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  • Alaska Guard Flies Relief Supplies to Western Alaska

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – The Alaska State Emergency Operations Center is working closely with state, federal and private-sector partners to ship and distribute humanitarian supplies to Western Alaska communities hardest hit by Typhoon Merbok.A recent delivery, coordinated by the

  • Virginia National Guard Prepared for Hurricane Response

    RICHMOND, Va. - The Virginia National Guard staged about 60 Soldiers and Airmen across the commonwealth for possible severe weather response operations related to Hurricane Ian.Guard members were positioned Sept. 30 at key locations in the Abingdon, Roanoke, Richmond and Virginia Beach areas. They

  • Puerto Rico Air National Guard Major Helps Save a Life

    MUÑIZ AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Puerto Rico - Puerto Rico Air National Guard Maj. Jesuan Aviles, the wing plans officer with the 156th Wing, helped save the life of a cyclist while on leave in Fort Pierce, Florida.As he was driving back from the beach with his family, Aviles witnessed a man on an

  • Texans host ANG Command Chief

    NAVAL AIR STATION JOINT RESERVE BASE FORT WORTH, Texas -- The Air National Guard’s top enlisted member visited Citizen Airmen of the 136th Airlift Wing, Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas, June 26.U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Maurice Williams, Air National Guard's command

  • NY Guard, Air Force Research Lab Partner on air war Planning

    SYRACUSE, N.Y. – New York National Guard Airmen specializing in planning and directing air campaigns will play a key role in Air Force efforts to develop new computer systems to make that planning more efficient.Under an agreement with the Air Force Research Laboratory in Rome, New York — also known

  • STARCOM Debuts New Space Combat Readiness Exercise

    PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. – Space Training and Readiness Command completed its first SKIES exercise series to improve the U.S. Space Force’s command and control capabilities.BLACK SKIES 22 was a live simulation exercise to rehearse the command and control of multiple joint electronic warfare

  • Thousands of Guardsmen Supporting Hurricane Ian Response

    ARLINGTON, Va. – More than 5,000 National Guardsmen from multiple states are positioned across southwest and central Florida to help communities devastated by Hurricane Ian.Florida Guardsmen and others from Louisiana, New York and Tennessee – with more on the way from Georgia, Indiana, New Jersey,

  • U.S., Romania hosts European Partnership Flight for allied nations

    RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany -- Service members from the U.S. military and the allied nations of Belgium, Bulgaria, Poland, Portugal, and Romania came together in Bucharest, Romania for a European Partnership Flight event focused on F-16 maintenance and operations, Sept 19, 2022. United States Air

  • Silver Flag tests 137th SOW civil engineers readiness

    TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- The 137th Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron (SOCES) joined Airmen from across the total force to participate in Silver Flag, a two-week training exercise for combat support teams, Sept. 12-22, 2022, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida.The 12 Oklahoma Air National