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  • 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

  • Fighting wildfires almost year-round, Guard preps for more

    ARLINGTON, Va. – The Hermit’s Peak Fire in New Mexico is now the largest fire in state history, scorching more than 310,000 acres and prompting the governor to activate nearly 180 New Mexico National Guard members. The New Mexico Guard is not alone in battling 2022 blazes before the June start of

  • Team Hickam delivers first formula flight

    JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, HI -- 78,000 pounds of baby formula arrived in Indianapolis aboard a Hickam-based C-17 Globemaster III flying from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, completing the first flight of Operation Fly Formula.On May 19, President Joe Biden authorized Operation Fly Formula to bring

  • Sentry Savannah builds warfighter readiness, lethality

    SAVANNAH, Ga. – About 1,300 Total Force Airmen, joint personnel and civilian partners and more than 50 airframes participated in exercise Sentry Savannah May 2-15.Hosted by the Air Dominance Center at Savannah’s Combat Readiness Training Center, Sentry Savannah showcased the nation’s combat aircraft

  • Namesake of NH Air Base Honored

    CONCORD, N.H. -- The New Hampshire National Guard dedicated its new Heritage Room on May 20 in memory of New Hampshire Medal of Honor recipient, Capt. Harl Pease Jr., a pilot who was killed during World War II.Distinguished guests attended a small ribbon-cutting ceremony held at Concord's state

  • Air National Guard director visits Missouri’s 131st Bomb Wing

    WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. -- Team Whiteman received a visit from the Air National Guard’s top leader and his spouse May 12-14, 2022.Lt. Gen. Michael Loh and Mrs. Dianne Loh, visited the base to get a first-hand understanding of how 131st and 509th Bomb Wing Airmen perform the B-2 Spirit stealth

  • Recent events, past decades have transformed Guard, chief says

    ARLINGTON, Va. – The past 20 years have proven the National Guard has transformed from a strategic reserve to an operational force, the chief of the National Guard Bureau told lawmakers Tuesday.Addressing the House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson told

  • 144th Fighter Wing trains for fighter jet integration in Alaska

    ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Ten U.S. Air Force F-15s and more than 200 Airmen assigned to the California Air National Guard’s 144th Fighter Wing deployed to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, to support Dissimilar Aircraft Combat Training with F-22s from the 3rd Wing.The training April 11-28 included

  • Alabama Air National Guard, Romania complete exercise

    BUCHAREST, ROMANIA - Alabama Air National Guard members from the 117th Air Refueling Wing conducted a week-long joint exercise with the Romanian Ministry of Defense and Romanian Air Force.U.S. Airmen and Romanian F-16 pilots completed multiple midair refueling exercises to ensure interoperability

  • Audacious Warrior EOD exercise boosts joint service ties

    FORT MCCOY, Wis. – Airmen, Marines and Soldiers from a range of units and career fields participated in an exercise focusing on explosive ordnance disposal at Fort McCoy and Volk Field May 15-25.The 115th Fighter Wing hosted Audacious Warrior, an EOD training exercise involving partners in