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New Jersey Air National Guard trains with Bulgarian air force at Thracian Star 2015
July 20, 2015
Bulgarian air force MiG-29 pilot Capt. Ivan Dinkov, left, shakes hands with U.S. Air Force F-16 pilot Lt. Col. Matthew Crill after a successful familiarization flight in a two-seat, F-16D Fighting Falcon, from the 177th Fighter Wing of the New Jersey Air National Guard, during Thracian Star at Graf Ignatievo Air Base, Bulgaria, July 15, 2015. Thracian Star is a bilateral training exercise to enhance interoperability with the Bulgarian air force and to bolster readiness to conduct combined air operations. Pilots from both countries benefit from familiarization flights in each other's fighter jets.
North Carolina National Guard battalion assumes command of multinational force in Kosovo
July 9, 2015
North Carolina National Guard members, assigned to 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 252nd Armor Regiment, out of Fayetteville, stand in formation during a transition of authority ceremony at Camp Marechal de Lattre de Tassigny, Kosovo, July 4, 2015.
More than 100 South Carolina Guard members drill in Poland
June 24, 2015
Polish F-16 fighter jets from the 32nd Tactical Air Wing leave Łask Air Base, Poland to participate in exercise Eagle Talon, June 16, 2015. U.S. Air Force Airmen from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany and the South Carolina Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing from McEntire Joint National Guard Base, are deployed to Łask Air Base in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve, during the month of June.
Alaska Guard members in Mongolia for peacekeeping training
June 18, 2015
Service members from the Alaska National Guard and U.S. Army Alaska’s 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, board an Alaska Air National Guard, C-130 Hercules on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson bound for Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, June 15. They will participate in Khaan Quest, a peacekeeping operations-focused, combined training event co-sponsored by the U.S. Army Pacific and U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, and hosted annually by the Mongolia Armed Forces.
Airmen from Maryland, Michigan and Pennsylvania highlight interoperability
June 11, 2015
A Maryland Air National Guard pilot returns to support Saber Strike and provide close-air-support after refueling with a KC-135 Stratotanker June 9, 2015, in Latvian airspace. Guardsmen from Maryland, Michigan and Pennsylvania came together to support Saber Strike 15 by providing aerial-refueling and close-air-support. Saber Strike 15 is a joint and multinational exercise designed to promote stability in the Baltic area and provide an opportunity for military members to sharpen their skills.
Air National Guard from several states involved in Saber Strike 15 exercise
June 9, 2015
Firefighters assigned to the 175th Wing, Maryland Air National Guard, train their Estonian and British counterparts on the proper procedures for extraction from an A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft during Saber Strike 15 at Ämari Air Base, Estonia, June 8, 2015. Saber Strike is an exercise that aims to continue to improve U.S., allied partners, and participating nations' interoperability, while increasing their capacity to conduct a full spectrum of military operations.
1,000 Tennessee and Alabama Soldiers supporting Atlantic Resolve exercise
June 3, 2015
Engineering equipment from the Tennessee and Alabama National Guard is unloaded from a cargo ship in a northern German port preparing for the arrival of 1,000 military personnel to begin supporting NATO exercises.
Tennessee Air National Guard flies rescuers and supplies to earthquake-devastated Nepal
May 1, 2015
U.S. Air Force Airmen and members of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Los Angeles County Search and Rescue team offload relief supplies for victims of the earthquake in Katmandu, Nepal, April 28, 2015.
Maryland National Guard unit retrogrades aviation equipment worth $260 million
April 29, 2015
Soldiers, from 1100th Theater Aviation Sustainment Maintenance Group, a Maryland National Guard unit from Edgewood, Maryland, retrograde 16 airframes and $260 million in Class IX equipment from theater during their nine-month deployment in Afghanistan.
Guard engineers from Louisiana and Oregon in Kuwait complete much-needed housing project
April 24, 2015
Spc. Zenas Sigrah and Spc. Kevin Lucas work on installing pipe for plumbing in the support trailers recently at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. The project was part of an effort to expand housing units for Soldiers assigned to Camp Arifjan. The base has seen its numbers increase with the drawdown in Afghanistan and the beginning of Operation Inherent Resolve in Iraq.