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  • July's Excellent Airman

    Sumpter Smith Joint National Guard Base, AL  -- This month’s Excellent Airman is U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Brady Cochran, a member of the 117th Propulsion Shop, also known as the Engines Shop, within Maintenance.Cochran comes from a long line of military service. His great-grandfather was a

  • IRT mission bridges gaps in health services for Blackfeet Nation

    BROWNING, MT -- Amongst the bison roaming over the great plains sits Browning High School, with the Rocky Mountains peaking just beyond the horizon, the hum of people funneling through filled the air while more than 200 U.S. service members changed the lives of members of the Blackfeet Tribe and

  • Alaska Guard Assists Juneau Following Glacial Flooding

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - The Alaska National Guard activated Juneau Guardsmen Aug. 7 to assist with recovery and cleanup following recent flooding after the Mendenhall Glacier’s Suicide Basin released.Gov. Mike Dunleavy issued a disaster declaration Aug. 6. Five Guardsmen were

  • Georgia 165th Medical Group Conducts Joint Training in Japan

    OKINAWA, Japan - The 165th Medical Group stationed at the 165th Airlift Wing, Georgia Air National Guard, deployed to a U.S. Naval Hospital in Japan to train on basic medical procedures in a joint operations environment June 9-24.The 165th MDG’s training in Japan reinforced the ANG’s ongoing

  • Team Kingsley Airmen support Oregon wildfire response

    KINGSLEY FIELD, OR -- Twenty-two Airmen from the 173rd Fighter Wing departed Kingsley Field on July 31, 2024, to support firefighting operations in Eastern Oregon.“It is important for the National Guard to respond and support our civilian partners when disaster strikes,” said Col. Micah Lambert,

  • Alaska Air National Guard Rescues 4 Distressed Paddle Boarders

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - Alaska Air National Guard members of the 176th Wing rescued four distressed paddle boarders Aug. 6 near Byers Lake, about 110 miles north of Anchorage.The boarders sent an SOS signal using a newer cellphone with an embedded satellite transceiver.The Alaska

  • Iowa Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing Trains in Michigan

    ALPENA, Mich. - U.S. Airmen with the 185th Air Refueling Wing, Sioux City, Iowa, trained to operate the Real Time Information in the Cockpit system on the KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft during Exercise Northern Strike 24-2 at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center.The RTIC data link system can

  • 106th Rescue Wing’s 1st HH-60W Jolly Green II Takes Flight

    FRANCIS S. GABRESKI AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.Y. - The 106th Rescue Wing’s first HH-60W Jolly Green II search and rescue helicopter made its inaugural flight from Francis S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base Aug. 4.Lt. Col. James Liston, the first 106th pilot to qualify on the new helicopter, said

  • New York Guard Security Forces Airmen Hone Weapons Skills

    JERICHO, Vt. - Nineteen Airmen assigned to the New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing’s Security Forces Squadron spent their Aug. 2-4 drill honing their weapons handling and tactical skills at the Ethan Allen Firing Range in Vermont.At the Vermont Army National Guard facility, the Airmen