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  • Maj. Gen. Ondra L. Berry, adjutant general for Nevada, visited Airmen assigned to the 152nd Airlift Wing performing MAFFS missions supporting California firefighters at Sacramento McClellan Airport, California Aug. 31, 2020. Berry was accompanied by leadership from the Nevada Air National Guard and Nevada Army National Guard.

    Nevada Air Guard continues firefighting mission

    RENO, Nevada – Military aerial firefighting units, including the "High Rollers" of the Nevada Air National Guard, have dropped more than 1 million gallons of fire retardant so far this fire season."It's very rewarding knowing you are helping so many people," said Tech. Sgt. Paul Teska, a MAFFS flight engineer with the 152nd Airlift Wing, Nevada Air
  • U.S. Army Spc. Daniel Rincon, a hand crew member with Fresno-based Joint Task Force Rattlesnake Alpha team, on the steep slope of Rumsey Canyon where he and other members of the California State and National Guard help try to contain the LNU Lightning Complex fire near Rumsey, Aug 30, 2020.

    Fresno Guard members help fight California wildfires

    RUMSEY, Calif. – The smell of smoke hangs heavy in the air as the Soldiers and Airmen make their way through the burnt and barren landscape. Forcing their way through charred branches and soft dirt, they meet up with the rest of the crew, who arrived by helicopter a few hours earlier and are already at work clearing brush and roots. This is the end
  • Crews from the 146th Airlift Wing, 153rd Airlift Wing, CAL FIRE, the U.S. Forest Service and other government and civilian agencies work together at McClellan Air Park, California, to refuel and reload fire retardant to aircraft from around the nation battling the wildfires across California Aug. 21, 2020.

    National Guard helps fight California wildfires

    ARLINGTON, Va. – Hundreds of members of the National Guard from multiple states are supporting state and local efforts to fight the wildfires raging in California. Guard members on land and in the air are helping firefighters and first responders do their jobs, while Guard aircrews are helping map and fight the blazes.As of Aug. 24, the California
  • Weapons crews from Texas and California traveled to the 174th Attack Wing at Hancock Field Air National Guard Base in New York for a training competition with New York Air National Guard Airmen Aug. 10-13, 2020.

    NY, California, Texas wings compete in load off training

    HANCOCK FIELD AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.Y. – Weapons crews from Texas and California traveled to the 174th Attack Wing to compete in a weeklong training competition alongside New York Air National Guard Airmen Aug. 10-13. Teams split the mandatory loading training into four competitive events. The week ended with a ceremony and trophies were given
  • A photograph of multiple California Air National Guard airmen waiting to board a C-130J Super Hercules military aircraft at the Paso Robles Municipal airport.

    146th AW transports personnel, supplies during civil unrest response

    The 146th Airlift Wing (146 AW) performed over 75 sorties (military operational flights) moving 1,574 personnel and 364,600 pounds of supplies across California in preparation of supplementing additional support to civil authorities during civil unrest in Los Angeles County, California. June 1, 2020.
  • About 150 feet above a tree line, a California Air National Guard C-130 aircraft releases 3,000 gallons of water, covering nearly a quarter mile, during aerial wildland firefighting training June 15-19, 2020, at the Tahoe National Forest.

    California, Nevada Guard fly MAFFS training missions

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California and Nevada Air National Guards brought out their heavy assets June 15-19 to prepare for each state’s annual enemies – wildfires.C-130 Hercules aircraft from both states filled the skies above Tahoe National Forest in Forest Hill, California, during U.S. Department of Agriculture Forestry Service-sponsored wildland
  • Airmen and Soldiers from the California National Guard decompress at the end of their shift in El Centro, California, May 29, 2020. The Guard medical team is augmenting staff at Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Brawley due to a surge in COVID-19 patients there.

    Cal Guard helps treat COVID-19 patients

    EL CENTRO, Calif. – A California Air National Guard medical team is helping provide care at Pioneer Memorial Hospital, which has had a surge of COVID-19 patients.The Guard members, who had conducted COVID-19 testing in nearby Indio, answered the call from Imperial County. The Cal Guard’s aid allowed for increased bed capacity and patient care at
  • Texas Army National Guard Spc. Jason Archer, attached to the 100th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, 71st Troop Command, logs on to a videoconference at his home in Leander, Texas, April 6, 2020. Archer’s unit continued training remotely during the state ordered shelter-in-place.

    Cal Guard slows the spread of COVID-19 with telework

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. – U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Carroll starts his day in typical fashion familiar to all service members with full-time jobs in the active National Guard and Reserve.He wakes up, changes and starts his commute to work, perhaps grabbing a coffee along the way.As a personnel specialist for the California National Guard’s Joint
  • U.S. Air Force Maj. Edward Ganigan, center, a chaplain from the 163d Attack Wing, California Air National Guard, prays for soldiers of the California Army National Guard’s 315th Vertical Construction Company and staff members of the FIND Desert Regional Food Bank in Indio, California, April 29, 2020.

    Chaplains reach out to Cal Guard members fighting COVID-19

    MARCH AIR RESERVE BASE, Calif. – Members of the chaplain corps from the 163d Attack Wing and the 195th Wing are visiting seven facilities across the Inland Empire to support members of the California Army and Air National Guard during the COVID-19 pandemic.Master Sgt. Rene Martin of the 195th Wing and Maj. Edward Ganigan, a chaplain with the 163d
  • California National Guard medical support team members don PPE and prepare to work at a skilled nursing facility in Southern California to fulfill humanitarian support missions at the direction of the Governor, April 29, 2020. The medical support team is supporting staff at the facility, sharing best practices, and providing patient care for non-COVID-19 positive patients at the facility. (Air National Guard photo by Capt. Jason Sanchez)

    Cal Guard assisting skilled nursing facilities in LA County

    LONG BEACH, Calif. – California National Guard regional medical support teams are assisting skilled nursing facilities at 10 sites in Los Angeles County.“We’re augmenting staff at those sites, and our teams are working under the authority of the administrators for each site,” said U.S. Army Maj. Christopher Scott, Joint Task Force 224 Medical
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