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  • Mass. Airmen Represent Air Guard at Medic Rodeo

    CANNON AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. – The Air National Guard’s 102nd Medical Group (MDG) competed in the 2024 Medic Rodeo competition Aug. 12-16. The four-person cadre was the only Air National Guard team to compete against 17 active-duty units, placing within the top 10 of all participants. The Medic Rodeo

  • 104th Fighter Wing Donates F-15C to New England Air Museum

    BARNES AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Mass. – The 104th Fighter Wing donated an F-15 Eagle to the New England Air Museum July 22 as the wing prepares for the conversion to the F35A Lightning II. Col. Michael Glass, 104th Operations Group commander, flew the F-15C aircraft 85-101 on its final flight,

  • Massachusetts Air Guard Helps Upgrade Comms at Joint Base Langley-Eustis

    JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. - The communications squadron at Joint Base Langley-Eustis had a challenge. The unit had identified hundreds of network switches on the base’s network that needed replacement. Funding for the equipment was there, but the staffing to do the work was another story.The

  • Massachusetts Air Guard Airmen Test New Air Combat Tactics

    BARNES AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Mass. – Members of the 104th Fighter Wing attended the U.S. Air Force weapons school integration exercise April 6-20 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. The two-week exercise combined multiple squadrons to test new air combat tactics via offensive and defensive

  • Vermont Airmen Test Agility During Multistate Exercise

    SAVANNAH, Ga. - Nearly 260 members of the Vermont Air National Guard’s 158th Fighter Wing and other Airmen and civilians from across the country participated in the ACE exercise Maple Thunder Jan. 22-Feb. 3.“ACE is short for ‘agile combat employment,’ and it’s a phrase we’ve been talking about in

  • 104th Fighter Wing Conducts Readiness Exercise

    WESTFIELD, Mass. - The 104th Fighter Wing conducted a four-day, base-wide readiness exercise Nov. 2-5 at Barnes Air National Guard Base.“The REX provides the wing the chance to test interoperability with other local military partners, preparing Airmen for their worst day and preparedness for a

  • 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

  • National Guard Honors Fallen in Memorial Day Observances

    ARLINGTON, Va. - The National Guard is honoring service members who died for their country in Memorial Day observances across the country this weekend.“When we remember what the fallen have given us, when we remember why they served, when we remember what they gave up so we could be free, merely

  • 104th Fighter Wing Hosts ANG Production Assessment Team

    WESTFIELD, Mass. – The 104th Fighter Wing hosted 15 subject matter experts from the Air National Guard Production Assessment Team Dec. 13-16 to identify ways the unit can be more efficient and effective.The PAT’s purpose is to improve practices and offer data-driven discussions to enable ANG units

  • Pennsylvania Air Guard Joins Operation Noble Defender

    CORAOPOLIS, Pa. – The Pennsylvania Air National Guard’s 171st Air Refueling Wing participated in the North American Aerospace Defense Command’s Operation Noble Defender off the U.S. northeast coast Oct. 25-27. NORAD’s continental U.S. region led this iteration of OND, which incorporated U.S. and