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  • New York Air Guard joins NATO search and rescue exercise

    LAJES, Portugal – Fifteen Airmen from the New York Air National Guard’s 106th Rescue Wing participated in a NATO search and rescue exercise in the Azores led by the Portuguese Air Force July 27-30.ASAREX 2021 (Advanced Search and Rescue Exercise) included elements from the National Guard, the Coast

  • Wing receives first C-130J Super Hercules

    NAVAL AIR STATION JOINT RESERVE BASE FORT WORTH, Texas – The 136th Airlift Wing Texas Air National Guard, part of the Texas Military Department, received its first of eight C-130J Super Hercules aircraft on July 24, 2021, at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas. During a Welcoming

  • National Guard Bureau Chief visits Sioux City ANG Base

    SIOUX CITY, Iowa – For the first time in the history of the 185th Air Refueling Wing a sitting member of the Joint Chiefs visited the Iowa Air National Guard facility in Sioux City this week. The National Guard Chief, General Daniel R. Hokanson was visiting the Iowa Air Guard unit at the invitation

  • 165th AW participates in Northern Strike 21 medical exercise

    SAVANNAH, Ga. – Over 85 Air National Guard Airmen from multiple medical units across the United States and its territories attended the first all-Air National Guard mobile medic training during Northern Strike 21 at the Air Dominance Center Aug. 2-8.Instructors from Joint Base Camp Bullis in Texas

  • UTANG EOD responds to local threat

    SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – On July 19, two members of the 151st Civil Engineer Squadron’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight worked alongside the Unified Fire Authority Bomb Squad to remove a World War II Type 89 “knee mortar” from a home.On average, the 151st EOD flight are called out to dispose of

  • Civil Engineer Copperheads increase readiness with training

    NEW LONDON, N.C. –  Arizona Air National Guard Airmen from the 161st Civil Engineer Squadron received hands-on readiness training at the 145th Civil Engineer Squadron Regional Training Site in North Carolina Aug. 2-6.The Copperheads traveled to North Carolina to focus on training and build

  • Idaho Guard sends wildland firefighting crew to northern Idaho

    BOISE, Idaho – The Idaho National Guard made organizational history by sending wildland Firefighter Type 2 Red Card-certified Soldiers and Airmen to northern Idaho to fight fires for the first time.The newly assigned crewmembers of Task Force Timber Shield left Boise Aug. 4 to help the Idaho

  • Tennessee Guard conducts water rescues during exercise

    LEBANON, Tenn. – The Tennessee National Guard teamed with local agencies Aug. 5 to conduct three simulated rescue missions in Lebanon and Smyrna. The simulated rescues were part of Vigilant Guard 2021, a week-long, statewide training exercise simulating a natural disaster and its effects on