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Western Air Defense Sector Conducts Exercise at Oregon Beach
May 1, 2023
Three members of the Western Air Defense Sector's 225th Air Defense Squadron tested the ability to execute cloud based command and control in a geographically separated location at Camp Rilea, Oregon, April 25, 2023. The WADS air battle managers, 1st Lt. Aaron DeCremer and 2nd Lt. Tyler Shoemaker, conducted a practice scramble of two F-15 fighter aircraft from the Oregon Air National Guard's 142nd Fighter Wing as part of exercise Felix Ace.
Hoist Training Helps Idaho Guardsmen Maintain Readiness
May 1, 2023
The Idaho Army National Guard's State Aviation Group and the Boise Fire Department’s Swiftwater/Dive Team conducted joint hoist rescue training April 26 and 28, 2023, at Gowen Field in Boise. The training enables the rescue team to become familiar with an aircraft's hoist while wearing river rescue gear.
National Guard Leaders Urge Leveraging Enlisted Force in SPP
May 1, 2023
Senior Enlisted Advisor Tony Whitehead, the SEA to the chief of the National Guard Bureau, provides opening remarks on leveraging enlisted force in the State Partnership Program during the annual SPP conference in Denver April 18, 2023. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the National Guard-led program, which has 88 partnerships in 100 nations.
Arizona Guard, Partner Kazakhstan Compete to be Best Warrior
May 1, 2023
Arizona National Guard members and two soldiers from the Republic of Kazakhstan after completing the mystery event during the Arizona Best Warrior Competition in Florence, Arizona, April 25, 2023.
Wisconsin Air National Guard Receives F-35s
April 28, 2023
One of the first F-35A Lightning II aircraft assigned to the Wisconsin Air National Guard's 115th Fighter Wing arrives at Dane County Regional Airport in Madison, Wisconsin, Apr. 25, 2023. The 115th FW is the second ANG wing in the nation to receive the fifth-generation fighter.
Massachusetts Guard Partners with Fellow Innovators
April 28, 2023
Members of Team Asclepius Shield, comprising Soldiers and Airmen from active and Guard units, including U.S. Army Spc. Paul Martin, Massachusetts National Guard, third from left, met with U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. James Parry, assistant surgeon general with Michigan Air National Guard, and Gregg Peterson, chief executive officer with Bexson Biomedical, at the National Guard Memorial Museum in Washington March 31, 2023.
Joint, International Southern Strike 2023 Exercise Wraps Up
April 28, 2023
A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 186th Air Refueling Wing, Mississippi Air National Guard, refuels a F-15E Strike Eagle assigned to the 4th Fighter Wing April 19, 2023, during Southern Strike 2023. The exercise focused on Agile Combat Employment, which shifts generation of airpower from large, centralized bases to networks of smaller, dispersed locations to complicate adversary planning.
Unknown, but Unforgotten: Revolutionary War Soldiers Honored
April 27, 2023
U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Joseph Reale, second from left, the deputy commanding general for sustainment, 29th Infantry Division, receives the flag that covered a Revolutionary War Soldier’s casket during a burial honors ceremony April 22, 2023, at the Camden Battlefield in South Carolina. Reale, the Maryland Army National Guard’s representative at the ceremony, served with the 175th Infantry Regiment, a unit present at the Battle of Camden in 1780 and of which many of the Americans honored at the ceremony were also members.
Air Guard Leaders Visit Fallen Malaysian Officer’s Family
April 27, 2023
Brig. Gen. Gent Welsh, commander of the Washington Air National Guard, with the family of the late Col. Hasnol Hisham Abu Hassan, Royal Malaysian Air Force, during a visit to Washington April 25, 2023 ,at Camp Murray, Wash.
Army Guard Sniper Team Wins International Sniper Competition
April 27, 2023
Team Leader Sgt. 1st Class Erik Vargas of the New Mexico National Guard, and teammates Staff Sgt. Benjamin Cotten and Staff Sgt. Allen Smith of the Arkansas National Guard during the International Sniper Competition at Fort Benning, Ga., April 8-13, 2023. The team placed first.