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  • Puerto Rico Air Guard, 52nd Fighter Wing Train Together

    SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany - U.S. Airmen assigned to the 156th Logistics Readiness Squadron and the 156th Wing Staff, Puerto Rico Air National Guard, integrated with the 52nd Fighter Wing as a force multiplier in support of the Saber Knight Readiness Exercise 24-01 and Astral Knight 24.Through

  • Senior Enlisted Leader Officiates at Deployed Niece’s Promotion

    CAMP BONDSTEEL, Kosovo - Deployments typically require a service member to leave their home, family and friends for an extended period, missing birthdays, holidays and significant occasions to serve their nation.In a heartwarming twist, a Georgia Guardsman was promoted to the rank of sergeant first

  • Massachusetts Air Guard Helps Upgrade Comms at Joint Base Langley-Eustis

    JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. - The communications squadron at Joint Base Langley-Eustis had a challenge. The unit had identified hundreds of network switches on the base’s network that needed replacement. Funding for the equipment was there, but the staffing to do the work was another story.The

  • 177th Fighter Wing Enhances Readiness at Sentry Aloha Exercise

    JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii - The 177th Fighter Wing of the New Jersey Air National Guard, alongside aviation units from across the United States, participated in Sentry Aloha 24-2 from May 27 to June 14.The exercise, facilitated by the 154th Wing, Hawaii Air National Guard, integrated

  • Pennsylvania Air Guard Enhances Ops at Iron Keystone Exercise

    FORT DRUM, N.Y. – Nearly all Airmen assigned to the Pennsylvania Air National Guard’s three wings participated in Exercise Iron Keystone 2024 across the commonwealth, with more than 90 from the 193rd Special Operations Wing taking part at a simulated forward operating base in northern New York.“Iron

  • South Carolina Airmen Join 2nd Joint Fox EMBER Training

    EASTOVER, S.C. - Eighteen South Carolina Air National Guard Airmen and 44 military personnel from seven states and one territory conducted Emergency Management Battlefield Expeditionary Response training, also known as Fox EMBER, May 31-June 9.The 169th Civil Engineer Squadron’s Emergency Management

  • National Guard Members Test Skills at Cyber Shield 2024

    VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Almost 1,000 participants flooded the Virginia National Guard State Military Reservation in Virginia Beach for the longest-running and largest Department of Defense cyber defense exercise May 31 to June 15.Cyber Shield is an annual National Guard event that hosts National Guard

  • Alaska Air Guard Rescue Triad Demonstrates Capabilities

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - Alaska Air National Guardsmen from the 176th Wing’s 210th, 211th and 212th Rescue Squadrons conducted a rescue capabilities exercise June 25.The training at Malemute Drop Zone, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, showcased search and rescue, high-altitude

  • F-15 EX Eagle II Makes Debut Landing at Portland Base

    PORTLAND, Ore. - Don’t mess this up. Those words raced through 142nd Wing fighter pilot Maj. Calvin Conner’s head as he landed the first F-15EX Eagle II at Portland Air National Guard base June 5.The day was significant for Conner, the entire base and Portland’s neighboring community. The arrival of