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  • Pennsylvania Air Guard leaders visit SPP partner Lithuania

    BIDDLE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Pa. – Pennsylvania Air National Guard leaders visited Lithuania May 22-24 to strengthen ties under the Department of Defense National Guard Bureau State Partnership Program. Col. Deane E. Thomey, 111th Attack Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Robert S. Ferguson,

  • JBER service members helped rescue 2 Alaska rescue crash victims

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, AK -- According to Alaska.org, the Turnagain Arm bore tide is among the most powerful in the world. A layer of ocean water 6 to 10 feet tall travels on top of the Cook Inlet surface at 10 to 15 mph, swallowing anything in its path.A Taylorcraft F-19 was flipped

  • Farewell tour: Dutch finish overwater F-16 training over Florida coast

    NAVAL AIR STATION KEY WEST, Fla. (AFNS) -- U.S. Airmen and Royal Netherlands Air Force personnel from Morris Air National Guard Base, Arizona, traveled to Naval Air Station Key West wrapping up a two week-training event in May with the final Dutch B-Course student pilots. This temporary duty

  • Leadership Tech Valley visits 109AW

    STRATTON ANGB, NY -- Nine Capital Region professionals visited the 109th Airlift Wing at Stratton Air National Guard Base as a professional development experience on Thursday, May 26, 2022.Col. Robert Donaldson, the 109th’s vice commander, and other wing leaders, discussed Air Force structure,

  • 142nd Wing Guardsmen hone skills in WSEP/Checkered Flag 22-2

    TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla.- Roughly 200 142nd Wing Guardsmen and a fleet of 123rd Fighter Squadron F-15 Eagles flew from Oregon to Florida in May to participate in a two-week exercise known as WSEP (Weapons System Evaluation Program)/Checkered Flag 22-2.WSEP and Checkered Flag represent two

  • F-100 restoration; tribute to Air National Guard legacy

    SIOUX CITY, IA -- When the U.S. Air Force F-100 Super Sabre that was on static display in Sioux City, Iowa was removed from its prominent position last fall the timing for a much needed makeover was perfect.The Vietnam War era fighter jet at the Iowa Air National Guard looks like new again after

  • Senior enlisted advisor highlights strategic importance of Guam National Guard

    BARRIGADA, Guam – Mientras mas megai libidtaña, mas megai babaña.This Chamorro proverb (translation: “The more liberty, the more license”) speaks to the indigenous peoples of the Mariana Islands chain that includes Guam and serves as a watchword for the National Guard Soldiers and Airmen charged to

  • Alabama National Guard, Romania strengthen SPP ties

    CAMP SHELBY, Miss. – Romania’s 72nd Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Defense Battalion trained with the Alabama National Guard’s 31st CBRN Brigade at Camp Shelby in April, completing a two-part combat readiness exercise.“Right now,” said Romanian Master Sgt. Bogdan Cojanu-Popescu,

  • New York Air Guard conducts mid-ocean medical supply drop

    F.S. GABRESKI AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.Y. – New York Air National Guard’s 106th Rescue Wing flew 1,200 miles east over the North Atlantic May 20, found a 32-foot sailboat heading toward the Azores, and dropped vital medical supplies to the three-person crew.“I can’t find my sprinkler heads in the

  • Oregon National Guard Airmen save lives in Idaho

    BOISE, Idaho – Two Idahoans are alive today thanks to the quick and skillful reaction of some of America’s most elite service members. After completing a day of small arms training, Airmen with the 125th Special Tactics Squadron (STS), Oregon Air National Guard, were in a convoy heading to Gowen