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  • Texas National Guard maintenance Airman earns military wings

    SAN ANTONIO, TX – An Airman assigned to the Air National Guard’s 149th Fighter Wing recently learned she had been accepted into the Army’s Aviation Rotary Wing program as a warrant officer, making her dream of flying military aircraft an actuality.“I look at those airplanes and I think, ‘Wow, I’m

  • Global Strike Challenge '21 announces 'Best of the Best'

    BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. - Air Force Global Strike Command announced the winners of Global Strike Challenge 2021 at the multi-month competition’s capstone event Dec. 8, here.Global Strike Challenge is the world's premier bomber and intercontinental ballistic missile operations and maintenance,

  • Initial Fielding of Long-Range Discrimination Radar in Alaska

    CLEAR SPACE FORCE STATION, Alaska - The Missile Defense Agency held a ceremony at Clear Space Force Station, Alaska, declaring the initial fielding of the Long-Range Discrimination Radar, December 6, 2021.The ceremony marked the completion of military construction as they finished installing radar

  • Minnesota ANG Airmen Support Al Dhafra Operations

    UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -- Forward deployed to Al Dhafra Air Base in the United Arab Emirates, 16 Airmen from the Minnesota Air National Guard’s 148th Fighter Wing are ensuring mission readiness at a key warfighting location.The Airmen represent career specialties from across the Air Force spectrum and

  • 137th SOW hosts CANSOFCOM aircrew for MC-12W training

    WILL ROGERS AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Okla. -- Members of the Canadian Special Operations Forces Command (CANSOFCOM) participated in the first-ever Manned Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Fundamentals Course held by the 137th Special Operations Group (SOG), Aug. 2-Oct. 25, 2021, at

  • 174th Security Forces Squadron conducts tactical training

    HANCOCK FIELD AIR NATIONAL BASE, N.Y. -- Members of the New York Air National Guard’s 174th Security Forces Squadron, part of the 174th Attack Wing conducted active shooter/Close Quarters Battle (CQB) training Dec. 5, 2021 at a shut-down hotel near the Syracuse International Airport. CQB presents

  • Niger receives second U.S. C-130 to support enduring Sahel operations

    U.S. Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa delivered a second U.S. Air Force C-130H Hercules, formally transferred to the Nigerien Armed Forces during a Dec. 7 ceremony at the Nigerien Air Base 101 in Niamey.The delivery marks the enduring commitment of the U.S. Air Force to support continued

  • Global Strike Challenge 2021

    MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. -- The objective of the Global Strike Challenge is to showcase the abilities of the world’s premier bomber and Intercontinental Ballistic Missile forces; as well as helicopter and security forces operations. Units at Minot Air Force Base are competing with others across

  • NY National Guard sends 120 troops to fill gaps in long term care staffing

    ROCHESTER, N.Y.--The New York National Guard has deployed 120 Army medics and Air Force medical technicians to 12 nursing homes and long term care facilities located across the state to help ease staffing shortages.The mission was directed by New York Governor Kathy Hochul and announced on Dec. 1,