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  • Arizona and Pennsylvania Air Guard join forces in Montana to hone skills

    FORT WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, Mont. - More than 100 security forces Airmen from Arizona and Pennsylvania conducted five days of joint annual training in Helena, Montana, June 2-6, 2025.The defenders from the 161st Air Refueling Wing, Phoenix, 162nd Wing, Tucson, Ariz., and 171st Air Refueling Wing,

  • Two 105th Airmen graduate Brazilian Jungle Warfare School

    STEWART AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.Y. -- Two New York Air Guardsmen from the 105th Airlift Wing’s Base Defense Group completed the esteemed Brazilian Jungle Warfare School Nov. 22, 2024.U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Gerardo Balsa and Staff Sgt. Grant Cozart, defenders with the 105th, are the first two

  • Alaska Guard Maintenance Airmen Train on Security Tactics

    EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska - Airmen with the 168th Wing refined tactics for possible future conflicts during a shoot, move and communicate course at Eielson Air Force Base March 11-15. The 168th Maintenance Group Airmen were trained as multi-capable Airmen with the 168th Security Forces Squadron

  • Team Kingsley Defender champion of Official Military Skate competition

    KINGSLEY FIELD, OR -- Working the gate at Kingsley Field or patrolling the streets of the 173rd Fighter Wing you would never know that Staff Sgt. Erick Fregoso, 173rd Security Forces Squadron, lives a dual life. In his uniform he’s every bit of a Security Forces Defender, kitted out for the job,

  • WADS Lends Expertise to ARC WEBTAC 2023 Security Forces Working Group

    TUCSON, AZ -- For the past two decades, the Air Reserve Component Weapons and Tactics Conference (ARC WEPTAC) has stood as a beacon of collaboration and strategic planning for the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Command. Since its inception in 1999, the conference has been an annual

  • 109th Airlift Wing security forces conduct training exercise

    SCOTIA, N.Y. – Security forces from the 109th Airlift Wing trained March 5 on how and when to use force, facilitated by instructors who controlled the scenarios and ensured safety was the top priority.The purpose was to put the security forces in a situation where they had to use each level on the

  • 104th SFS Increases Capabilities with Domestic Operations Trailers

    BARNES AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Massachusetts -- The 104th Fighter Wing’s mission is to provide highly trained personnel and equipment for dedicated service to our community, commonwealth and nation. Last month we received new equipment that will help us fulfill our mission in the form of two