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  • 115th Fighter Wing hosts large-scale combat readiness exercise

    CAMP DOUGLAS, Wis. - Wisconsin Air National Guardsmen assigned to the 115th Fighter Wing participated in Operation Iron Orchid, a combat readiness exercise, June 22 – 26 at Volk Field Air National Guard Base in Camp Douglas.Operation Iron Orchid was the fighter wing’s largest exercise in 23 years

  • Exercise Arctic Ledger 2026 strengthens financial management readiness

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — U.S. Airmen from multiple Air National Guard comptroller flights gathered for Exercise Arctic Ledger 2026, a financial management exercise designed to strengthen deployment readiness, build partnerships and prepare finance Airmen for potential contingency

  • Training with Fire

    NEW LONDON, N.C. - In an era where technology has transformed the way people learn, work, and connect, some skills are still best learned the old fashioned way: face to face and hands on.For firefighters assigned to the 158th Fighter Wing, Vermont Air National Guard, this meant traveling to North

  • Bivouac exercise prepares Minot Airmen for expeditionary operations

    MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. — More than 120 Airmen from Minot Air Force Base spent four days honing expeditionary skills and strengthening mission readiness during a bivouac exercise at the 119th Air National Guard Regional Training Site in Fargo, North Dakota.A bivouac is a field training exercise

  • Maintainers Master Two Hercules Aircraft Models

    ROSECRANS AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Mo. – Aircraft maintenance professionals assigned to the Missouri National Guard’s Advanced Airlift Tactics Training Center, or AATTC, have reached a significant milestone by becoming dual-qualified on both the C-130H and C-130J Hercules, enhancing their ability to