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  • Hokanson Explores National Guard Cooperation with Kingdom of Denmark

    COPENHAGEN – On the last leg of a four-country trip to strengthen security cooperation between the National Guard and European partners, the Guard’s senior-most officer talked with Danish Armed Forces leaders about the prospect of deeper engagements between the Guard and the Kingdom of Denmark. As a

  • Atlantic Region Strategic Planning System Event

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Numerous Air National Guard, ANG, senior leaders attended the Atlantic Region Strategic Planning System, SPS, event at Berry Field Air National Guard Base in Nashville, Tennessee, Jan 23-24, 2024.The assistant adjutant generals, chiefs of staff, directors of staff and senior

  • 144th FW EOD trains with NAS Lemoore

    Fresno Air National Guard, Calif. -- Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians from the 144th Fighter Wing participated in a joint training exercise at Naval Air Station Lemoore, California, Dec. 12, 2023, where they had to identify and neutralize a simulated improvised explosive device.Personnel from

  • 176th Wing Innovation works to field Rapid Yeti Logistics Operations Device

     JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- A 176th Logistics Readiness Squadron Airman has been working through the 176th Wing Innovation team with the JBER Arctic Spark Innovation Lab to devise a method to rapidly offload equipment from cargo aircraft in an austere operating environment.Senior

  • Hokanson Sees Nascent Austria-Vermont National Guard Partnership Expanding

    VIENNA, Austria – The Republic of Austria and Vermont share historical and cultural roots based on common values, economic collaboration, winter sports, mountaineering, and, more recently, security cooperation.The National Guard’s top general met with Austrian Armed Forces leaders last week and saw

  • Georgia Air National Guard Receives its 1st C-130J-30 Aircraft

    MARIETTA, Ga. - The 165th Airlift Wing, Georgia Air National Guard, received the first of its eight C-130J-30 Super Hercules tactical airlift aircraft during a Jan. 22 ceremony commemorating a new era in Hercules operations for the wing.The 165 AW, the first C-130 operator in the state of Georgia,

  • New York National Guard Responds to Winter Storm in Western New York

    BUFFALO, N.Y. – The New York National Guard activated 132 Soldiers and Airmen to help local officials deal with a winter storm that hit Buffalo the weekend of Jan. 13-15.The storm dumped 17 inches of snow on the region, with temperatures as low as 9 degrees Fahrenheit and winds up to 40 mph. Gov.

  • 175th Wing Airmen win four national civil engineer awards

    MARTIN STATE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Md. -- Four Maryland Air National Guard Airmen assigned to the 175th Civil Engineer Squadron at Martin State Air National Guard Base won 2023 Air National Guard Civil Engineer Awards and will move on to the Air Force level competition.The ANG awards program

  • January snow keeps Iowa Air Guard up at night

    SIOUX CITY AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Iowa -- Civil Engineers with the Iowa Air National Guard are working overtime clearing snow to ensure air operations continue at the 185th Air Refueling Wing.