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  • Washington Air Guard Participates in 12th Airman-to-Airman Talks in Thailand

    PATTAYA, Thailand — Airmen from the Royal Thai Air Force, Pacific Air Forces, the Washington Air National Guard and members of the Joint United States Military Advisory Group in Thailand gathered in Pattaya, Thailand, for the 12th annual Airman-to-Airman Talks May 13-15.The purpose of an A2AT is to

  • Air National Guard drone training bridges gap for first responders

    OTIS AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Mass. -- The Emergency Management Office at the 102nd Intelligence Wing facilitated Drone Awareness and Threat Picture (DATP) training on Otis Air National Guard Base, Massachusetts, May 2, 2025.“I attended the in-residence Drone Assessment and Response Tactics (DART)

  • Texas Guard Pairs with United Arab Emirates in State Partnership Program

    ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates  — The Texas National Guard and the United Arab Emirates will be paired in the Department of Defense National Guard Bureau State Partnership Program (SPP), the Defense Department announced in a Monday news release.The SPP, which formally welcomed the UAE as a member,

  • Pennsylvania Air Guard’s 171st Air Refueling Wing Wins Omaha Trophy

    CORAOPOLIS, Pa. – The Pennsylvania Air National Guard’s 171st Air Refueling Wing has added its name to an elite list of U.S. Air Force units, earning the prestigious Omaha Trophy for 2024.Earning the award is a rare achievement for a KC-135 tanker unit, especially an Air National Guard Unit.The

  • Maryland Air Guard Conducts Combat Search and Rescue Training in Wisconsin

    VOLK FIELD, Wis. - Nearly 50 Airmen and six A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft assigned to the Maryland National Guard’s 175th Wing deployed to Volk Field Air National Guard Base’s Combat Readiness Training Center, Wisconsin, to conduct combat search and rescue training.During the week-long May 7-14

  • Missouri Airmen Go Analog in Cyber Attack Simulation

    ST. JOSEPH, Mo. - The Missouri Air National Guard’s 139th Operations Group completed Operations Goes Dark, a four-day exercise held May 12-15 designed to simulate the effects of a cyber attack.During the exercise, aircrews and support personnel operated without access to the internet, GPS, landline

  • 187th Fighter Wing: F-35A Hot Integrated Combat Turn

    DANNELLY FIELD, Ala. –The 187th Fighter Wing, home of the Red Tails, conducted their first hot integrated combat turn (ICT) with live munitions for the Weapons System Evaluation Program (WSEP) on Tyndall AFB, Fla., May 7, 2025.The implementation of hot ICTs on fifth-generation fighter jets allows

  • 171st Air Refueling Wing Wins Omaha Trophy

    CORAOPOLIS, Pa. – The 171st Air Refueling Wing has added its name to an elite list of U.S. Air Force units, earning the prestigious Omaha Trophy for 2024 — a rare achievement for a KC-135 tanker unit, especially an Air National Guard Unit.The Omaha Trophy, awarded annually by U.S. Strategic Command