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  • Alaska Arctic Guardians Rescue Injured ATV Rider

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing rescued an injured all-terrain vehicle rider Aug. 20 near Kahiltna Glacier about 100 miles northwest of Anchorage.A member of the rider’s party used a satellite communication device to notify the Alaska State

  • New Seals a ‘Singular Representation’ of Army, Air Guard

    ARLINGTON, Va. – Seals are the oldest form of heraldic insignia and have evolved over time to represent monarchies, families, and organizations.  As a military design, seals represent the common identity of members of military organizations.As the nation’s oldest armed force, the National Guard, is

  • Maine Air National Guard Present at New England Spark Summit

    PEASE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.H. – Maine Air National Guard Members attended the New England Spark Summit at Pease Air National Guard Base, New Hampshire, on Aug. 9th for a three-day event hosted by ARCWERX. The Air National Guard developed ARCWERX, which allows Airmen to share ideas to innovate

  • Deployed NG Airmen act quickly to help injured Japanese civilian

    YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Agile Combat Employment (ACE) is a concept the U.S. Air Force uses to train multiple-role capable Airmen that possess the flexibility to adjust to ever changing mission needs. Yet for some Airmen, they may bring valuable skills obtained outside of military service,

  • Hawaii Guardsmen conduct Innovative Readiness Training at PANG

    PORTLAND, Ore. -- For two weeks in August, the Hawaii Air National Guard (HIANG) set to work on two projects at Portland Air National Guard Base (PANG) for the 142nd Wing.The projects were accomplished by the Hawaii Air Guardsmen as part of Innovative Readiness Training (IRT), an opportunity

  • Utah Air National Guard and ESGR take flight with local employers

    SALT LAKE CITY, Utah -- The 151st Air Refueling Wing and Utah’s Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) brought approximately 20 employers on an appreciation air refueling mission here on August 17, 2022.The employers were nominated by their Air National Guard employees, they boarded a

  • Hawaii ANG supports arctic exercise, employs rescue training

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- The Hawaii Air National Guard demonstrated its airlift and controller capabilities in the North American Aerospace Defense Command's Arctic regional exercise, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, July 5-14.The routinely held exercise, AMALGAM DART,

  • 142nd Wing hosts ANG's Production Assessment Team

    PORTLAND, Ore. -- The 142nd Wing hosted a Production Assessment Team (PAT) from July 26-29, to explore ways to increase the number of aircraft, in this case, F-15 Eagles, available at any given time for training and combat missions.The PAT's goal is to increase the number of aircraft a unit can

  • Selfridge Airmen Gain Hydraulics Training

    SELFRIDGE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, MI -- A scheduled maintenance period on a local aircraft gave a group of hydraulic specialists an opportunity to get some extra hands-on training at Selfridge Air National Guard Base in August.The Airmen, all members of the 191st Maintenance Squadron, removed the