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  • Arctic Guardians Rescue Injured Hunter Near Flat

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing rescued an injured hunter Sept. 8 near Flat, about 285 miles northwest of Anchorage.Alaska State Troopers requested support after the hunter messaged for help using a two-way satellite-communication device.The

  • New Hampshire Airman Helps Save a Life in Boating Accident

    PEASE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.H. - On a gorgeous July day in Pelham, Senior Airman Amy Granfield, a public health technician with the 157th Medical Group, was enjoying her day off wake surfing on Long Pond when she was called to action.“One of my goals this summer was to get up on the surfboard

  • Idaho Air Guard’s 190th Fighter Squadron Wins Hawgsmoke 2022

    BOISE, Idaho – The Idaho National Guard’s 124th Fighter Wing, 190th Fighter Squadron, hosted the Hawgsmoke 2022 A-10 Thunderbolt II "warthog" gunnery competition at Gowen Field in Boise and at ranges south of Mountain Home Sept. 6-8.Airmen from active-duty U.S. Air Force, U.S. Air Force Reserve, and

  • Nevada, California Guard Called to Idaho for Firefighting Mission

    RENO, Nev. – The Nevada and California National Guard aerial firefighting crews are in Idaho to support wildland firefighting operations in the Northwest.The National Interagency Fire Center requested two Department of Defense C-130 aircraft equipped with Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems. One

  • Oklahoma National Guard Hosts German Officers in Exchange

    OKLAHOMA CITY – This year might mark the “Longest Exchange Ever” of the Military Reserve Exchange Program.Two officers from the German Air Force, Lt. Col. Alex Frick, mission support squadron commander of Helicopter Wing 64, Laubheim, and Maj. Alex Schroth, troop driver with Air Command, Berlin,

  • Virginia, Massachusetts Guard Support Free Clinic in Georgia

    COLUMBUS, Ga. – Virginia and Massachusetts National Guard Soldiers and Airmen supported a no-cost health clinic offering vision, dental and other basic medical services Aug. 3-18 in the Columbus, Georgia, area.The clinic was part of the Department of Defense-funded Innovative Readiness Training