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  • 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

  • Nebraska Guard Assists SPP Partner Rwanda in Joint Mission

    LINCOLN AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. - Airmen from the 155th Air Refueling Wing’s medical group participated in Justified Accord 2022, a joint medical engineer mission with the Rwanda Defence Force at Gako Military Academy, Rwanda.The State Partnership Program exchange between Nebraska and Rwanda helped

  • I Am The Mission - 1st Lt. Jack Murren

    Ohrid St. Paul The Apostle Airport, North Macedonia -- Meet U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Jack Murren, an intel analyst assigned to the 175th Operations Group, Maryland Air National Guard. Murren recently deployed to North Macedonia in support of Swift Response, Murren was tasked with developing exercise

  • West Virginia Airmen critical to joint exercise successes in Europe

    Estonia -- Airmen from the 167th Airlift Wing, West Virginia Air National Guard, provided critical airlift and logistical support to the Maryland Air National Guard during the month of May in Europe for Swift Response and Defender 22 exercise as they executed Agile Combat Employment (ACE).ACE is the

  • Flying colors--new paint showcases Pease heritage

    PEASE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.H. -- Following a nearly three-week stay in Alaska, the Spirit of Portsmouth, one of 12 KC-46A jets assigned to the 157th Air Refueling Wing, returned home with a patriotic new look, just in time for the Fourth of July.The Pegasus touched down at Pease, July 1, with