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  • Northern Lightning: Vermont Guard Airmen train in Wisconsin

    SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. – Airmen, aircraft and support equipment from the 158th Fighter Wing, Vermont Air National Guard, began departing Aug. 3 to train at the Volk Field Air National Guard base in Wisconsin.The two-week Northern Lightning exercise will be conducted in a joint training environment,

  • 174th MXG hot-pit maintenance key to Northern Strike 20

    ALPENA, Mich. – A significant portion of Northern Strike’s joint fires readiness training depends on airpower and the close air support it provides. These capabilities are present, thanks in large part to a unique team of maintainers from the New York Air National Guard’s 174th Maintenance Group,

  • Air and Army Guardsmen help hikers injured in rockslide

    CAMP MURRAY, Wash. – A Washington National Guard Black Hawk helicopter crew rescued three people injured following a rockslide Aug. 2 in hilly terrain just south of Mount Rainier. It was a rare domestic helicopter rescue for the Guard, which happened to have Soldiers on duty during a drill weekend

  • ANG welcomes next director during Pentagon ceremony

    Maj. Gen. Michael A. Loh assumed responsibility as the 13th director of the Air National Guard and promoted to the rank of lieutenant general during a Change of Responsibility ceremony at the Pentagon July 28, 2020.Loh succeeds Lt. Gen. L. Scott Rice, who served as the ANG’s director since 2016.Upon

  • Colorado National Guard reaches COVID-19 testing milestone

    CENTENNIAL, Colo. – By order of Gov. Jared Polis, Colorado National Guard members reached a testing milestone this week in support of the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment amid ongoing COVID-19 testing across Colorado. Joint Task Force-Centennial’s Task Force Test Support has tested

  • Andersen KC-135 crew locates missing mariners on lone Pacific island

    Guardsmen from the 203rd Air Refueling Squadron, Hawaii Air National Guard (ANG) and the 171st Air Refueling Wing, Pennsylvania ANG deployed here, were the first to locate three missing mariners during a search and rescue mission in the Federated States of Micronesia southwest of Guam, Aug. 2, 2020

  • 181st Intelligence Wing Airman manages ground transportation

    HULMAN FIELD AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Ind. – Serving in the military can mean performing multiple roles. For one Airman, that includes both overseeing fleet vehicle logistics and – when duty calls – getting his hands dirty turning wrenches.U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Bob Osborn, a ground

  • NH National Guard hosts Cyber Yankee regional training

    PEMBROKE, N.H. – The New Hampshire National Guard hosted Cyber Yankee 2020, a regional exercise to provide cyber responders a virtual range to train and test their skills against cyberattacks, at the Edward Cross Training Center July 21–31.Military representatives from Guard, Reserve, and