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  • Wyoming, California Air Guard Conduct MAFFS Training

    FORT HUACHUCA, Ariz. – Airmen from the Wyoming and California Air National Guard participated in Modular Airborne Firefighting System training Feb. 13-15.The annual training exercise ensured aircrews remained proficient in aerial wildfire suppression techniques before peak fire season.The Wyoming

  • California Air Guard Rescues Ailing Fisherman at Sea

    MOFFETT AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Calif. - A 79-year-old U.S. Air Force veteran and stroke survivor is recuperating after a successful medical evacuation conducted by a team from the 129th Rescue Wing Nov. 8, approximately 400 miles off the coast of San Diego.The patient was on a chartered fishing

  • California Air Guard Helps Rescue Critically Injured Mariner

    MOFFETT AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Calif. -- In a remarkable display of coordination and teamwork, the 129th Rescue Wing executed a high-stakes medical evacuation Oct. 9, rescuing an unconscious merchant mariner aboard a Liberian-flagged cargo vessel about 800 nautical miles off the coast. 

  • California Airmen Receive Purple Heart Following Jordan Attack

    Three Airmen injured during the January Tower 22 attack in Jordan were presented the Purple Heart at the 129th Rescue Wing at Moffett Air National Guard Base in Mountain View Oct. 5.U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Michael Byrne, Senior Airman Herland Antezana and Staff Sgt. Dustin Dinkelacker, assigned to

  • F-15EX Eagle II Unveiled at Portland Air National Guard Base

    PORTLAND, Ore. - The future of the Oregon Air National Guard’s 142nd Wing was on full display July 12 during the formal unveiling of the first two operational U.S. Air Force F-15EX Eagle II fighter jets assigned to the unit.The Portland Air National Guard Base ceremony highlighted the first time a

  • Cal Air Guard F-15 Pilots Train with Marine Corps F-35 Pilots

    FRESNO, Calif. - California Air National Guard’s 144th Fighter Wing and its 194th Fighter Squadron teamed up with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211 out of Yuma, Arizona, June 7-9 to conduct fighter integration training.The U.S. Marine Corps unit brought four F-35B Lightning II fighter jets to the

  • California Air Guard Rescues Man at Sea on Cruise Ship

    MOFFETT AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Calif. - The Air Force Rescue Coordination Center activated the California Air National Guard’s 129th Rescue Wing to airlift a man on a cruise ship to a hospital May 7.The 64-year-old man suffered a heart attack aboard the Bahamian-based Ovation of the Seas cruise

  • California Air Guard 146th Maintenance Group Learns New Skill

    VOLK FIELD, Wis. - On a chilly, overcast morning that promised rain in the very northern state of Wisconsin, 28 U.S. Airmen assigned to the 146th Maintenance Group of the Air National Guard in Southern California move equipment around a stripped-down C-130H Hercules airplane with the letters CDDAR

  • California Air Guard Saves Man on Sportfishing Vessel

    MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - A fisherman who experienced multiple seizures and lost consciousness at sea is safely on land after being airlifted by the California Air National Guard’s 129th Rescue Wing.The Air Force Rescue Coordination Center activated the wing Jan. 31 due to a medical emergency aboard