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  • SEA Whitehead: Alaska Guardsmen Vital to Homeland Defense

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Covering more than 2,000 miles of Alaskan territory in five days, the National Guard’s top enlisted leader met with the Alaska Guardsmen at the front gate of the Arctic and forefront of the Defense Department’s Arctic Strategy.Senior Enlisted Advisor Tony L.

  • Florida Guard engineers modernize Navy airfield

    JACKSONVILLE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, FL -- Airmen of the 202nd Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineer, known as the RED HORSE, are modernizing the airfield ramp at Naval Air Station Jacksonville to ensure taxiway concrete can withstand the weight of the U.S. Navy’s

  • Offutt, Lincoln Airmen honor WWII veteran on 100th birthday

    LINCOLN, NE -- Nebraska National Guard Airmen gathered with retired Air Force Lt. Col. Julius “Neal” Clemmer and his family Jan. 28, 2023, in Lincoln to celebrate the World War II veteran’s 100th birthday.  Clemmer grew up in Nebraska and has a special connection to Offutt – he enlisted in the Army

  • State of Alaska civilian engineers critical to 176th Wing mission success

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, AK -- At 8:29 a.m. Nov. 30, 2018, a 7.1-magnitude earthquake slammed Southcentral Alaska. Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, miles from the epicenter, was hit like a coconut bashed by a sledgehammer.At the 176th Wing Headquarters building, the temblor blew the back

  • Air National Guard Supports Türkiye Earthquake Relief

    DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. - Airmen from the 436th Aerial Port Squadron processed U.S. humanitarian assistance at Dover Air Force Base Feb. 7, including supplies and search and rescue dogs, to support earthquake relief efforts in Türkiye.The 436th APS “Super Port,” the Defense Department’s largest

  • Kentucky Guard Airmen Support South Pacific Exercise

    SAN JOSE, Northern Mariana Islands - A Kentucky Air National Guard team arrived Feb. 12 to handle cargo and aircraft maintenance for Cope North, a multinational exercise to enhance combat readiness in the South Pacific.The Airmen from the 123rd Contingency Response Group arrived Feb. 12. They will

  • Rescue Wing Trains with Marine Corps Reserve Helicopter Crews

    WESTHAMPTON BEACH, N.Y. - Airmen of the 101st Rescue Squadron from the New York Air National Guard’s 106th Rescue Wing teamed with Marine Corps Reserve aviators for a training exercise at F.S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base Feb. 2.Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 773, known as the Red Dogs, is a

  • 168th Wing Hosts ANG Production Assessment Team

    EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska – The 168th Wing hosted subject matter experts from the Air National Guard Production Assessment Team Feb. 6-10 to identify more efficient and effective production processes.The PAT’s purpose is to improve practices and offer data-driven discussions to enable ANG units

  • 177th Fighter Wing Completes Weapons Evaluation in Florida

    ATLANTIC CITY AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.J. - Airmen from the 177th Fighter Wing traveled to Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida to participate in the Air Force’s air-to-air Weapons System Evaluation Program (WSEP), also known as Combat Archer training, Jan. 12 -27.F-16 Fighting Falcon pilots,