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  • 334th Fighter Squadron Trains in Northeast

    PEASE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.H. - The 334th Fighter Squadron partnered with Pease Air National Guard Base June 6-16 for total force training over New Hampshire and northern New York.The 334th Airmen, stationed at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, fly and equip F-15E aircrew for

  • Wisconsin Air National Guard Receives F-35s

    MADISON, Wis. - The Wisconsin Air National Guard’s 115th Fighter Wing received its first F-35 Lightning II aircraft April 25, making it only the second Air National Guard unit with the advanced fighter.The fifth-generation fighters flown by pilots Capt. John Lorbiecki, Maj. Jacob Jerzewski, Maj. Joe

  • CSAF visits Vermont ANG

    VERMONT AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Vt. (AFNS)  -- Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., visited with Vermont Air National Guard Airmen April 1.Brown met with Airmen, local civic leaders and held an all-call.During the all-call, Brown emphasized his priority of accelerating change within the Air

  • Vermont's Green Mountain Boys Demonstrate Agility, Readiness

    SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. - The Vermont Air National Guard’s 158th Fighter Wing tested its ability to deploy and remain operational during a simulated attack on its base the first week of April.During the exercise scenario at the South Burlington Air National Guard base, buildings lost power,

  • New York, Vermont Air Guard Train Together

    NEWBURGH, N.Y. - Members of the 105th Airlift Wing took to the sky in a simulated high-threat environment exercise Dec. 6-9 at Stewart Air National Guard Base.The flight initiated a four-day training, which included a variety of simulations to replicate flying through contested airspace. During the

  • Air Guard’s 1st Female F-35 Pilot has Inaugural Flight in Vermont

    SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. – Three years of training led to one very important day. Over the Vermont mountains, history was made at 20,000 feet.It wasn’t the first time for the 158th Fighter Wing. In 2019, it was the first wing in the Air National Guard to receive the F-35A Lightning II.As the only wing

  • Vermont Air Guard Completes Historic First

    SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. – Vermont’s 158th Fighter Wing returned home from Germany, completing the National Guard’s first overseas deployment of the F-35A Lightning II.The eight aircraft flown by the Vermont Air National Guard’s 134th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron left in April along with more than

  • Vermont Guard Pilot Reaches 1,000-hour Milestone a 3rd Time

    SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. – U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Christopher J. White, the 315th Fighter Squadron commander assigned to the 158th Fighter Wing, Vermont Air National Guard, reached his 1,000th flight hour milestone in the F-35A Lightning II June 3 while deployed to Germany to support NATO missions in

  • Vermont ANG F-35s join NATO’s Enhanced Air Policing mission

    SPANGDHALEM AIR BASE, Germany – Eight F-35A Lightning II fifth-generation fighters from the Vermont Air National Guard’s 158th Fighter Wing arrived at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, May 2 to continue NATO’s enhanced air policing mission along the Eastern flank. As part of NATO’s plan to bolster its