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  • US Air Force Partners with Saudi Arabia to Train Chiefs

    AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar - A mobile training team of U.S. Airmen assigned to Air Forces Central led the Royal Saudi Air Force in completing its inaugural Chief Leadership Course Jan. 23 at a training center in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.“This course is one of many efforts placing emphasis on the

  • Kentucky, Indiana Guard Evacuates Hundreds Stranded by Floods

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Kentucky National Guard Airmen and Soldiers evacuated 296 residents from two housing complexes surrounded by floodwaters in Martin County Feb. 17.The troops, including Airmen from the Kentucky Air Guard’s 123rd Special Tactics Squadron, airlifted the residents to Big Sandy Regional

  • 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

  • Indiana, Oklahoma Guard, Saudi Arabia Announce Partnership

    INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana National Guard, Oklahoma National Guard and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced a new partnership Nov. 15 under the Department of Defense National Guard Bureau State Partnership Program.The enduring program pairs U.S. states and foreign nations to enhance mutual

  • Medical Training Brings New Opportunities to Blackfeet Tribe

    BROWNING, Mont. – U.S. service members from more than 50 units across the country are in Montana for Blackfeet Tribal Health - Operation Walking Shield, an Innovative Readiness Training medical mission.About 200 members of the Air National Guard, Army National Guard, Air Force Active Duty, Air Force

  • Indiana National Guard Partner Slovakia Receives F-16s

    INDIANAPOLIS - One of the Indiana National Guard’s state partners, Slovakia, received two F-16s during a ceremony in South Carolina Feb. 29 attended by Maj. Gen. Dale Lyles, Indiana’s adjutant general.The fighter jets, also known as Fighting Falcons, aim to bolster Slovakia’s defense capability,

  • Massachusetts Guard Attends Planning Conference in Israel

    RAMLA, Israel - Members of the 102nd Intelligence Wing, Massachusetts Air National Guard, attended the National Guard Bureau-Home Front Command annual planning conference in Israel July 22-28.U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Brendan Simison, Plans and Engineering Division chief, and Chief Master Sgt. Michael

  • Indiana Air Guard Supports Joint Homeland Defense Exercise

    MUSCATATUCK URBAN TRAINING CENTER, Ind. - Airmen from the 181st Intelligence Wing and emergency response partners from the military, civilian and private sectors practiced emergency support operations in the four-day Homeland Defender exercise.Homeland Defender is a recurring multi-agency,

  • Indiana Guard Demonstrates IRT Clinics to Slovak Partners

    TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - Indiana Air National Guard Airmen hosted their Slovak Armed Forces Military Medical Command counterparts during an Innovative Readiness Training mission June 7.The visit was part of continuing interactions to enhance military relations between Indiana and its State Partnership