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  • 109th Airlift Wing Lands LC-130 Hercules on Fresh Water Ice

    INUVIK, Canada - Airmen from the New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing have landed an LC-130 Hercules on freshwater ice for the first time in the wing’s history during Operation Nanook-Nunalivut March 5.Maj. Joseph Shanahan, the ski landing control officer,  and a team searched over

  • Air National Guard Medics Keep Airmen in the Fight

    CAMP RIPLEY, Minn. - When 70 Airmen from 37 Air National Guard wings participated in a Cold Weather Operations Course, three aerospace medical technicians, or medics, and a physician assistant assigned to the Minnesota National Guard’s 148th Fighter Wing were on hand 24/7 to provide mobile medical

  • Minnesota National Guard, Norway Strengthen Training Ties

    STJØRDAL, Norway - The Minnesota National Guard and the Heimevernet, the Norwegian Home Guard, joined forces for the 52nd Annual Norwegian Reciprocal Troop Exchange Feb. 5-19, continuing a tradition of military cooperation and cultural exchange.One hundred Minnesota National Guard members boarded a

  • Air National Guard Conducts Arctic Training in Minnesota

    CAMP RIPLEY, Minn. - Seventy Air National Guard Airmen trained and conducted mission-essential tasks in extreme cold during the Air National Guard’s Cold Weather Operations Course at Camp Ripley Training Center from Jan. 27 to Feb. 8.The class mainly included security forces personnel from 37 wings

  • The Guard in 2024: Deployments, hurricanes, wildfires and new leadership

    ARLINGTON, Va. –  As 2024 began, Soldiers with 1st Squadron, 221st Cavalry Regiment, Nevada Army National Guard, were on duty along the Las Vegas Strip supporting state and local law enforcement as more than 400,000 people celebrated the New Year. “People love to see us out here,” said U.S. Army

  • Air Guard Defender Completes Jungle Agile Employment Course

    GUAM - Did you know that roughly one-third, or 500 million acres, of the U.S. is forest? And did you know that Puerto Rico’s El Yunque National Forest is the only tropical rainforest in the U.S. that is considered a jungle? By definition, a forest has many tall trees and can usually be traveled by

  • 148th Fighter Wing Completes PACAF Deployment

    OKINAWA, Japan - Members and F-16 Fighting Falcons assigned to the 148th Fighter Wing, Minnesota Air National Guard deployed to the 18th Wing at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan from July to October 2024. While deployed, the Minnesota Air National Guard members were known as the 179th Expeditionary

  • Minnesota Guard Provides Health Care on Indian Reservation

    FORT BELKNAP INDIAN RESERVATION, Mont. - Minnesota Air National Guard’s 148th Fighter Wing members participated in an Innovative Readiness Training mission at the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, providing free health care to people and their pets.The multiday mission in early August also involved

  • Minnesota Guard, Croatia Partner During Cyber Exercise

    POSTOJNA, Slovenia—Five Minnesota National Guard Soldiers participated in the Adriatic Regional Security Cyber Cooperation exercise from June 24 to July 25. Approximately 50 National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from six states participated in the exercise with their armed forces partners from seven