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  • Oregon ANG partners with neighboring state, hones wartime skills

    KINGSLEY FIELD, Ore. -- For several days in late April, two KC-135 tanker aircraft from the 141st Air Refueling Wing called Kingsley Field, in Klamath Falls, Ore., home, while they practiced warfighting skills—supplying fighter aircraft with gas being a prime example.In order to effectively train

  • Iowa National Guard KC-135 retired after 65 years’ service

    SIOUX CITY, Iowa – An Iowa Air National Guard KC-135 with a giant bat tail flash retired after 65 years of service. Tail number 57-2606, nicknamed “Free Bird,” took off this week for a one-way trip to the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG) at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.Chief

  • Washington Guard, Malaysia renew face-to-face partnership

    CAMP MURRAY, Wash. – When building relationships with a new partner, body language and casual conversations are just as important as the information shared. That’s why there was added excitement about the fourth annual Airmen-to-Airmen talks between the Washington Air National Guard and the

  • Artificial Intelligence-Based Battle Management Training Rolled Out

    JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. -- The Western Air Defense Sector rolled out a cutting edge video game like training system, Aug. 26-27, 2021, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. The system, called Battle Management Training NEXT (BMTN), provides command and control battle management operators

  • COVID-19 vaccine available to Washington Air Guard members

    CAMP MURRAY, Wash. – Across Washington State, every Air National Guardsman is eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine on a voluntary basis, and many are choosing to do so. On Jan. 8, several members of the 194th Wing and Western Air Defense Sector went through the vaccination process at Camp Murray.

  • WADS Airman supports food banks, jobless, wildfire response

    INCHELIUM, Wash. – An infrastructure technician from the Western Air Defense Sector, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, demonstrated the tremendous value of a drill status Guardsman this summer.When Senior Airman Payton Chiou joined the Western Air Defense sector in 2016, he didn't know his training would

  • Texas Guard team wins first NGB innovation competition

    ARLINGTON, Va. – A Texas National Guard team emerged the winner in the inaugural National Guard Innovation Competition, besting three other finalists.“I’m humbled, to be honest,” said Air Force Maj. Alex Goldberg, the chief innovation officer of the Texas Guard. He said competitions like this

  • Washington Air Guard member helps NYC medical examiner

    CAMP MURRAY, Wash. – Lt. Col. Bruce Simpson, the Headquarters Washington Air National Guard’s director of force support, started his fight against COVID-19 by supporting the Grand Princess cruise ship quarantine on Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, in March.By early April he was on a

  • WADS Airmen support Food Lifeline COVID Response Center

    The Washington National Guard has over 250 Army and Air National Guardsmen assisting the Food Lifeline COVID Response Center in Seattle by processing, packing, and distributing food and goods to more than 300 food banks across 17 counties in Washington state

  • Washington Air National Guard keeps 'food stream' flowing

    SEATTLE – As a Washington Air National Guard member finishes building a cardboard box, an assembly line of other Airmen fill it with non-perishable food. The work is straightforward but essential to the COVID-19 statewide emergency response.Nearly 50 Airmen from the 141st Air Refueling Wing, 194th