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  • New York Air National Guard hosts SPP partner Brazil

    ROME, N.Y. - The New York Air National Guard hosted the commander of Brazil’s Aerospace Operations Command, part of a nine-person Brazilian Air Force delegation, during a week-long engagement focused on space operations, remotely piloted aircraft and cybersecurity.Gen. Heraldo Luiz Rodrigues and his

  • 103rd LRS wins ARC Air Transportation Activity of the Year

    BRADLEY AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Conn. -- The 103rd Logistics Readiness Squadron, Connecticut Air National Guard, was awarded the Air Reserve Component Air Transportation Activity of the Year Award for Fiscal Year 2021. The award recognizes organizations within the Logistics community for their

  • National Guard builds homes for Cherokee vets during IRT

    TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – Under the blazing Oklahoma sun, the sounds of construction reverberate through a building site on Cherokee Nation land. Hammers, nail guns and electric saws are guided by the hands of National Guard members from across the country.“The Innovative Readiness Exercise here at

  • Iowa Air and Army Guard Conduct Joint Training Exercise

    DES MOINES, Iowa – During June drill, the 132d Operations Support Squadron Intelligence Airmen joined annual training for Soldiers with Charlie Company 2, 147th Air Assault Helicopter Battalion.The 132d OSS Intelligence members provided mission planning support to the helicopter battalion's aircrews

  • California National Guard assists in NEXUS RISING exercise

    TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Alarms sounded, airplanes launched, and medics triaged patients with mock injuries for aeromedical evacuation at Travis Air Force Base and Moffett Federal Airfield, during Exercise Nexus Rising June 4-6.  The joint readiness exercise was a collaboration between Air

  • 144th FW hosts F-35s for dissimilar combat training

    Fresno Air National Guard Base, Calif. -- Pilots from the 194th Fighter Squadron performed two dissimilar aircraft combat training missions with pilots from the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, June 4, 2022.Two F-35 Lightning II and two F-15C Eagles participated in each training mission.

  • Project ChalleNGe Grad to be Air Force Chief Master Sergeant

    RENO, Nev. – Thanks in large part to the National Guard’s Project ChalleNGe program, a sputtering start to Jeanie Beck’s early education won’t deter her from attaining the highest enlisted rank in the U.S. Air Force: chief master sergeant.Beck, the chief enlisted manager for 152nd Logistics