Guard News - The National Guard

183d Wing cuts ribbon on joint cyber range
April 7, 2022 — ABRAHAM LINCOLN CAPITAL AIRPORT, Ill. – During drill weekends, Illinois National Guard Soldiers and Airmen often go to the range for training. A typical day at the range might include training in...

Wisconsin Air Guard unit deploying for Inherent Resolve
April 6, 2022 — VOLK FIELD, Wis. – Gov. Tony Evers and senior Wisconsin Air National Guard officials joined families and friends at Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center March 29 for a formal sendoff ceremony...

Simulator prepares boom operators for in-flight emergencies
April 5, 2022 — LINCOLN AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. – In the old engine shop building, behind a pair of double doors, sits a giant gray machine replicating the back of a KC-135R Stratotanker. The instructor sets up a...

139 Air Evacuation Squadron attends Arctic Eagle-Patriot 22
April 5, 2022 — STRATTON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.Y. – The New York Air National Guard’s 139th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, part of the 109th Airlift Wing, trained with the Alaska National Guard during Arctic...

Exercise Resilient Shield adds staff element
April 4, 2022 — COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Col. Michael Hatfield, 100th Missile Defense Brigade commander, integrated a staff element into Exercise Resilient Shield to train those Soldiers not involved in the primary...

Barnestormers complete joint aircraft recovery training
April 4, 2022 — WESTFIELD, Mass. – Nearly 50 Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve members from the 104th Fighter Wing, 158th Fighter Wing and 439th Air Mobility Wing completed a joint, hands-on Crash, Damaged or...

Georgia National Guard tests new live-fire range system
April 4, 2022 — FORT STEWART, Ga. – The Georgia Army National Guard’s 122nd Tactical Support Detachment traveled to Fort Stewart for the April 1-3 drill weekend to train and qualify Soldiers on the M4 carbine rifle...

Idaho Army National Guard Soldiers train for deployment
April 4, 2022 — BOISE, Idaho – The 2nd of the 116th Combined Arms Battalion conducted an extended drill March 2–April 1 at the Orchard Combat Training Center to build team proficiency before deploying in support of...

Vermont Soldiers hone mountain skills with Saudi Special Forces
April 1, 2022 — COLCHESTER, Vt. - For the first time, a conventional U.S. Army National Guard unit trained with Royal Saudi Land Forces Special Forces instructors at the Royal Saudi Land Forces Mountain Warfare...

Nevada, Hawaii Air Guard conduct airpower exercise in Hawaii
April 1, 2022 — JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii – The Nevada Air National Guard’s 152nd Airlift Wing helped execute the Hawaii Air National Guard’s Ho’oikaika 22-1 exercise March 3-6.The exercise tested the...

Alaska National Guard hosts Arctic Interest Council
April 1, 2022 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – When delegates of the National Guard Arctic Interest Council representing six states visited the arctic city of Kotzebue March 29, they witnessed a...

Air Force leaders talk total force integration
March 31, 2022 — JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. – Top leaders from Air Force active duty, the Air Force Reserves and Air National Guard addressed the importance and challenges of total force integration during a fireside...

Vermont Guard, Senegalese Air Force conduct aviation exchange
March 31, 2022 — COLCHESTER, Vt. – Vermont Army National Guard rotary-wing representatives with 86th Troop Command took part in an aviation exchange with Senegalese Air Force helicopter pilots as part of the State...

New ANG commanders learn to ‘progress unhindered by custom’
March 31, 2022 — JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. – More than four dozen new and future Air National Guard commanders recently gathered in the national capital region for a whirlwind week of networking, leadership training and...

Nebraska Guard recognized for protecting whooping crane
March 31, 2022 — LINCOLN, Neb. – For eons, majestic whooping crane, perhaps the best-known endangered species, have migrated in great flocks from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico and back again. A critical stopover in...

Pennsylvania National Guard holds Wi-Fighter Cyber Challenge
March 30, 2022 — STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - More than 45 Penn State University students competed in a Pennsylvania National Guard Wi-Fighter Cyber Challenge event March 16.The concept of the cyber challenges, which are...

ANG command chief speaks on total force integration
March 30, 2022 — JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. - Command Chief Master Sgt. Maurice L. Williams, the 13th command chief master sergeant of the Air National Guard, participated in the Senior Enlisted Leadership Panel segment...

Oregon Guard supports Bangladesh Tiger Lightning 22 exercise
March 30, 2022 — GAZIPUR, Bangladesh – In the hot March sun at the Bangladesh Institute of Peace Support Operations Training, U.S. military service members partnered with their Bangladeshi counterparts to participate...

Common goals strengthen Michigan National Guard-Latvia-Liberia relationship
March 29, 2022 — MONROVIA, Liberia – Situated 700 miles south of Africa’s Sahara Desert and 435 miles north of the equator, Monrovia rarely dips below 70 degrees Fahrenheit. It’s a sub-Saharan beachside paradise...

Kentucky Air Guard trains in Sweden for arctic warfare
March 29, 2022 — GRUBBNäSUDDEN, Sweden – Fifteen Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard completed an arctic warfare training course during two weeks of field exercises at the Swedish Subarctic Warfare Center.The...

Retired Texas Air National Guard Pilot Recalls Protecting Air Force One on 9/11

Nebraska Guard Strengthens Disaster Response Readiness

Kentucky Guard Strengthens Skills During Patriot 2026

113th Wing Recognized for Air Defense, Combat Performance

Washington Guard Concludes Extended Wildfire Response