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  • Colorado Air Guard members sew masks in lieu of parachutes

    BUCKLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – Colorado Air National Guard’s 140th Wing Aircrew Flight Equipment (AFE) shop in Aurora volunteered to sew more than 500 masks to help stop the spread of COVID-19 in the community.These Airmen learn to sew to make parachutes and mend uniform items, explained the

  • New Mexico Air Guard delivers PPE across state

    GRANTS, N.M. – New Mexico Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Israel Martinez and Senior Airman Jason Quintana recently delivered personal protective equipment (PPE) to Cibola County.As part of the statewide response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Martinez and Quintana drove more than 60 miles from Albuquerque

  • Mass. National Guard provides security support on Nantucket

    A team of Air National Guard Security Forces and Army National Guard Military Police are on the island community of Nantucket assisting the local police department by providing security at the Nantucket Cottage Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Wisconsin Guard team testing inmates, staff at county prison

    FRANKLIN, Wis. – Nearly 30 Wisconsin National Guard troops established a mobile COVID-19 testing site at the Milwaukee County House of Corrections to collect specimens from staff and inmates.Milwaukee County asked the Wisconsin National Guard to assist after multiple cases of the coronavirus were

  • Jacobsmeier says yes to state activation call for COVID-19

    Iowa Air National Guard Lt. Colonel Debbie Jacobsmeier is working as the Officer in Charge of Region 3, Regional Medical Coordination Center site in Sioux City, Iowa. Jacobsmeier is a traditional guard member, assigned to the 185th Air Refueling Wing clinic in Sioux City, Iowa. Jacobsmeier

  • Connecticut National Guard powers COVID-19 testing site

    NEW HAVEN, Conn. – A once-empty parking lot has been transformed into a place where 700 people a day can drive up and be tested for COVID-19, thanks to help from the Connecticut National Guard.Equipment from the 103rd Air Control Squadron equipment will help power the drive-thru test site, and

  • 167th Airlift Wing flies COVID-19 test kits from Italy to US

    MARTINSBURG, W.Va. – The 167th Airlift Wing, West Virginia Air National Guard, completed a Department of Defense strategic airlift mission by transporting more than 1 million COVID-19 test kits from Italy to the United States.The C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft flew the test kits from Aviano Air

  • Colorado Air National Guard space warriors fight COVID-19

    DENVER – Since Colorado Gov. Jared Polis activated the Colorado National Guard to join the fight against COVID-19 March 10, space warriors of the 233rd Space Group have been on the front lines, assisting civil authorities and augmenting critical space missions.More than 10 percent of the Colorado

  • Washington Guard brings COVID-19 testing to rural areas

    ABERDEEN, Wash. – As COVID-19 testing capability grows, Washington National Guard members are answering the call for help in the rural area of Grays Harbor County.Wearing full face masks, suits, gloves and boots, 27 Washington Air and Army Guard members are working at a community-based testing site