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  • Defenders sharpen skills, tacts

    SELFRIDGE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Mich. – A unit training event on June 6 at Selfridge Air National Guard Base served as a practical test of the skills that keep Airmen, civilians and bases safe. During the event, Security Forces Airmen, known as defenders, from the 127th Security Forces Squadron,

  • 115th Fighter Wing hosts large-scale combat readiness exercise

    CAMP DOUGLAS, Wis. - Wisconsin Air National Guardsmen assigned to the 115th Fighter Wing participated in Operation Iron Orchid, a combat readiness exercise, June 22 – 26 at Volk Field Air National Guard Base in Camp Douglas.Operation Iron Orchid was the fighter wing’s largest exercise in 23 years

  • Exercise Arctic Ledger 2026 strengthens financial management readiness

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — U.S. Airmen from multiple Air National Guard comptroller flights gathered for Exercise Arctic Ledger 2026, a financial management exercise designed to strengthen deployment readiness, build partnerships and prepare finance Airmen for potential contingency

  • Training with Fire

    NEW LONDON, N.C. - In an era where technology has transformed the way people learn, work, and connect, some skills are still best learned the old fashioned way: face to face and hands on.For firefighters assigned to the 158th Fighter Wing, Vermont Air National Guard, this meant traveling to North