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  • Always Ready, Always There: Hero Airman, police officer resuscitates teenager

    MORRIS AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, AZ -- Senior Airman Fernando Hernandez, a 162nd Force Support Squadron (FSS) food service shift leader, is being hailed as a hero in his local community for saving the life of a 14-year-old boy this week. Hernandez is a part-time, drill-status Guardsman with the 162nd

  • Nebraska National Guard, Rwanda Build on SPP Partnership

    KIGALI, Rwanda – When the Nebraska National Guard and the Rwanda Defence Force formed their partnership in December 2019, both sides expressed interest in working closely together to build relationships and collaborative capabilities.Goals were set and developed, with initial site visits and

  • UFC Joins Forces with the Air National Guard

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLP, TX -- In what’s believed to be a first-of-its kind national-level partnership for the Air National Guard, the Ultimate Fighting Championship event in Las Vegas during the first weekend of July was a knockout.The UFC, the world’s premier mixed martial arts

  • 306th Fighter Squadron Activated at 177th Fighter Wing

    EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, N.J. – The New Jersey Air National Guard’s 177th Fighter Wing is the latest installation to receive an active-duty squadron, of approximately 50 Airmen, as part of the Air Force’s Total Force Integration.The 306th Fighter Squadron, from Air Combat Command’s 495th Fighter Group,

  • Maryland National Guard cyber operators hone their skills during exercise

    Warfield Air National Guard Base, Md. -- During a recent election, bad actors accessed the public facing website that was tracking Presidential election results and changed the results the public was seeing in real-time, which skewed in favor of the losing candidate. In the background, cyber

  • I Am The Mission - SrA Alicia Buhr

    Warfield Air National Guard Base, Md. -- Meet U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Alicia Buhr, a structures journeyman assigned to the 175th Civil Engineer Squadron, Maryland Air National Guard.As a child, Buhr knew that serving in the military was something that she wanted to do, but circumstances did not

  • 109th Airlift Wing Hosts German Air Force Officer

    SCOTIA, N.Y. – The New York National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing hosted a German Air Force officer in June as part of the Military Reserve Exchange Program.MREP enables Guard and Reserve Airmen and Soldiers, both officers and enlisted, to train with select allied nations. It helps participants

  • Pilot brothers reunite in the Pacific

    KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- George Guss watched his brother, Tyler, follow in their father’s footsteps by becoming a pilot in the U.S. Air Force. After reaching a crossroads while attending the University of Georgia, he decided he also wanted to take to the skies. Together, the brothers progressed in

  • Chaplain's servant leadership path leads to Air National Guard service

    MORRIS AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Arizona -- The date Aug. 7, 1998 will forever be a day that Maj. Nathan Mestler, Arizona National Guard’s 162nd Wing chaplain, will remember as the first formative event for his move into chaplaincy.  On that day, bombs exploded outside two different U.S. embassies in