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  • Alaska Air Guard Rescues Climber Trapped on Cliff

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 176th Wing rescued a climber who was trapped and unable to climb down a steep cliff July 27 near Seward.The Alaska Rescue Coordination Center opened the mission in response to a request for assistance from the

  • 178th Wing Scores in Top 5% of Total Force in Combat Readiness Inspection

    SPRINGFIELD-BECKLEY AIR GUARD STATION, Ohio - The Ohio Air National Guard’s 178th Wing scored in the top 5% of all Air Force wings in a Combat Readiness Inspection completed July 17 at the Springfield-Beckley Air National Guard Base and Warrior Training Center located at Wright-Patterson Air Force

  • Senate confirms Lohmeier to be nation’s 29th Air Force Under Secretary

    WASHINGTON (AFNS) - Mr. Matthew Lohmeier was confirmed July 24 by the Senate as 29th Under Secretary of the Air Force, placing a former fighter pilot and Space Force Guardian in the Department’s second highest-ranking civilian leadership post.With a 52-46 vote, Lohmeier joins the Department of the

  • Joint Training Exercise Hosted by F.E. Warren Air Force Base

    F.E. WARREN AIR FORCE BASE, Wyo. - This summer Airmen from the 90th Security Forces Squadron and the 153rd Security Forces Squadron came together for a mock deployment exercise at the Explosive Ordinance Range at F.E. Warren AFB to strengthen and grow relations between the two security forces

  • Massachusetts Air Guard Squadron Completes Deployment for Training in Japan

    YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan - The Massachusetts Air National Guard’s 102nd Civil Engineer Squadron completed a deployment for training, or DFT, July 1-12 on Yokota Air Base, Japan.Members integrated with their active component counterparts within the 374th Civil Engineer Squadron, or CES, to accomplish

  • Operation Healthy Tennessee: Where Readiness Meets Relief

    EVENSVILLE, Tenn. - More than 200 service members from the U.S. Air Force, Air National Guard, U.S. Army Reserve, U.S. Navy Reserve and U.S. Air Force Reserve participated in Operation Healthy Tennessee, part of the Department of Defense’s Innovative Readiness Training, or IRT, program.During the

  • Illinois National Guard to Partner with Portugal in State Partnership Program

    SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The National Guard Bureau and the U.S. Department of Defense have announced the establishment of a State Partnership Program, or SPP, between the Illinois National Guard and the Portuguese Armed Forces.“We are incredibly proud of the role the Illinois National Guard has played in

  • Indiana Guard Airman Honored for Lifesaving Efforts

    TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - Indiana National Guard Technical Sgt. Bram Sanders, a medic from the 181st Medical Group, was honored July 10 for his lifesaving response to a plane crash at the Terre Haute Regional Airport.Indiana State Fire Marshal Steve Jones presented Sanders, who is assigned to the 19th

  • Nordhaus, Raines see Heroism, Partnerships in Central Texas

    KERRVILLE, Texas – Early on July 4, almost 30 inches of rain fell within hours across Central Texas’s Hill Country, surging the Guadalupe River and triggering catastrophic flash flooding.Within hours, Texas National Guard members sprang into action, launching search and rescue operations alongside

  • Nevada Air Guard Wing Assists in Firefighting Efforts

    RENO, Nev. – U.S. Northern Command has activated two Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System Aircraft, one from the Nevada Air National Guard’s 152nd Airlift Wing out of Reno, Nevada, and one from the 146th Airlift Wing out of Channel Islands Air National Guard Station in California.The two C-130