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  • Operation Chastise Exercise

    North Dakota Air National Guard Base, Fargo, N.D. - The Happy Hooligans took part in a state-wide domestic operations exercise June 9-13, 2025 to build skills to cope with natural disaster response.  The exercise, named Operation Chastise, tested the 119th Wing's ability to mobilize, set up an

  • JBPHH ‘Fiber Deep’ Project Enhances Cyber Capabilities

    JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii - An Air National Guard fiber cable installation team is implementing the 'Fiber Deep' project on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. This project aims to save up to $10 million by reducing upkeep and repair costs while also upgrading the base against cyber

  • Total force team rescues pregnant woman 250 miles off Pacific coast

    DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. - A total force team of Air Force Reserve, active duty, and Air National Guard Airmen executed a life-saving rescue mission involving a pregnant woman aboard a civilian ship off the Pacific coast July 6.The joint effort was a response from US Coast Guard District

  • District of Columbia Guard, Jamaican Defence Force Partner at Cyber Exercise

    VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Members of the District of Columbia Air National Guard’s 113th Communications Squadron joined more than 900 participants from across the U.S. military and allied nations for Cyber Shield 2025, a two-week unclassified cyber defense exercise.The training, held in Virginia Beach,

  • Arkansas Air Guard Participates in REFORPAC 25 Exercise

    EBBING AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Ark. – The Arkansas Air National Guard’s 188th Wing is playing a pivotal role in Resolute Force Pacific 25, the Pacific Air Forces’ most comprehensive contingency response exercise running from July 10 to Aug. 8.Spanning multiple locations, including Guam, Japan and

  • Idaho Guard Conducts Two Rescues in Nine Days

    SAWTOOTH RANGE, Idaho - Idaho Army National Guard Soldiers recently conducted two successful search and rescue missions just nine days apart. “Our Citizen-Soldiers stand ready to move out at moment’s notice when partner agencies request help, especially when our fellow Idahoans’ welfare hangs in the

  • U.S. joined Kyrgyz-led Ak Shumkar 2025 exercise

    BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan  - U.S. Air Forces Central and the Montana Army and Air National Guard partnered with the Kyrgyz Republic for exercise Ak Shumkar 2025, June 23-27, focused on expanding partnerships and increasing interoperability among partner forces throughout Central Asia.As a Kyrgyz-led

  • Annual Training Builds Relationships and Strengthens Readiness

    RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany - The 126th Logistics Readiness Squadron and 126th Communications Flight of the 126th Air Refueling Wing, Illinois Air National Guard, recently deployed for training to Ramstein Air Base, Germany.They worked alongside the 86th Logistics Readiness Squadron and the 721st