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  • Iowa KC-135 pilot reads for Veterans Day Story time

    Sioux Center, Iowa -- This week in honor of Veteran’s Day, Iowa Air National Guard pilot, Capt. Andrew Ter Haar was invited to be a special guest reader as part of the Sioux Center, Iowa Community Library Story Time.As a guest reader Ter Haar, who is a resident of Sioux Center, choose to read

  • National Guard, Israel reaffirm 15-year partnership

    TEL AVIV, Israel – The chief of the National Guard Bureau and the commanding general of Israel’s Home Front Command reaffirmed the National Guard Bureau’s 15-year bilateral relationship with Israel here last week.“Our security cooperation partnership in homeland defense has enhanced the safety of

  • Red Tails participate in ACE exercise

    MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The 187th Fighter Wing participated in a combat exercise Nov. 1-6 throughout the southeast United States.Southern Lightning Strike, designed around Agile Combat Employment, included over 20 Air National Guard and Army National Guard units, displaying their ability to mobilize

  • Nebraska ANG cybersecurity team keeps network safe

    LINCOLN AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. – In 2021 alone, America's energy sector, power plants, food supply, water supply, health care, law enforcement and defense sector have all come under cyberattack.Cyberattacks threaten our key infrastructure almost daily, and the National Guard plays an important role in

  • Maine Airman helps strengthen Montenegro partnership

    BANGOR, Maine – Maine Air National Guard Maj. Carolyn Richley and her family have been in Montenegro for more than a year as part of the Department of Defense State Partnership Program.Every military-to-military engagement (exercises, events, visits, etc.) involving the U.S. military and the

  • 104th FW conducts midpoint inspection readiness exercise

    BARNES AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Mass. - Barnestormers across the 104th Fighter Wing conducted a readiness exercise as part of the wing's midpoint inspection Nov. 4-6 at Barnes Air National Guard Base.Midpoint inspections evaluate the wing's Commander's Inspection Program and the wing's capabilities

  • Tennessee Air Guard Squadron turns 100

    The 105th Attack Squadron (ATKS) recently celebrated its 100th anniversary, and their Airmen honored their now century-long legacy of service during the squadron’s 100th anniversary gala October 29, 2021 in Nashville, Tennessee.The squadron gained federal recognition on October 21, 1921 and was

  • Vietnam Air Force vet tours Mississippi airbase

    KEY FIELD AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Miss. - With Veterans Day approaching, the 186th Air Refueling Wing was honored to host and provide a tour to a Vietnam veteran Nov. 6.James William Roberts, 82, from Brandon, Mississippi, was a U.S. Air Force boom operator stationed at Columbus Air Force Base,

  • C-130J aircraft prepped for debut at Kentucky Air Guard

    PORT HUENEME, Calif. – Maintainers are putting the finishing touches on two new C-130J Super Hercules aircraft that will join the Kentucky Air National Guard fleet in Louisville this weekend.Artwork being applied to the aircraft includes the Air National Guard emblem, the U.S. flag, a decal denoting

  • Arctic Guardian HH-60 pilot draws on service as Recon Marine

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - As the sun was setting across the Anbar Desert in December 2006, a Humvee gun truck driver spotted a slight glint strung across the road from a vehicle on the side of the road.The glint turned out to be a tripwire for a vehicle-borne improvised explosive