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  • Pennsylvania Airmen serve nearly 5,000 meals in IRT project

    DOVER, Del. – Napoleon is credited with observing that “An Army marches on its stomach” – underscoring the vital role that suitable provisions like food have played in executing military operations for centuries. The same holds today. Just ask the 16-member team that planned, ordered, prepared and

  • Michigan Guard partner Latvia trains at readiness center

    ALPENA COMBAT READINESS TRAINING CENTER, Mich. – Firefighters from the Latvian National Armed Forces and the Estonian Defense Forces participated in the Northern Strike 21-2 training exercise in Michigan July 31-Aug. 14. The Combat Readiness Training Center has areas specifically designed for fire

  • Oregon National Guard deploys to fight wildfires

    PORTLAND, Ore. – Twenty Airmen with the Oregon Air National Guard's 142nd Wing have departed Portland to help battle wildfires across the state. This effort by the Oregon Military Department is part of Operation Plan (OPLAN) Smokey to fight wildland fires with a combined force of Guards members,

  • Pennsylvania Air National Guard helps fight West Coast fires

    BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - Pennsylvania Air National Guard members are serving as imagery experts, providing live aerial video streaming to fire bosses working on the front lines of the devastating California wildfires. Activated at the request of the National Interagency Fire Center, the Airmen

  • ANG Outstanding Airman of the Year: SrA. Ruth-Ann B. Bell

    MIDDLETOWN, Pennsylvania- Senior Airman Ruth-Ann B. Bell, a weather forecaster with the 203rd Weather Flight, 193rd Special Operations Wing, Pennsylvania Air National Guard, was named the Air National Guard’s 2021 Outstanding Airman of the Year.Bell completed basic training in 2018, then

  • West Virginia Air National Guard hosts Sentry Storm 2021

    MARTINSBURG, W.Va. – The West Virginia Air National Guard hosted the week-long joint training exercise Sentry Storm 2021 across various locations July 19-23.The exercise at Yeager Field, Camp Branch in Logan County, Shepherd Field in Martinsburg and in the skies over West Virginia involved about 500

  • 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