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  • Air Force supports U.S. global health policy priorities of 2021

    FALLS CHURCH, Va. -- As the world continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government has established new policies in 2021 addressing global health security and the use of global health engagement to mitigate the current pandemic, as well as emerging and future biosecurity

  • Biddle ANG Base hosts Congressional Delegation

    BIDDLE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Pa. -- A congressional delegation led by U.S. Congresswoman Madeleine Dean visited the 111th Attack Wing at Biddle Air National Guard Base in Horsham, Pennsylvania, Dec. 21, 2021.The group of federal and state-level representatives received an update on the

  • Alaska Airmen rescue pregnant woman in distress

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing rescued a pregnant woman in distress Dec. 27 at Kipnuk about 100 miles southwest of Bethel.Alaska Air National Guard Senior Master Sgt. Evan Budd, Alaska Rescue Coordination Center superintendent, said

  • Kentucky Air Guard completes tornado response mission

    MAYFIELD, Ky. – Seventeen Kentucky Air National Guard Airmen completed a 10-day mission to control traffic and provide security as residents struggled to recover from a Category 5 tornado that carved a 220-mile path of destruction across five states Dec. 10-11, leveling much of this small town and

  • NYNG honors more than 10,000 veterans with military funerals

    LATHAM, N.Y. - New York National Guard Soldiers and Airmen provided military funeral services for more than 10,000 families in 2021.As of Dec. 21, 2021, New York Army and Air National Guard funeral honor guards had conducted 10,353 military funerals across the state, with another 318 services

  • Washington Guard accomplished many missions in 2021

    CAMP MURRAY, Wash. – For the employees of the Washington Military Department, 2021 picked up right where 2020 left off, with hopes that we were advancing toward a post-pandemic future.Less than a week into 2021, rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol as Congress reconvened to certify Joseph R. Biden as

  • Alaska Guard delivers gifts to remote villages for 66th year

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – The Alaska National Guard conducted Operation Santa Claus again this year, delivering gifts to children in remote Alaskan villages.Gifts were delivered to Buckland Dec. 14, while a flight to Chevak was delayed several times due to inclement weather. Efforts

  • Year in Review: National Guard delivered at home and abroad

    ARLINGTON, Va. – When a series of tornadoes slashed across parts of eight Midwest states late in the evening of Dec. 10, Spc. Zach Neisz sprang into action. He grabbed an ax, flashlight and medical kit and drove to Dawson Springs, Kentucky, to help any way he could.“I couldn’t sit back and not do

  • New York Air Guardsmen tracking Santa as part of NORAD

    ROME, N.Y. – The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) will celebrate its 66th year of tracking Santa Claus Christmas Eve with the help of the New York Air National Guard and Royal Canadian Air Force at the Eastern Air Defense Sector (EADS).“We’re delighted to support NORAD’s Santa

  • Ready to roll: 181st IW conducts readiness exercise

    HULMAN FIELD AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Ind. – The 181st Intelligence Wing completed a two-day exercise that tested its ability to deploy on short notice at Hulman Field Air National Guard Base Dec. 11-12.The Indiana Air National Guard exercise was part of a wing-wide inspection by the Air Combat