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  • Kentucky Air Guard helps fight COVID at Louisville hospitals

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. – More than 40 members of the Kentucky Air National Guard reported to Baptist Hospital East Sept. 14 to provide logistical support for medical staff fighting a rising tide of critically ill COVID patients.They're among 310 Kentucky Army and Air National Guardsmen who were activated

  • NY Air Guard teams with Brazilian airmen for Exercise Tapio

    WESTHAMPTON BEACH, N.Y. - Eighty New York Air National Guard Airmen participated in a 10-day Brazilian Air Force training operation at Campo Grande Brazil in August as part of the State Partnership Program.The 105th Airlift Wing, based at Stewart Air National Guard Base in Newburgh, transported two

  • Astronaut recovery task force more capable after airlift exercise

    MOFFETT FEDERAL AIRFIELD, CA -- Hawaii and California ANG Airmen are enhancing their ability to recover fallen astronauts after completing a search and rescue training scenario held yet out of Moffett Federal Airfield from Sept 4-12.The training is part of an ongoing series of contingency exercises

  • Tennessee Air National Guard Members Participate in Falcon Defender '21

    Graf Ignatievo Air Base, Bulgaria – U.S. Airmen from the Tennessee Air National Guard and the 435th Contingency Response Group, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, participate in Falcon Defender 21 here, July 19-26.Falcon Defender 21 is a bilateral training exercise with the Bulgarian air force that

  • Deputy Air Guard Director addresses 9/11 remembrance ceremony

    ROME, NY -- Maj. Gen. Dawne L. Deskins, Air National Guard deputy director, praised the resilience, determination and volunteer spirit of Air National Guardsmen during a 9/11 remembrance address Saturday at the Eastern Air Defense Sector (EADS).“Today we remember the almost 3,000 lives lost in that

  • Undersecretary of the Air Force Visits 175th Wing

    Warfield Air National Guard Base, Md. -- The Honorable Gina Ortiz Jones, undersecretary of the Air Force, and U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Michael Loh, Air National Guard director, visited Warfield Air National Guard Base at Martin State Airport on Sept. 11 to meet with wing leadership to discuss the

  • After Ida: La. Guardsmen assist with recovery, rebuilding

    NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard is conducting emergency operations throughout coastal Louisiana in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida while continuing COVID-19 response missions. More than 4,400 members of the Louisiana Guard, augmented by more than 3,000 Guard members from 15 other states

  • Alaska Air National Guard rescues ATV riders

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - The Alaska Air National Guard’s Rescue Coordination Center and the 210th, 211th and 212th Rescue Squadrons rescued two all-terrain vehicle riders in Glennallen early Sept. 11. A male and a female were riding an ATV in the Glennallen area when the female

  • Maryland National Guard remembers 9/11

    BALTIMORE – Sept. 11, 2001, was a day without comparison for most Americans, and the Maryland National Guard was one of the first responders in the days the followed to provide support to a nation in crisis. For both U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Joe Llewellyn and U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Aarion