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  • Alaska Air National Guard rescues two hikers

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing rescued two hikers in distress Jan. 30 at Hatcher Pass on the Gold Mint Trail.The hikers notified Alaska State Troopers using a satellite communication device, and the AST asked for assistance from the Alaska

  • La. Guard’s Air Traffic Control Squadron continues excellence

    PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana Air National Guard’s 259th Air Traffic Control Squadron (ATCS) located at England Airpark, Alexandria, Louisiana, provides rapid deployment, operation and maintenance of air traffic control and landing systems to ensure safe, efficient flying operations in both

  • From combat boots to rubber boots

    ALI AL SALEM AIR BASE, Kuwait -- Ali Al Salem Air Base has come a long way since its inception. Deployed service members who arrived shortly after its inception were put into large tents by the dozen. For this reason, it was dubbed its moniker “tent city.”Today, however, deployed members will more

  • 115th SFS receives jungle, water survival training in Hawaii

    HONOLULU -- The 115th Security Forces Squadron, Truax Field, Madison, Wisconsin enhanced their survival and technical skills during a two-week jungle and water survival training at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii Jan. 13 - 23.The group of approximately 25 Airmen faced challenges in land

  • Hawaii ANG, Navy Reserve fighters enhance joint lethality

    JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii – The Hawaiian skies cleared for Total Force Airmen and Navy Reserve exercise participants as they took part in a first-of-its-kind fighter exercise Jan. 18-26.While the Hawaii ANG routinely hosts large-scale combat exercises through its Sentry Aloha program,

  • West Virginia Guard members serve in their local hospitals

    CHARLESTON, W.Va. – “Always ready, Always there” is proving to be the undeniable truth, not just a motto, for West Virginia Army National Guard members serving on the COVID-19 response mission in their hometown hospitals.“Seeing the difference it makes for nurses in my hometown - who I have known my

  • Latvia-Michigan SPP partnership on display at Winter Strike

    GRAYLING, Mich. – As ice, snow and wind blow across the National All-Domain Warfighting Center in northern Michigan, hundreds of military personnel from across the Department of Defense and allied nations are practicing tactics, training and procedures in extreme cold Jan. 21-30.Among the

  • Operation SPACECAT focuses on electromagnetic warfare

    CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, Fla. - Near the end of 2021, members of the Florida Air National Guard’s 114th Space Control Squadron hosted the U.S. Navy’s Electronic Attack Squadron 139 (VAQ-139) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.“The purpose of this operation was to bring two

  • GFLR 22-03 paves way for tomorrow’s fight

    LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE, Ark. -- The 34th Combat Training Squadron recently hosted Green Flag Little Rock 22-03, which afforded a unique opportunity to expand and strengthen our network of like-minded allies and partners, with integration across the Mobility Air Forces, the U.S. Army, and the