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  • Alaska Air Guard Refuels the Forces at Red Flag 23-3

    EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska - Red Flag-Alaska 23-3 ramped up Aug. 14, bringing together military forces from the United States, Australia and other partner nations, creating intensive and realistic war-fighting training scenarios. Red Flag prepares Air Force, joint and coalition aircrews to fight

  • Connecticut Guard K-9s Test Their Skills in Plane Search

    EAST GRANBY, Conn. - The Connecticut National Guard’s 928th Military Working Dog Detachment searched a 103rd Airlift Wing C-130H aircraft Aug. 29 in an exercise that tested the capabilities of its K-9 service dogs. In the scenario, a junior 103rd AW Airman released from military service due to

  • Hawaii Guard Joins Super Garuda Shield Indo-Pacific Exercise

    SURABAYA, Indonesia - The Super Garuda Shield 2023 operational staff exercise began Aug. 31 with an opening ceremony at the Warfighting Center in Surabaya.The operational STAFFEX is a U.S. INDOPACOM joint and multinational exercise planning event with the Indonesian National Armed Forces, Tentara

  • California Air Guard Mobilized for Aerial Firefighting

    PORT HUENEME, Calif. - Two C-130J Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System-equipped aircraft assigned to the California Air National Guard’s 146th Airlift Wing and the Air Force Reserve’s 302nd Airlift Wing, Colorado Springs, are mobilizing to Klamath Falls Airtanker Base in Oregon to help fight

  • New York Guard Conducts Search and Rescue Training in Brazil

    CAMPO GRANDE, Brazil - One hundred New York National Guard Airmen conducted combat search and rescue exercises with their Brazilian Air Force counterparts Aug. 16-27.The Airmen, most of whom are assigned to the 106th Rescue Wing, conducted missions simulating the recovery of downed aircrew and

  • New York Airmen Train on Parachute Landings, Water Survival

    MAYFIELD, N.Y. - Thirty-eight New York National Guard Airmen from the 109th Airlift Wing got their feet and their parachute harnesses wet during water survival and parachute landing training at New York’s Great Sacandaga Lake Aug. 5-6.The Airmen — pilots, flight engineers, navigators, loadmasters,

  • Florida National Guard Activated to Assist With Hurricane Response

    WASHINGTON - More than 3,000 Florida National Guardsmen have been activated, with an additional 1,800 on their way to the state to respond to Hurricane Idalia, Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said Tuesday.Idalia made landfall on Florida's West Coast Wednesday morning and, according to

  • New England CERFP Graded Perfect in Evaluation

    JOINT BASE CAPE COD, Mass. - Simulated victims screamed for medics on the scorching pavement at Joint Base Cape Cod in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, while Soldiers and Airmen responded during a Regional Collective Evaluation Aug. 14-17.The realistic natural disaster scene tested the skills and

  • Mississippi, Arkansas Guard Airmen Train with Coast Guard

    GULFPORT, Miss. - The 183rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, Mississippi Air National Guard, and the 189th Medical Group, Arkansas Air National Guard, trained alongside Coast Guardsmen from Gulfport and New Orleans in July.The training included search and rescue demonstrations, medical evacuation

  • Crew Chief Dad Marshals Daughter's First Flight

    CORAOPOLIS, PA -- Megan Hirlehey wanted to be a pilot ever since she came to the base for family day as a kid with her dad Kevin Clancy, a Master Sergeant in the Pennsylvania Air National Guard.“This is kind of the last thing I’m hanging around for, because I’m 38 and a half years in,” said