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131st Bomb Wing’s perfect score reflects teamwork, experience
February 21, 2020
A team of four Airmen with the 131st Bomb Wing, Missouri Air National Guard, were named 2019’s Best Nuclear Weapons Load Team. Left to right,Tech. Sgt. Mark Hruska, Tech.Sgt. Ricardo Zuniga, Tech. Sgt. Athena Keller and Staff Sgt. Ethan McCormick.
Medics, aviators train how to care for wounded Soldiers
February 20, 2020
New Mexico National Guard medics learn how to prepare and load patients for medical evacuation in Rio Rancho Feb. 13, 2020.
New Jersey National Guard Airman explores Antarctica
February 20, 2020
Master Sgt. Justin Rogers, occupational safety specialist, 108th Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard, stands near the marker of McMurdo Station, Antarctica, Nov. 8, 2019. Rogers backfilled as the 109th safety manager while at McMurdo Station.
103rd LRS Airmen keep wheels turning on mission readiness
February 19, 2020
Airman Starr Figueroa, 103rd Logistics Readiness Squadron traffic management specialist, operates an arm saw at Bradley Air National Guard Base, East Granby, Conn.,Feb. 8, 2020. Traffic management specialists construct custom shipping containers to Air Force specifications for safe delivery of equipment, including C-130H wheels.
C-130H2 flight simulator an essential tool for 166th Airlift Wing
February 19, 2020
U.S. Air Force Capt. Nicholas Baile, 166th Operations Group pilot, Delaware Air National Guard, troubleshoots a start malfunction in the 166th Airlift Wing flight simulator while Capt. Alexandria Anzur, navigator, sits in the copilot’s seat. In the simulator at New Castle Air National Guard Base, flight crews can try every position: pilot, copilot, flight engineer and navigator, leading to a greater understanding of other crew members’ responsibilities.
Alaska National Guard’s Exercise Arctic Eagle 2020 begins
February 19, 2020
Working in -30 F temperatures, aircrews from the 22nd Wing, McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, and the 151st Air Refueling Wing, Wright Air National Guard Base, Utah, train in the same arctic conditions in interior Alaska that aircrews from the 168th Wing, Eielson AFB, Alaska, routinely work in, January 29, 2020. The visiting Airmen are learning what it takes to keep the KC-135R Stratotanker in a 'ready state' in sub-zero temperatures.
Oregon National Guard recognized for flood rescues
February 18, 2020
Capt. David Sous, a pilot with G. Company 1-189 Aviation, Oregon Army National Guard, stands with fellow service members Feb. 14, 2020, as Oregon Gov. Kate Brown presents them with medals for their service during Oregon's largest search-and-rescue operation. Oregon Army National Guard flight crews rescued 54 people, 10 dogs, one cat and one rabbit from flooded areas via helicopter.
Iowa National Guard uses moulage for realistic medical training
February 18, 2020
Sgt. Krystal Thibault, an Iowa National Guard medical trainer at the Sustainment Training Center on Camp Dodge, applies a mock wound using the moulage technique Feb. 12, 2020. Thibault applied several kinds of mock injuries to Alabama National Guard Soldiers during their medical training rotation. Moulage is used to add a level of realism when training to evaluate casualties.
National Guard Airman receives Ohio Cross for rescuing woman
February 18, 2020
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. John C. Harris, the Ohio Adjutant General, congratulates U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Ryan Tucker after Lt. Gov. Jon Husted awarded Tucker the Ohio Cross at the Ohio National Guard’s Joint Senior Leaders Conference Feb. 14, 2020, in Columbus, Ohio. The Ohio Cross is awarded to any member of the state military forces who distinguishes themselves by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of their life.
177th Fighter Wing Airmen receive mental health first aid training
February 14, 2020
Erick Clark, mental health first aid instructor and certified peer recovery practitioner with the Mental Health Association of Union County, N.J., teaches a mental health first aid training course for members of the 177th Fighter Wing Feb. 12, 2020, at the Atlantic City Air National Guard Base. The two-day class addressed some of the unique aspects of military culture and gave unit members the tools to help fellow Airmen facing mental health issues.
Guard unit translates coronavirus safety message
February 13, 2020
A Washington National Guard Soldier with the 341st Military Intelligence Battalion translates a safety message about how to avoid the novel coronavirus for the Washington Department of Health on Feb. 9, 2020, at the Information Operations Readiness Center, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. Soldiers translated the information into multiple languages for those who don't speak English.
PRNG restructures efforts in support of quake victims
February 13, 2020
Medics from the Puerto Rico National Guard continue their mission to tend to residents of Guánica at their base camp, Feb. 7, 2020. The National Guard has helped support people in the south section of the island since a 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck the area Jan. 7, 2020.
148th ASOS conducts night training
February 13, 2020
Airmen from the 148th Air Support Operations Squadron, Pennsylvania Air National Guard, perform a casualty evacuation drill during training Jan. 11, 2020, in Annville, Pennsylvania. The 148th ASOS performed a round-robin style training event, conducting tactical drills at night.
Airmen train with pack animals in rural Idaho
February 12, 2020
A special warfare tactical air control party, Airman from the 124th Air Support Operations Squadron, participates in pack animal training, Feb. 9, 2020, in Emmett, Idaho. Pack animals, including horses, donkeys and mules, are utilized during missions where usual methods of transportation are restricted.
207th Engineer Utilities Detachment conducts water immersion training
February 12, 2020
Alaska Army National Guard Col. Matthew Schell, 297th Regional Support Group, participated in cold water immersion training organized by the 207th Engineer Utilities Detachment at Gwen Lake on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Feb. 8, 2020. The training is to ensure Soldiers are aware and capable of the processes in self-rescue and buddy-rescue when there is a risk of falling through ice.
Stealth fighters combine airpower in new fighter exercise
February 10, 2020
A Hawaii Air National Guard F-22 Raptor taxis down the Honolulu Airport Runway Jan. 29, 2020, as an F-35A Lightning II takes off.
Flying the MQ-9, one of the many firsts at Southern Strike
February 10, 2020
A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker boom operator, assigned to the Mississippi Air National Guard 186th Air Refueling Wing, refuels an A-10 Thunderbolt II as part of Southern Strike 2020 over the Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center, Miss., Feb. 7, 2020.
NGB team facilitates innovation, launches competition
February 7, 2020
Sheet metal technicians with the Georgia Air National Guard's 116th Air Control Wing and the 461st Air Control Wing secure an engine aircraft cover on a cowling fixture table at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, April 3, 2019.
Virginia National Guard Soldiers staged and ready
February 7, 2020
Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Cedar Bluff-based 1033rd Engineer Company, 276th Engineer Battalion, 329th Regional Support Group conduct maintenance checks on their light/medium tactical truck Feb. 7, 2020, in Cedar Bluff, Virginia.
Oregon Guard members learn the basics of hazardous operations
February 7, 2020
U.S. Army Pfc. Benjamin Ruehs, with the 102nd CERFP, Oregon National Guard, is sprayed off in a hasty decontamination tent at Camp Rilea near Warrenton, Oregon, January 26, 2020.