oct. 5, following a sendoff ceremony commemorating 30 years of service at Truax Field.Col. Bart Van Roo, the 115th Fighter Wing commander, was joined by state, local and military leaders who gathered with 115th

  • 173rd Resiliency Operations Center fosters community, connects Airmen

    KINGSLEY FIELD, Ore. -- Kingsley Field’s sense of community goes back a long way, perhaps to its inception as a WWII training base in the late 40s. Since that time, it’s always been a small, rural community in a landscape surrounded by mountains and a basin floor dotted with alfalfa and potato

  • Florida Guard’s RED HORSE Squadron Clears Roads

    PINE ISLAND, Fla. – The Florida Air National Guard’s 202nd Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operations Repair Squadron Engineers Squadron is clearing debris from barrier island roads damaged by Hurricane Ian in southwest Florida.“We’ve been responding to major hurricanes for over the last 30 years in

  • Alaska National Guard, Partner Mongolia Join Gobi Wolf Exercise

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - The Alaska National Guard and Mongolia participated in Gobi Wolf 2022, an international exercise focused on humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, in Bayankhongor Province, Mongolia, Sept. 5-10. Since 2003, the AKNG and Mongolian Armed Forces and

  • Air Force introduces new, foundational Ready Airman Training program

    The Air Force announced plans to transition foundational training for all Airmen beginning Oct. 1 ensuring they have the necessary skillsets to survive and operate during contingencies both at home station and deployed, including remote and contested environments.  Ready Airman Training will prepare

  • Preliminary FARE kit test on KC-135

    SALT LAKE CITY, Utah -- The Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Test Center (AATC) - KC-135 Test Detachment, working with the 151st Air Refueling Wing, Salt Lake City, Utah, continues its transformation and modernization efforts on the KC-135R Stratotanker by testing the MICRO Forward Area

  • Alaska Guard Flies Relief Supplies to Western Alaska

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – The Alaska State Emergency Operations Center is working closely with state, federal and private-sector partners to ship and distribute humanitarian supplies to Western Alaska communities hardest hit by Typhoon Merbok.A recent delivery, coordinated by the

  • Virginia National Guard Prepared for Hurricane Response

    RICHMOND, Va. - The Virginia National Guard staged about 60 Soldiers and Airmen across the commonwealth for possible severe weather response operations related to Hurricane Ian.Guard members were positioned Sept. 30 at key locations in the Abingdon, Roanoke, Richmond and Virginia Beach areas. They

  • Puerto Rico Air National Guard Major Helps Save a Life

    MUÑIZ AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Puerto Rico - Puerto Rico Air National Guard Maj. Jesuan Aviles, the wing plans officer with the 156th Wing, helped save the life of a cyclist while on leave in Fort Pierce, Florida.As he was driving back from the beach with his family, Aviles witnessed a man on an