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Joint airborne operation enhances interagency state capabilities
February 21, 2020
Indiana National Guard members joined forces with Ohio, Illinois and Idaho to conduct static-line, non‐tactical airborne operations from a C-130 Hercules at Columbus Airfield Feb. 18-19, 2020. The exercise provided the opportunity to conduct a currency jump and execute joint training with members of Scott Air Force Base, Idaho National Guard, and the Ohio Army Reserve.
Louisiana National Guard Soldier starts career with elite Army training
February 21, 2020
Spc. Connor McGuffee, a Louisiana National Guard Soldier with 2nd Battalion, 156th Infantry Regiment, 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, outside his unit’s armory in New Iberia, Louisiana, Feb. 20, 2020. McGuffee earned the coveted U.S. Army Ranger tab after completing basic training and Ranger school back to back, a feat that took him just over one year.
131st Bomb Wing’s perfect score reflects teamwork, experience
February 21, 2020
A team of four Airmen with the 131st Bomb Wing, Missouri Air National Guard, were named 2019’s Best Nuclear Weapons Load Team. Left to right,Tech. Sgt. Mark Hruska, Tech.Sgt. Ricardo Zuniga, Tech. Sgt. Athena Keller and Staff Sgt. Ethan McCormick.
Medics, aviators train how to care for wounded Soldiers
February 20, 2020
New Mexico National Guard medics learn how to prepare and load patients for medical evacuation in Rio Rancho Feb. 13, 2020.
New Jersey National Guard Airman explores Antarctica
February 20, 2020
Master Sgt. Justin Rogers, occupational safety specialist, 108th Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard, stands near the marker of McMurdo Station, Antarctica, Nov. 8, 2019. Rogers backfilled as the 109th safety manager while at McMurdo Station.
103rd LRS Airmen keep wheels turning on mission readiness
February 19, 2020
Airman Starr Figueroa, 103rd Logistics Readiness Squadron traffic management specialist, operates an arm saw at Bradley Air National Guard Base, East Granby, Conn.,Feb. 8, 2020. Traffic management specialists construct custom shipping containers to Air Force specifications for safe delivery of equipment, including C-130H wheels.
C-130H2 flight simulator an essential tool for 166th Airlift Wing
February 19, 2020
U.S. Air Force Capt. Nicholas Baile, 166th Operations Group pilot, Delaware Air National Guard, troubleshoots a start malfunction in the 166th Airlift Wing flight simulator while Capt. Alexandria Anzur, navigator, sits in the copilot’s seat. In the simulator at New Castle Air National Guard Base, flight crews can try every position: pilot, copilot, flight engineer and navigator, leading to a greater understanding of other crew members’ responsibilities.
Alaska National Guard’s Exercise Arctic Eagle 2020 begins
February 19, 2020
Working in -30 F temperatures, aircrews from the 22nd Wing, McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, and the 151st Air Refueling Wing, Wright Air National Guard Base, Utah, train in the same arctic conditions in interior Alaska that aircrews from the 168th Wing, Eielson AFB, Alaska, routinely work in, January 29, 2020. The visiting Airmen are learning what it takes to keep the KC-135R Stratotanker in a 'ready state' in sub-zero temperatures.
Oregon National Guard recognized for flood rescues
February 18, 2020
Capt. David Sous, a pilot with G. Company 1-189 Aviation, Oregon Army National Guard, stands with fellow service members Feb. 14, 2020, as Oregon Gov. Kate Brown presents them with medals for their service during Oregon's largest search-and-rescue operation. Oregon Army National Guard flight crews rescued 54 people, 10 dogs, one cat and one rabbit from flooded areas via helicopter.
Iowa National Guard uses moulage for realistic medical training
February 18, 2020
Sgt. Krystal Thibault, an Iowa National Guard medical trainer at the Sustainment Training Center on Camp Dodge, applies a mock wound using the moulage technique Feb. 12, 2020. Thibault applied several kinds of mock injuries to Alabama National Guard Soldiers during their medical training rotation. Moulage is used to add a level of realism when training to evaluate casualties.