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  • Pennsylvania Guard Support Squadron Sharpens Combat Readiness

    CAMP DAWSON, W.Va. - The 171st Force Support Squadron and Airmen from the 171st commander’s support staff recently completed intensive expeditionary force support training at Camp Dawson, enhancing capabilities and readiness.Throughout the week of Aug. 4-9, the Pennsylvania Air National Guard Airmen

  • Alaska National Guard Rescues 4 Hunters in Same-day Missions

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - The Alaska National Guard rescued four hunters Sept. 16 in two separate missions at the request of the Alaska State Troopers and Alaska Rescue Coordination Center.Midday Monday, the AKRCC received a request from the Alaska State Troopers to assist two

  • Minnesota Guard Provides Health Care on Indian Reservation

    FORT BELKNAP INDIAN RESERVATION, Mont. - Minnesota Air National Guard’s 148th Fighter Wing members participated in an Innovative Readiness Training mission at the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, providing free health care to people and their pets.The multiday mission in early August also involved

  • Thai Air Force, Washington Guard Plan Enduring Partners 2025

    CAMP MURRAY, Wash. - To build off the success of Enduring Partners 2024, members of the Washington Air National Guard and the Royal Thai Air Force came together Sept. 10-13 for the Enduring Partners 2025 Concept Development Conference.“This is the third Enduring Partners exercise, but it feels like

  • Virginia Guard Engineers Enhance Readiness in Portugal

    LAJES FIELD, Portugal - Airmen with the 203rd Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers, 192nd Wing, Virginia Air National Guard, trained at Lajes Field, Terceira Island, Azores, Portugal, July 14-26.Renowned for its ability to deploy into austere environments and

  • Washington Guard Hosts Female Royal Thai Air Force Officers

    CAMP MURRAY, Wash. - The Washington Air National Guard hosted the first engagement for female leaders in the Royal Thai Air Force Sept. 9-13 at Camp Murray.The engagement aimed to empower female leaders through the Department of Defense National Guard Bureau State Partnership Program.Since the

  • Ohio Airmen Provide Free Readiness Training Health Care

    XENIA, Ohio - Medically trained Airmen from the Ohio National Guard’s 180th Fighter Wing helped provide free health care to more than 1,000 community members Aug. 11-12 as part of the Department of Defense Innovative Readiness Training program.The event at the Greene County Career Center was a joint

  • New York Air Guard Ends Greenland Science Support Season

    STRATTON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.Y. - The New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing wrapped up its 2024 support for National Science Foundation research in Greenland at the end of August.Throughout the season, which began in April, the 109th Airlift Wing’s Airmen conducted essential

  • Maryland Airmen Test Cyber Skills in Virginia Exercise

    VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Maryland Air National Guard Airmen participated in Cyber Fortress 3.0, a training exercise that tested the local, state and federal response to potential cyberattacks against critical infrastructure.The exercise, hosted by the Virginia National Guard July 7-20 in collaboration

  • Virginia Guard Enlisted Leaders Meet with Finnish Partners

    RICHMOND, Va. - Virginia National Guard senior enlisted leadership traveled to Finland Aug. 19-23 to collaborate with members of the Finnish Defence Forces on a plan for joint enlisted training and exercise and development for 2025 to 2027. Command Chief Master Sgt. Kelly B. Reich, the Virginia