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  • NY Guard Space ops Experts Mentor at Space Command Exercise

    VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. – The Global Sentinel exercise, which began in 2014 with seven nations, allows U.S. allies to practice the skills to ensure that satellites used by their militaries for communications, navigation and reconnaissance keep functioning, according to U.S. Space

  • Vermont Air Guard Completes Historic First

    SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. – Vermont’s 158th Fighter Wing returned home from Germany, completing the National Guard’s first overseas deployment of the F-35A Lightning II.The eight aircraft flown by the Vermont Air National Guard’s 134th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron left in April along with more than

  • Nebraska, Missouri Guard Medical Groups Train in Japan

    OKINAWA, Japan – Medical groups from the Nebraska and Missouri Air National Guard completed Military Facility Annual Training at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Okinawa Aug. 2-11.The two-week training provided real-life experiences in a hospital the members of the 155th Medical Group and 139th Medical

  • Florida Air Guardsman named top First Sergeant

    JACKSONVILLE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Fla. – “To the HORSE!” A chant unifying nearly 200 202nd Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers (RED HORSE) can now be rephrased as “To the SHIRT!” A nod to their award-winning First Sergeant.Senior Master Sgt. Jonathan Sotomayor’s

  • Tenn. Air Guard Leads Patrol Course Before Defender Falcon 22

    LAVINIA, Tenn. – Security Forces Airmen assigned to the 164th Airlift Wing hosted an annual two-week patrol course at Milan’s Volunteer Training Site Aug. 6-20 to strengthen relations with their Bulgarian counterparts and reinforce airbase ground defense skills.The course included participation from

  • Oregon’s 173rd Fighter Wing Trains with Marine Counterparts

    MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. – The 173rd Fighter Wing out of Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Oregon, has been in the fighter training business for nearly 40 years and is the sole F-15C training base for the U.S. Air Force. For two weeks in August, Team Kingsley took that experience to

  • Outstanding Airman of the Year: Technical Sergeant Brett Yoakum

    MEMPHIS, TN -- Before being named one of the 2022 Outstanding Airman of the year for the state of Tennessee, Technical Sergeant Brett Yoakum was awarded the 164th Airlift Wing’s NCO of the year. TSgt Yoakum currently holds an AGR position with the 164th OSS as an aircraft loadmaster. He’s not only

  • 111th Attack Wing personnel return from supporting overseas operations

    BIDDLE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Pa. -- The 111th Attack Wing here welcomed home 33 personnel last week who were serving in support of overseas operations in the Middle East and Africa for more than six months.Twenty-one personnel assigned to the 270th Engineering Installation Squadron, a subordinate