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  • Driving Simulator Boosts Readiness for Connecticut Guard

    EAST GRANBY, Conn. - The Connecticut National Guard’s 103rd Airlift Wing at Bradley Air National Guard Base is using computer-generated imagery to enhance readiness.In 2021, the wing used innovation funds to purchase a driving simulator. The simulator, used by members of multiple units in the 103rd,

  • LRS helps establish economic hub at Little Rock AFB

    LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE, Ark. -- Department of Defense resources are a hot commodity. With budget restrictions and changes, the need to utilize resources smartly is important more now than ever. Recently, members of the 189th Logistics Readiness Squadron partnered with active duty and other Guard

  • CSAF visits 179th Airlift Wing ahead of historic mission conversion

    MANSFIELD-LAHM AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Ohio (AFNS) -- Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr. visited with Airmen and leadership at the 179th Airlift Wing at Mansfield-Lahm Air National Guard Base April 2, ahead of their historic mission conversion to a cyberspace wing.During his visit, Brown

  • 137th SOW, OKC first responders conduct tornado response exercise

    Airmen with the 137th Special Operations Wing and Oklahoma City first responders from Oklahoma City Fire Department and Oklahoma Emergency Medical Services Authority trained alongside each other during a major accident response exercise at Will Rogers Air National Guard Base, Oklahoma City, Feb. 8,

  • Maryland ANG first to certify cyber protection team on live network

    MIDDLE RIVER, Md. (AFNS) -- Members of the Maryland Air National Guard’s 275th Cyberspace Operations Squadron recently became the first cyber operators in the Air National Guard to certify a Cyber Protection Team using their weapon system on a live base network during real-world missions.As a part

  • 459th medical units, SFS, RegAF, Guard, Navy team for joint training exercise

    JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. -- The 459th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron recently conducted a local C-130T Aeromedical Evacuation static training mission here in conjunction with the Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 53 "Capital Express" Naval Air Facility, Washington, D.C., the 459th Aeromedical Staging

  • Little Rock AFB selected to host ANG C-130J Formal Training Unit

    WASHINGTON (AFNS), --The Department of the Air Force selected Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, as the location to host the Air National Guard C-130J Formal Training Unit, June 24.Four C-130J Hercules will replace aging C-130Hs to establish the FTU, which will ensure aircrews gain the experience

  • Contingency response dominates ACE exercise during Southern Strike

    AVON PARK AUXILIARY AIRFIELD, Fla. (AFNS) -- An F-16 Fighting Falcon escorts a C-17 Globemaster III into a simulated austere environment. The engines are running, the personnel deplane the C-17, cargo is downloaded, the airfield is prepped for more aircraft to land, and within minutes, a security