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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