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  • 176th Wing hosts tour for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Alaska

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, AK -- The 176th Wing hosted Big Brothers Big Sisters of Alaska leadership during a March 13 wing tour at the wing’s JBER campus.Alaska Air National Guard Brig. Gen. Anthony Stratton, 176th Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Shawn Arnzen, 176th Maintenance Group

  • Portland, Ore. Pilot conducts First Flight in EX for 142nd Wing

    EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, FL -- Five F-15C instructor pilots from the Oregon Air National Guard’s 123rd Fighter Squadron are conducting training in the F-15EX with instructors from the 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida for two weeks in March.Training commenced last week

  • Capital Area Career Center Students Tour 183d Wing

    Springfield, IL -- The 183d Wing hosted students from the Capital Area Career Center, Wednesday March 6th. More than 100 students came out to see what the 183d has to offer.The Wing Recruiting staff, led by Master Sgt. Travis Littig, provided lunch for the students while they briefed them on

  • Battle tested

    MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, AL -- The United States Air Force Officer Training School is the premier leader-development institution within the Profession of Arms.Every year, hundreds of prior service individuals and civilians apply through various means of application, with an acceptance rate below 20

  • Southern Strike Joint Combat Exercise Concludes in Mississippi

    GULFPORT, Miss. - Military members from all departments of the U.S. armed forces participated in the Southern Strike 2024-1 joint combat exercise at Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center March 4-15.The two-week exercise included approximately 425 military personnel from all over the United

  • Ukraine Delegation Visits Washington National Guard Leaders

    CAMP MURRAY, Wash. - A delegation from Ukraine visited Washington National Guard leaders March 15 to thank them for supporting the country.“We know your unit deployed to Ukraine in 2021 to help our military and we want to take this time to thank them for their support of the people of Ukraine,” said

  • Bringing the Land of No Slack to Hawaii for Sentry Luau 2024

    JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, HI -- Approximately 90 Airmen from the 173rd Fighter Wing at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Ore. took to the skies at Joint Base Pearl Harbor- Hickam, Hawaii for exercise Sentry Luau. Team Kingsley Airmen worked directly with the Hawaii Air National Guard’s 154th

  • Hawaii National Guard, Philippines Strengthen Partnership

    CAMP AGUINALDO, Philippines - The Hawaii National Guard and Armed Forces of the Philippines strengthened their partnership during the 2025 Mutual Defense Board and Security Engagement Board standing committee meeting in Quezon City March 6-7.This bilateral gathering, steered by high-level military

  • Captain America of the 157th Air Refueling Wing

    PEASE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.H. -- Work ethic and attitude have earned one Airman in the New Hampshire Air National Guard the reputation of Captain America.Staff Sgt. Jared Hakala, a maintenance operations controller and KC-46 crew chief with the 157th Maintenance Group, shines both on and off

  • From Over the Top, to Under the Bottom

    PORTLAND, OR -- Members of the 142nd Wing got the chance to escape the Pacific Northwest winter this year with a trip to Antarctica. December to March is actually summertime for the continent due to its location on the bottom of the globe; but this was no tropical vacation.“It was cold!” said Senior