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Illinois Air National Guard takes on new non-flying missions
July 1, 2008 — SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois Air National Guard will take on three new non-flying missions at two of its Air National Guard wings, Maj. Gen. William L. Enyart, the state adjutant general,...

107th Airlift Wing Bids Remaining Veteran Tanker Aircraft Goodbye
July 1, 2008 — NIAGARA FALLS AIR RESERVE STATION, NY - The New York Air National Guard's 107th Airlift Wing flew its last tanker mission on June 22 bidding farewell to its only remaining KC-135R Stratotanker and...

Alaska Air National Guard Holds Groundbreaking Ceremony
July 1, 2008 — Alaska Air National Guard 176th Wing breaks ground on Elmendorf for historic moveCAMP DENALI, Alaska - The Alaska Air National Guard's 176th Wing held a historic ground breaking ceremony today on...

Guard team trains for response to disaster scenario in Florida
July 1, 2008 — CAMP BLANDING JOINT TRAINING CENTER - You're trapped under tons of rubble. You can't move, everything is dark, and the stifling air is so thick with concrete dust you can barely breathe. Minutes ago...

Guard helps out Greenland school
July 1, 2008 — STRATTON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.Y. - Reaching out to the community is nothing new for the men and women of the 109th Airlift Wing (AW). They have always stepped up to the plate in more ways than...

Specialized Virginia Guard response force validated
July 1, 2008 — BLACKSTONE, Va. - A special response force of the Virginia National Guard has been validated to provide support to first responders and civil authorities if the Commonwealth of Virginia was attacked...

Iowa Guard civil support team pulls poisons from flood waters
July 1, 2008 — DES MOINES, Iowa - Although terrorists are not responsible for the rain waters flooding the Midwest, at least one National Guard counter terrorism unit was wet and waist-deep in a battle here to...

Arkansas Guard readies for hurricane season support
June 30, 2008 — WALNUT RIDGE, Ark. - Soldiers with the Camp Robinson based 77th Aviation Brigade participated in a joint exercise recently with the Arkansas Air National Guard's 154th Weather Flight in preparation...

Utah Guard Soldiers Awarded Silver, Bronze Stars for Valor
June 30, 2008 — Draper, Utah - Two Utah National Guard soldiers, 1st Lt. Tyler J. Jensen and Capt. Chad A. Pledger, were awarded the Silver Star and Bronze Star, respectively, at a ceremony here on June 19.Jensen, a...

Whiteman Airmen make first all-air Guard B-2 flight
June 30, 2008 — WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. - Airmen of the 131st Bomb Wing here completed the first B-2 Spirit sortie flown and launched by Missouri Air National Guard members June 18 at Whiteman Air Force...

Mississippi River battle brings brothers back together
June 30, 2008 — QUINCY, Ill. - As the Mississippi River widens the span between Missouri and Illinois, the flood waters actually brought two brothers together for the first time in their professional military...

National Guard Bureau chief: Firefighting and flood efforts "outstanding"
June 27, 2008 — COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Assessing the National Guard's California fire and Midwest flood-fighting efforts first-hand Thursday and Friday, the chief of the National Guard Bureau visited adjutants...

Fighting floods and fires, National Guard on duty from coast-to-coast
June 26, 2008 — ARLINGTON, Va. - National Guard Citizen-Soldiers and -Airmen fought Midwest flooding and California fires Thursday.About 2,300 Guardmembers remained on duty in the Midwest, down from a peak of more...

North Carolina Air National Guard fights California wildfires
June 25, 2008 — CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The North Carolina Air National Guard deployed four C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft with flight crews and support personnel to Northern California June 23 to assist the U.S. Forest...

Bearded Airman among Air Guard's best
June 24, 2008 — ARLINGTON, Va. - By the looks of him, Staff Sgt. Scott Geisser seemed anything but your average "clean-cut" Airman here last week with his thick brown beard and mustache. Even so, the Air National...

Guard aircraft, aircrews battling California wildfires
June 24, 2008 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Army and Air National Guardmembers from California and North Carolina were supporting firefighting efforts in Northern California today following a state active duty call up by Gov...

Hawaii search and extraction team trains for disaster
June 24, 2008 — The Hawaii National Guard sent 65 Soldiers and Airmen to Reno, Nev., for Vigilant Guard.Hawaii's rapid response team, CERF (Chemical, Biological, Radiological/Nuclear and Explosive Enhanced Response...

Guard ratchets up Missouri mission; tackles floods in five states
June 20, 2008 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Missouri was the latest Midwest state to see increasing numbers of National Guard Citizen-Soldiers and -Airmen on duty in the face of the region's worst flooding in 15 years."Our...

Midwestern Guardsmen Respond to Rising Flood Waters
June 19, 2008 — WASHINGTON - Thousands of National Guard troops in the Midwest have moved into high gear reinforcing levees, conducting security patrols, and delivering food, water and relief supplies as...

National Guard helps shore up Ottumwa sub-station
June 19, 2008 — With water levels rising rapidly in Ottumwa by the hour, one of the city's power sub-stations was in danger of being overrun. However, thanks to nearly 100 National Guard Soldiers, this central power...

Three Components, One Army: LaNeve Stresses Guard’s Role in Army’s New Priorities

Pennsylvania Guardsmen Demonstrate Drone Innovation Project

Nordhaus, Raines Outline a National Guard Focused on the Future

Alaska Air National Guard Rescues Four From Plane Crash

Modular Airborne System Delivers One Million Gallons of Fire Retardant