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  • 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

  • Royal Malaysia Air Force trains on radar operations at WADS

    JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – The Western Air Defense Sector hosted a Radar Operations Orientation Course for 12 members of the Royal Malaysian Air Force's 2nd Air Division, 330th Squadron, Aug. 2-27.WADS helped U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and Pacific Air Forces plan and execute the training under

  • Nebraska National Guard performs CERFP training exercise

    LINCOLN AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. – Fifty-three members of the 155th Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP) conducted an exercise Aug. 26-27 to test their ability to move in a convoy and quickly set up and operate a field medical facility. Seven trucks and

  • Pennsylvania Guard responded in force on 9/11

    FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – At approximately 10:03 a.m. Sept. 11, 2001, United Airlines Flight 93 crashed in a field in western Pennsylvania. Within hours, Soldiers and Airmen from the Pennsylvania National Guard were activated as part of the nation's response to the terrorist attacks.For months, the