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  • Wilsbach outlines strategy for confronting adversaries, Air Force success

    AURORA, Colo. (AFNS) - In his first major address since becoming Air Force Chief of Staff, Gen. Ken Wilsbach used personal examples of stellar performances from pilots, maintainers, health care workers and others to highlight readiness and how the service is responding to a strategic environment

  • DC National Guardsman Stops Assault at the National Mall

    WASHINGTON – At the nation’s most visited landmarks, District of Columbia Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Hector Amaya, a security forces officer with the 113th Squadron, was patrolling the National Mall with fellow airmen when he witnessed a Park Police officer being assaulted while directing traffic

  • Adapt, overcome, conquer: Iron Hand 24-06

    At Shaw Air Force Base, the 20th Fighter Wing teaches, trains, and performs every day in missions and exercises such as Iron Hand, forging a culture of commitment, courage, and mastery.

  • Operation Santa Claus Spreads Holiday Cheer

    PEASE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.H. -- Airmen and Soldiers from New Hampshire National Guard and volunteers from State Employees’ Association of New Hampshire ensured more than 3,000 children across the Granite state will have gifts to unwrap on Christmas morning.“This is our 63rd season,” said Phil

  • Sibling Legacy

    PEASE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.H. -- A family legacy is represented across the 157th Air Refueling Wing.Five Pincince siblings, from a family of nine children, all serve at Pease Air National Guard Base, New Hampshire.“I was inspired to join the New Hampshire Air National Guard by the idea of

  • Robins AFB takes next step in establishing new missions

    ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. (AFNS) -- Air Force leaders announced one step forward in the delivery of battlespace command and control. The Air Force has completed two necessary environmental assessments, with a finding of no significant impact, that will lead to four new missions at Robins Air Force

  • New Hampshire Airman Represents in Top Air Force Marathon Team

    Tech. Sgt. Chris Ager, a crew chief with the 157th Maintenance Group, won the Air and space Challenge with the National Guard Team Sept. 17, 2022 during the 26th Air Force Marathon at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The team ran their fastest time in history, beating the Air Force Special

  • Reaper Smoke 2022 exercise, crowning ‘best of the best’ MQ-9 aircrew

    CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. (AFNS) -- Nearly 45 MQ-9 Reaper crews from across the United States entered Creech Air Force Base’s flight simulators April 6-7: only one crew emerged on top.Testing remotely piloted aircraft pilots and sensor operators, exercise Reaper Smoke 2022 pitted dozens of

  • ACC medics support deployments to civilian hospitals and care facilities

     JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, VA -- ACC has deployed 88 medics from 5 bases across the command to work alongside other military departments and federal agencies as a part of the nation’s pandemic response. In December 2021, the U.S. Secretary of Defense approved a request from the Federal Emergency