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Chief of National Guard Bureau visits New Hampshire troops
May 5, 2022
Staff Sgt. Josh Poticha, crew chief with 157th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 157th Air Refueling Wing, is coined by visiting Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief, National Guard Bureau, at Pease Air National Guard Base in Newington, New Hampshire, May 3, 2022. Hokanson also met with adjutants general from 11 states to discuss various strategic initiatives.

Spark Cell brings innovation to 175th Wing
May 5, 2022
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Joseph Winter, 175th Force Support Squadron commander and field grade officer adviser, speaks with Joe Grigg, CyberWinter Studios founder, about the best practices for the CyberWinter Studios program the 175th Wing will be using in the future. The CyberWinter Studios is the first funded program from the 175th Spark Cell.

First Stratotanker inducted into Air Force museum
May 5, 2022
Members of the 203rd Air Refueling Squadron and 154th Maintenance Squadron are joined by the deputy director of the Air National Guard and three honorable retirees April 30, 2022, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The retired Airmen were reunited with their KC-135R Stratotanker, numbered 60-0329, which they earned the McKay Trophy aboard in 1967 for responding to a cross-service emergency refueling request. Upon completion of the aircraft's final flight, 06-0329 was inducted into the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.

SMP cadets hone skills while maximizing benefits
May 5, 2022
Cadets enrolled in the Virginia Army National Guard’s Simultaneous Membership Program participate in a three-day field training exercise April 22-24, 2022, at Fort Pickett, Virginia. Approximately 70 cadets from universities across the state focused on basic warrior tasks and battle drills during the event.

Guard airborne firefighting units train in Idaho
May 4, 2022
A California Air National Guard C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 146th Airlift Wing flies a training route during the 2022 Modular Airborne Firefighting Systems spring training in Boise, Idaho, April 29, 2022.

NY Army Guard No. 1 in medical readiness among big states
May 4, 2022
U.S. Air Force Capt. Alejandro Bautista readies a COVID-19 vaccination for U.S. Army Sgt Maj. Joseph Fisher at the Camp Smith Training Site Medical Readiness Clinic, N.Y., Dec.16, 2020. The New York Army National Guard was recently recognized for having the best overall medical readiness for large state forces during fiscal 2021.

Michigan National Guard Team Saves a Life While Mentoring Liberian Partners
May 3, 2022
U.S. Army Capt. Matthew Gomberg, a battalion physician assistant assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 126th Infantry Regiment, Michigan National Guard, with a cardiac patient in 14 Military Hospital in Monrovia, Liberia, April 26, 2022. The man's heart stopped the day before, but MING's medical team helped hospital staff resuscitate him.

Vermont ANG F-35s join NATO’s Enhanced Air Policing mission
May 2, 2022
A crew chief assigned to the 158th Fighter Wing taxis an F-35A Lightning II fifth-generation aircraft assigned to the wing at the Vermont Air National Guard Base, South Burlington, Vermont, May 2, 2022. The aircraft departed to Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, to continue NATO’s Enhanced Air Policing mission along the eastern flank.

National Guard members pitch innovation
May 2, 2022
Michigan Air National Guard leaders from various units attend a Michigan Air National Guard and Kelly Johnson Joint All-Domain Innovation Center Pitch Day, where Guard members proposed solutions to problems, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan, April 14, 2022.

Connecticut Guard completes Black Hawk fleet conversion
May 2, 2022
Connecticut National Guardsmen assigned to Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 142nd Aviation Regiment, inspect a new UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, April 28, 2022. The acquisition of this helicopter completes the unit’s conversion from old L-model aircraft to new M-model Black Hawks.