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  • Pilots maintain flying hours during pandemic

    The alarms sound. Maintainers run to their jets to get them ready, while pilots gear up for their Fertile Keynote. In a matter of minutes, the Aerospace Control Alert F-16 Fighting Falcons are in the skies.Fertile Keynotes are exercises that allow pilots to practice intercepting aircraft, just like

  • Delaware National Guard assists in Alternate Care Site set up, training

    A group of Citizen Airmen and Soldiers from the Delaware National Guard assisted the medical staff from Nemours/Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children, Christiana Care, and St. Francis Healthcare form a new 38 bed field-hospital recently created at A.I. DuPont Hospital, Wilmington, Del., April 7,

  • 104th Medical Group administers COVID-19 tests in community

    WESTFIELD, Mass. – In the Air National Guard, Airmen wear federal and state hats. When called upon by their state, they can serve the very communities where they live. Medical professionals from the 104th Medical Group, Massachusetts National Guard, are getting to do just that.A group of aerospace

  • Ohio Guard helps state evaluate alternate care sites

    UPPER SANDUSKY, Ohio – Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine turned to the Ohio National Guard to help develop a plan to expand medical capacity as Ohio’s health care systems brace for the looming COVID-19 peak.The Ohio National Guard’s response? A regional approach supporting state agencies aimed at one goal:

  • Idaho National Guard helps staff food banks

    BOISE, Idaho – More than 40 Idaho National Guard Soldiers and Airmen are helping food bank workers keep up with increased demand as Idahoans start to feel the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.“We are so delighted to have this support from the Idaho National Guard,” said Karen Vauk, the Idaho

  • NYC emergency room doctor joins Guard as flight surgeon

    WESTHAMPTON BEACH, N.Y. – A New York City emergency room doctor at the heart of the fight against COVID-19 added another role to his list of medical credentials March 18: flight surgeon in the New York Air National Guard’s 106th Rescue Wing.Now a major, Dr. Lorenzo Paladino has 20 years of

  • New Jersey Air National Guard supports COVID-19 test site

    HOLMDEL, N.J. – Forty Airmen from the New Jersey Air National Guard’s 108th Wing and 177th Fighter Wing answered the call for volunteers to be part of the state’s COVID-19 response force.The Airmen are from a variety of Air Force specialties and are providing security and traffic control for the