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Idaho Air Guard’s 190th Fighter Squadron Wins Hawgsmoke 2022
September 12, 2022 — BOISE, Idaho – The Idaho National Guard’s 124th Fighter Wing, 190th Fighter Squadron, hosted the Hawgsmoke 2022 A-10 Thunderbolt II "warthog" gunnery competition at Gowen Field in Boise and at ranges... MORE

National Guard Builds Homes for Cherokee Vets During IRT
June 15, 2022 — TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – Under the blazing Oklahoma sun, the sounds of construction reverberate through a building site on Cherokee Nation land. Hammers, nail guns and electric saws are guided by the hands... MORE

Idaho Air National Guard Engineers to Build Homes in Oklahoma
June 6, 2022 — TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – The Idaho Air National Guard’s 124th Civil Engineer Squadron arrived in Oklahoma with nearly 25 Airmen June 5 to conduct an Innovative Readiness Training mission while building... MORE

Idaho Air National Guard Airmen Begin Agile Rage Exercise
June 6, 2022 — ALPENA, Mich. – Airmen from the 124th Fighter Wing, Boise, Idaho, and eight A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft from the 190th Fighter Squadron arrived at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center to... MORE

Guard airborne firefighting units train in Idaho
May 4, 2022 — GOWEN FIELD, Idaho – Less than two years after the nation’s most devastating firefighting season, the National Guard participated in Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System spring training with state... MORE

Idaho Air National Guard pilot a trailblazer for women
May 2, 2022 — BOISE, Idaho – Twenty-nine years ago, Defense Secretary Les Aspin made an announcement that would change the future of women in the military.Lt. Col. Jennifer Ovanek, an A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot with... MORE

Idaho National Guard trains for joint combat rescue missions
March 11, 2022 — BOISE, Idaho – Idaho Army and Air National Guard aviation units conducted combat search and rescue training together March 9 throughout Idaho’s Owyhee Mountains.“Any opportunity to integrate the Army... MORE

Idaho Air National Guard, Marines train together
January 10, 2022 — BOISE, Idaho – The Idaho Air National Guard welcomed U.S. Marines from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 225 who fly the F-35B Lightning II to Gowen Field Jan. 7-9.The squadron brought four of the... MORE

From the ground to the sky: Idaho’s joint fire exercise
May 24, 2021 — BOISE, Idaho – Idaho Citizen-Soldiers and -Airmen trained together May 18-19 to support a joint fire exercise that combined live mortars from the ground with close air support from above. Included... MORE

Idaho Air Guard sweeps top honors during Hawgsmoke 2021
April 21, 2021 — BOISE, Idaho – The 124th Fighter Wing’s 190th Fighter Squadron was recognized as the top pilot team at Hawgsmoke 2021, a biannual A-10 Thunderbolt II competition, at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia,... MORE

Northern Thaw exercise concludes at Volk Field
April 15, 2021 — VOLK FIELD, Wis. – Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center, known for lighting up the skies with the annual Northern Lightning exercise, hosted multiple units from around the country for the... MORE

Rescue squadrons train in Idaho exercise
March 30, 2021 — BOISE, Idaho – Members from 11 rescue squadrons flocked to Gowen Field in HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters to participate in Spud Smoke 21, an exercise focused on weapons employment fundamentals and... MORE

U.S. flag flown over Afghanistan dedicated to tribes
November 10, 2020 — BOISE, Idaho – A U.S. flag flown over Afghanistan during the Idaho Air National Guard’s Southwest Asia deployment was presented to the Shoshone-Bannock Tribe Council Nov. 2.The “Warrior Spirit,” an... MORE

Airmen from the 124th FW simulate evacuation in rural Idaho
August 17, 2020 — HORSESHOE BEND, Idaho – Airmen from the 124th Fighter Wing partnered with the U.S. Navy Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron Four from North Island Naval Air Station, California, to complete non-combatant... MORE

Idaho National Guard firefighters train for real emergencies
June 8, 2020 — GOWEN FIELD, Idaho – Firefighters from the 124th Civil Engineer Squadron conducted a series of live-burn, vehicle extrication and classroom exercises in Boise June 6-7. Senior Master Sgt. Josh... MORE

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