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  • Alaska Air National Guard rescues hiker near Glacier Pass

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – The Alaska Air National Guard rescued a hiker in distress near Glacier Pass Aug. 6.The distressed hiker was one in a group of seven. After the hiker began experiencing distress, a fellow hiker activated the personal locator beacon they were carrying and made

  • Northern Strike CSAR training takes place in Michigan's Upper Peninsula

    Imagine being ejected from or crashing an aircraft into a remotely located area with dense forests and challenging terrains. Picture being in a survival situation in this environment and waiting to be rescued.That exact survival scenario was executed in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (UP) during a

  • Connecticut Air Guard trains with TSA, State Police

    The 103rd Security Forces Squadron partnered with the Transportation Security Administration and Connecticut State Police to test Bradley Air National Guard Base’s response to a drone incursion Aug. 5.With the increased prevalence of drone activity around the world, the 103rd developed an exercise

  • Public Affairs takes readiness to next level at Warfighting Center

    ALPENA, MI, -- Roughly 5,100 troops from across the world gathered for Northern Strike (NS) 21-2 held at the National All-Domain Warfighting Center (NADWC), located in Alpena, Michigan, and Grayling, Michigan. For two weeks in August, NS will conduct various exercises by land, sea, and air. Eight

  • 127th Wing leads way in historic highway landing

    ALPENA, MICH. -- Members of the Michigan National Guard’s 127th Wing, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, made history today when they successfully landed and generated modern military aircraft from a United States highway for the first time. Two A-10 Thunderbolt II pilots of the 127th Wing, two A-10

  • Ammo Rodeo on target with creative, mission-focused training

    VOLK FIELD, Wis. – About 50 Air National Guard and Reserve munitions specialists from across the nation saddled up at the Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center in July to see which team could best assemble an Air Force bomb during the annual Ammo Rodeo competition.Volk Field’s two-week Ammo

  • Alaska Air National Guard hoists injured hiker to safety

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing hoisted a hiker off the Crow Pass Trail near Girdwood Aug. 3.   The Alaska State Trooper search and rescue coordinator contacted the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center about 8:30 p.m. after receiving a satellite

  • 103rd develops future tactical airlift operations at Sentry Storm 2021

    EAST GRANBY, Conn. -- Airmen from the 103rd Airlift Wing helped develop future C-130H Hercules tactical airlift operations during exercise Sentry Storm 2021. The exercise was hosted by the West Virginia Air National Guard July 18-23 at Camp Branch in Logan County, Yeager Airport in Charleston, and

  • 152nd extended on MAFFS duty as fires continue burning across western states

    Reno, Nev. -- The Nevada Air National Guard’s participation in the MAFFS mission this year has been extended to Aug. 26 at the request of the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC).  There will also be two additional C-130 aircraft and aircrew added to the mission for a total of five military C-130