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181st IW, local partners conduct emergency response training
March 11, 2022
Airmen with the 181st Intelligence Wing, civilian authorities and first responders participate in a mass casualty exercise during a simulated aircraft crash at Hulman Field Air National Guard Base, Ind., March 5, 2022. The exercise was designed to test and enhance the capabilities of multiple emergency response agencies.
Alaska Air National Guard helps rescue plane crash victims
March 11, 2022
A 210th Rescue Squadron HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter conducts rescue operations March 5, 2022, at the Lake Iliamna crash site of a Cessna 206. On the ground are an Alaska State Trooper R-44 helicopter and good Samaritans’ snowmachines in the foreground.
Iowa National Guard KC-135 retired after 65 years’ service
March 11, 2022
A U.S. Air Force KC-135 with 75th anniversary markings, including a large bat tail flash, tail number 57-2606 from the Iowa Air National Guard, taxis on the ramp at the 185th Air Refueling Wing in Sioux City, Iowa, March 1, 2022. The aircraft is due to be decommissioned and sent to the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.
Idaho National Guard trains for joint combat rescue missions
March 11, 2022
Idaho Army and Air National Guard aviation units conducted combat search and rescue and escort training together March 9, 2022, over Idaho’s Owyhee Mountains. The training rescue missions involved 124th Fighter Wing A-10 Thunderbolt II pilots escorting UH-60 Black Hawk pilots along the safest route of a simulated combat zone.
Pennsylvania Guard pilots training course for Northern Command
March 10, 2022
Capt. Brandon Sweeney, current operations officer, Pennsylvania National Guard, marks unit locations on a map of Pennsylvania during a staff training course March 8, 2022. The trial course, hosted by U.S. Northern Command, trained staff on emergency preparedness using a notional Category 2 hurricane scenario.
New York National Guard COVID mission tops 2 years
March 10, 2022
Air Force Lt. Col. John Reynolds, a member of the New York Air National Guard's 105th Airlift Wing, vaccinates Tom Pescatore May 20, 2021 at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City. Pescatore's injection was the 600,000 shot administered at the massive vaccination site established and staffed by the New York National Guard.
National Guard members compete to be ‘Best Warrior’
March 9, 2022
Pfc. Mario Delahoya, a member of 45th Field Artillery Brigade, Oklahoma Army National Guard, climbs a rope during the obstacle course event of the Best Warrior Competition at Camp Gruber Training Center, Oklahoma, March 5, 2022. The annual three-day event brought together Soldiers to test their proficiency in a variety of warrior tasks and drills.
Florida National Guard attacks wildfires from the air
March 9, 2022
UH-60 Black Hawk and CH-47 Chinook helicopter crews from the Florida National Guard help battle wildfires in Bay County March 7, 2022. The Florida National Guard is working closely with state and local partners to contain the Chipola Complex fires across multiple counties in the Florida Panhandle.
Weather Airmen enable Black Hawk medical evacuation
March 7, 2022
Senior Airmen Gabrielle Dequire and Adam Mattson with the 199th Weather Flight, Hawaii Air National Guard, set up a TMQ-53 Tactical Meteorological Observing System during aeromedical evacuation exercises at Dillingham Airfield March 4, 2022. The TMQ-53 is a portable, automated weather station that can take observations in up to one-minute intervals, enabling flying missions from anywhere in the world.
202nd RED HORSE Squadron preps for deployment at exercise
March 7, 2022
Airmen of the 202nd RED HORSE Squadron perform as members of a post attack reconnaissance team in a contingency exercise during a simulated attack at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center in Starke, Florida. This exercise marked the completion of the squadron's second phase of training before deploying overseas.
Idaho National Guard assists at minimum-security prison
March 7, 2022
Idaho National Guard leaders visited state of Idaho prisons where Idaho National Guard Soldiers and Airmen are temporarily augmenting staffing. The Idaho Department of Corrections is short-handed due in part to COVID-19 pandemic.
145th Airlift Wing conducts aircraft mishap exercise
March 7, 2022
U.S. Airmen assigned to the North Carolina Air National Guard (NCANG), 145th Civil Engineering Squadron (CES), attempt to extinguish a fire during a simulated aircraft mishap just outside the NCANG base, Charlotte Douglas International Airport, March 6, 2022. The 145th CES coordinated the response with the Charlotte Fire Department and other local authorities.
National Guard’s top general stresses individual, unit readiness
March 4, 2022
Mission Sustainment Team students use AN/PVS-31A binocular night-vision goggles during a field exercise in Oklahoma City Feb. 10, 2022. The students used the night vision devices to learn how to observe their surroundings and conceal their movement in the dark.
New Hampshire Guardsmen juggle civilian, military jobs
March 4, 2022
Staff Sgt. Steven San Antonio of the 195th Regional Training Institute answers a call Feb. 14, 2022, at the St. Joseph COVID triage call center in Nashua, New Hampshire. San Antonio is one of two New Hampshire Guardsmen assigned to the center as part of Operation Winter Surge.
NY Guard’s 27th Infantry Brigade prepares for deployments
March 3, 2022
U.S. Army Capt. Nicholas Charnley, Maj. Dermot Gavin, and Maj. Jared Kausner, assigned to the 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, New York Army National Guard, discuss the theoretical application of multidomain operations in a modern-day version of the Battle of Saipan in World War II during a leaders workshop in Syracuse, New York, Feb. 26, 2022. The workshop served to prepare the 27th IBCT's senior leaders for upcoming deployments and development of their future forces.
New Jersey National Guard serves Vineland veterans
March 3, 2022
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Edward D. Simms, 204th Intelligence Squadron, 108th Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard, hands a bowling ball to James Dow, a resident at the New Jersey Veterans Memorial Home at Vineland, at the home’s bowling alley in Vineland, New Jersey, Feb. 24, 2022. More than 70 New Jersey National Guard Soldiers and Airmen are serving at the home.
National Guard troops from 15 states join Arctic exercise
March 1, 2022
Joint forces attend U.S. Stryker armored vehicle familiarization training during Joint Exercise Arctic Eagle-Patriot at Anchorage, Alaska, Feb. 24, 2022. The exercise increases the National Guard’s capacity to operate in austere, extreme cold-weather environments across Alaska and the Arctic region.
Texas Guard’s 136th Airlift Wing completes four-day exercise
February 25, 2022
Texas Air National Guard Citizen-Airmen simulated self-aid buddy care for a graded wing exercise Feb. 13 at Fort Worth Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base. The Air Mobility Command inspector general tested the 136th Airlift Wing members' ability to operate in hazardous environments to ensure units remain mission ready.
177th Fighter Wing hosts ANG production assessment team
February 25, 2022
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Lewis Peacock, 177th Maintenance Group engine mechanic, with a General Electric F110 turbofan engine, while the Air National Guard's first production assessment team visits Feb. 22, 2022, at the 177th Fighter Wing of the New Jersey Air National Guard, Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey. The team's goal is to increase the number of aircraft a unit can bring to the fight, focusing on the aspects of aircraft availability that units can control - how well and how quickly they repair aircraft and how smoothly they perform scheduled maintenance.
National Guard to back law enforcement at DC demonstrations
February 23, 2022
The District of Columbia National Guard will help U.S. Capitol and D.C. police at traffic control points in the nation's capital during anticipated First Amendment protests in February and March 2022. Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III approved the assistance of up to 400 DCNG members and 300 Guard members from outside the District of Columbia.