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  • Military family deploys together, reunites in Kuwait

    ALI AL SALEM AIR BASE, Kuwait -- It is common for young adolescents to feel as if their parents or guardians cannot understand their trials and tribulations as typically generational, cultural and social norms have shifted in the time from when their parents or guardians underwent those same

  • ‘Lightning’ strikes Savannah during large joint exercise

    SAVANNAH, Ga. – Air Force reservists and F-35A Lightning II jets from Hill Air Force Base, Utah have touched down in Savannah, Georgia in support of Sentry Savannah, the Air National Guard’s largest fourth- and fifth-generation fighter aircraft exercise.The exercise brings together more than 1,300

  • F-15 Eagles trains with F-22 Raptors

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, AK -- Alaska residents watching the skies may have noticed some unusual aircraft over the past few weeks.U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagles assigned to the 144th Fighter Wing in Fresno, California, trained with F-22 Raptors from the 3rd Wing at Joint Base

  • 183d Wing Members Witness Ukrainian Refugee Crisis First Hand

    WARSAW, Poland -- Three members of the Illinois Air National Guard’s 183d Wing, located in Springfield, Illinois, got a firsthand look at Ukrainian citizens fleeing to Poland, in order to escape the war in their country.While in Poland, training with their Polish military counterparts, Lt Col David

  • Employing the Pegasus: From Concept to Capable

    MORÓN AIR BASE, Spain -- Approximately 220 Active, Guard and Reserve Airmen have operated four KC-46A Pegasus out of Spain from mid-March through most of April 2022. The Total Force team make up the first KC-46 Employment Concept Exercise (ECE), evaluating how they and the aircraft will provide

  • Vermont ANG F-35s join NATO’s Enhanced Air Policing mission

    SPANGDHALEM AIR BASE, Germany – Eight F-35A Lightning II fifth-generation fighters from the Vermont Air National Guard’s 158th Fighter Wing arrived at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, May 2 to continue NATO’s enhanced air policing mission along the Eastern flank. As part of NATO’s plan to bolster its

  • 114th Student Flight familiarization with weapons

    SIOUX FALLS, SD -- Defenders with the 114th Security Forces Squadron, 114th Fighter Wing, help prepare Student Flight for basic training with weapons familiarization at Joe Foss Field, April 30.For many new airmen, joining the military comes with an abundance of first experiences. During April’s

  • Spark Cell brings innovation to 175th Wing

    MIDDLE RIVER, MD - The 175th Wing was the first Air National Guard wing to be awarded funding for two programs that started in their U.S. Air Force Spark Cell earlier this year.Spark Cells, which are intended to move individuals, units, or wings forward to meet the challenges of warfighting in the

  • National Guard members pitch innovation

    SELFRIDGE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Mich. – On March 14, through Academia, Industry, Military, Hybrid Innovations (AIM-HI), the Michigan Air National Guard and the Kelly Johnson Joint All-Domain Innovation Center sponsored the Cohort 3 Pitch Day. Guard members pitched solutions to National Guard, Air