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  • New system allows NY ANG MQ-9s to fly without chase planes

    Remotely Piloted MQ-9 Aircraft flying into and out of Syracuse International Airport are no longer accompanied by piloted airplanes, thanks to the recent installation of a military Ground Based Detect and Avoid Radar system.

  • MO ANG pilot returns to flight with one eye

    U.S. Air Force Maj. Ed Fattmann, a pilot assigned to the 180th Airlift Squadron, Missouri Air National Guard, took his first flight as an aircraft commander with one eye here Sept. 4, 2019.

  • 165th ASOS could be a “secret weapon” in hurricane response

    During natural disasters, such as hurricanes or in some cases even ice storms, tactical air control party and joint terminal attack controllers can provide command and control capabilities that allow them to establish long-haul radio communications with first responders from hard-to-reach areas so

  • Idaho National Guard builds road for the Shoshone-Paiute Tribe

    The Idaho Air National Guard’s 124th Civil Engineer Squadron and the Idaho Army National Guard’s 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team and Installation Support Unit completed construction of BIA-211 Damon Trail during an Innovative Readiness Training project conducted Aug. 19-26 at Duck Valley Indian

  • Lightning Inbound: Vermont ANG Continues F-35 Prep

    With the arrival of the F-35 just a few weeks away, U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Darren Adams and Staff Sgt. Joseph Mailloux assigned to the 158th Operations Group’s airfield management section, 158th Fighter Wing, Vermont Air National Guard, have already revisited their regimen of preflight functions

  • Wounded warrior talks resiliency during tactical pause

    A senior noncommissioned officer haunted for years by the grizzly images of a disastrous aircraft crash shared his personal story of resilience and recovery with Airmen during a training session at the Hanscom Air Force Base theater, Aug. 22, 2019.

  • Oregon’s 142nd Fighter Wing conducts training with Navy counterparts

    The Oregon Air National Guard’s 142nd Fighter Wing hosted the VFA-41 Squadron, assigned to Naval Air Station Lemoore, California, along with their F-18F Super Hornets during two-weeks of dissimilar aircraft combat training (DACT) at the Portland Air National Guard Base from Aug. 11-23, 2019.