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  • 138th Fighter Wing Participates in Readiness Exercise

    TULSA, Okla. - The 138th Fighter Wing participated in a basewide readiness exercise at the Tulsa Air National Guard Base on Jan. 12, 2025. The exercise aimed to evaluate Airmen’s ability to maintain mission operations in a simulated deployed environment, emphasizing real-world readiness and response

  • National Guard Bureau Chief Thanks Firefighting Guardsmen

    CHANNEL ISLANDS AIR NATIONAL GUARD STATION, Calif. – The National Guard is part of a multi-agency response to the historic wildfires across the Los Angeles Basin and Southern California. Over the weekend, Guard members took to the sky to help extinguish the flames.Air Force Gen. Steve Nordhaus,

  • Wyoming, Nevada Guard Aircrews Assist California Firefighters

    CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Three Wyoming Air National Guard C-130s equipped with the U.S. Forest Service’s Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems and associated personnel were activated by U.S. Northern Command to help fight Los Angeles area wildfires.The three C-130 aircraft were activated Jan. 9 and

  • 114th Fighter Wing Exchanges Jets with 122nd Fighter Wing

    JOE FOSS FIELD, S.D. – The 114th Fighter Wing is exchanging F-16s with the 122nd Fighter Wing based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, creating an opportunity to exercise mission readiness and improve relations with other units.“By building good partners and relationships, we can work off each other’s

  • Vermont Air National Guard deploys to Kadena

    KADENA AIR BASE, Japan - F-35A Lightning IIs assigned to 134th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (EFS), Vermont Air National Guard, touched down at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Jan. 13, 2025, the latest round of U.S. Air Force fighter deployments to the Pacific.As part of its modernization plan, the U.S.

  • Virginia National Guard distributes water, stages for next round of snow

    RICHMOND, Va. - The Virginia National Guard provided water distribution support Jan. 10, 2025, in Richmond, Virginia, and also staged personnel to prepare for potential winter storm response at multiple locations across the state. The VNG deployed 15 Soldiers operating six portable bulk water

  • California, Nevada, Wyoming Guard Join Firefighting Battle

    MOFFETT AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Calif. - Hundreds of National Guard members are now involved in multiple air and ground firefighting efforts as wildfires rage across the Los Angeles Basin and Southern California.More than 1,850 Guard members from California, Nevada and Wyoming are

  • DOD Assisting to Combat So-Cal Wildfires

    The Defense Department today announced it will work to provide additional firefighting personnel and capabilities to California as that state's Los Angeles County region continues to be ravaged by a series of out-of-control wildfires that broke out yesterday. The order to provide the personnel and