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  • Oregon Air Guard’s 116th ACS joins Exercise Red Flag

    NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. – The Oregon Air National Guard’s 116th Air Control Squadron (ACS) is participating in Exercise Red Flag, a two-week advanced aerial combat training exercise for military pilots and other flight crew members from the United States and allied countries.This iteration of

  • 109th Airlift Wing builds 3.5 engine for LC130 Hercules

    SCHENECTADY, N.Y. – LC-130 Hercules aircraft will have a smoother takeoff from Antarctica and Greenland thanks to the 109th Maintenance Squadron.Propulsion specialists with the 109th assembled the first Air National Guard-built T56 3.5 turbo engine. The 3.5 modification is part of an Air Force

  • Oregon Guard winds down hospital support mission

    ACROSS OREGON – With declining infection rates from the COVID-19 omicron variant and the indoor mask mandate ending, Soldiers and Airmen from the Oregon National Guard wrapped up their mobilization to assist hospitals throughout the state.In January, approximately 1,200 Guard members deployed to aid

  • Wisconsin Guard highlights 2-year COVID response mission

    MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs took a few minutes March 10 to commemorate its two-year effort supporting the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.“It’s not ‘mission complete,’ but we’re getting close,” said Maj. Gen. Paul Knapp, Wisconsin’s adjutant general and the

  • Ho'oikaika strengthens total force integration

    JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii – The Hawaii Air National Guard’s 154th Wing executed a first-of-its-kind exercise partnering with the Nevada Air National Guard, 15th Wing, and 354th Fighter Wing Airmen March 3-6.The exercise name, Ho’oikaika, originates from the Hawaiian language, meaning to

  • Bringing home the Bats! - 185th Cyberspace Operations Squadron returns home

    HAMPTON, Va. -- The Virginia Air National Guard’s 185th Cyberspace Operations Squadron, 192nd Operations Group, 192nd Wing was recognized for their recent federal mobilization in support of United States Cyber Command’s 856th Cyber Protection Team and received the Virginia Governor’s National

  • 167th Airmen assist in West Virginia hospitals

    MARTINSBURG, W.Va. – For two years, the West Virginia National Guard has assisted with multiple roles and capacities in the fight against COVID-19 within the state.In January, Gov. Jim Justice directed his Joint Interagency Task Force (JIATF) and his COVID-19 pandemic leadership to review and

  • Senior enlisted advisor stresses readiness in Hawaii visit

    HONOLULU – Ohana is a Hawaiian word that refers to one’s extended family, friends and other close, intentional associations.Tony Whitehead, senior enlisted advisor to the chief of the National Guard Bureau, experienced Ohana close-up as he visited Hawaii National Guard units across the island of