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Air National Guard Captain Helps Deliver Baby in Hospital Parking Lot
January 12, 2026 — WASHINGTON – An Air National Guard medical officer supporting operations in the nation’s capital helped deliver a baby in the front seat of a car just outside a hospital emergency room days before...

West Virginia Guard Airman Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross
August 5, 2025 — CHARLESTON, W. Va. – U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Keith McGraw, a member of the 130th Airlift Wing Security Forces Squadron, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with Combat Device during a...

Mother, Daughter Enlist Together at 167th Airlift Wing
November 8, 2024 — MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - For military members, family extends beyond biological ties, bound by shared purpose, sacrifice and trust.But for one mother and daughter from Martinsburg, the love and loyalty to...

167th Airlift Wing Conducts Multicapable Airmen Training
November 13, 2023 — MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - A multicapable Airmen proof-of-concept training event was conducted at the 167th Airlift Wing at Shepherd Field Nov. 5.Approximately 50 Airmen representing maintenance,...

130th Airlift Wing Conducts Readiness Exercise Validation
September 14, 2023 — GULFPORT, Miss. - Around 350 Airmen from the 130th Airlift Wing in Charleston, West Virginia, deployed to Gulfport, Mississippi, Sept 7-10 for the Fly Away Readiness Exercise Validation (FLARE-V).The...

West Virginia 167th Airlift Wing Tests Readiness in Exercise
August 17, 2023 — MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - The 167th Airlift Wing conducted a readiness exercise at Shepherd Field Aug. 9-12 with Maryland, North Carolina and West Virginia Guard members.As part of the Unit Effectiveness...

West Virginia Air National Guard Joins Peruvian Exercise
May 22, 2023 — LIMA, Peru - West Virginia Air National Guard members participated in a week-long humanitarian assistance and disaster response exercise in Peru May 7-12.The exercise, Cooperacion IX, was led by the...

167th Airlift Wing Completes All-Hazards Training
May 19, 2023 — MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - Emergency responders at the 167th Airlift Wing participated in an all-hazards training course May 1-5 to prepare for real-world incidents.The hybrid CAMR program, short for...

130th Airlift Wing practices ACE during Flare 2023
April 3, 2023 — CHARLESTON, W.Va. - More than 400 members of the 130th Airlift Wing conducted a weeklong Fly Away Readiness Exercise at the Combat Readiness Training Center in Gulfport, Mississippi.FLARE is a...

167th Airlift Wing Conducts Emergency Response Exercise
October 6, 2022 — MARTINSBURG, W.Va. – The West Virginia Air National Guard’s 167th Airlift Wing conducted an exercise to test the response plans and capabilities of the wing’s emergency responders at Shepherd Field...

West Virginia Airmen Learn New Skills Through Rescue Training
August 10, 2022 — MARTINSBURG, W.Va. – Airmen with the 167th Civil Engineering Squadron participated in a five-day swift water rescue certification course, July 18-22, at different waterfront locations in Jefferson...

175th Wing Demonstrates Warfighting Capabilities in Europe
June 29, 2022 — MIDDLE RIVER, Md. – Approximately 170 Airmen assigned to the 175th Wing, Maryland Air National Guard and A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft have returned from Europe, where they supported Exercises Swift...

130th Airlift Wing Exercises Combat Power in Newest C-130J
June 23, 2022 — ALPENA, Mich. – Sixty-three Airmen and two C-130J-30s Super Hercules from the 130th Airlift Wing participated in Agile Rage 2022 June 6-19 in the first Air National Guard Readiness Exercise Program...

Extended Drill Brings 167th Airlift Wing Together
June 21, 2022 — MARTINSBURG, W.Va. – The 167th Airlift Wing combined June and July drill weekends into an extended, four-day unit training assembly June 9-12.The “super drill” allowed Airmen more time to focus on...

West Virginia Air Guard medics conduct trauma training
May 23, 2022 — MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Five aerospace medical service personnel assigned to the 167th Medical Group completed 40 hours of trauma training at J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital May 16-20.Working alongside...

Kentucky Air Guard enters new era with C-130J Super Hercules
November 8, 2021 — LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Two new C-130J Super Hercules aircraft buzzed over the Kentucky Air National Guard Base Saturday before taxiing to stop on the flight line under the spray of water cannons while a...

167th Airlift Wing firefighters train on disaster response
September 16, 2021 — MARTINSBURG, W.Va. – They changed the tires on their equipment trailer, prepped their communication devices, loaded their urban search and rescue kits and headed south from Martinsburg to Charleston...

West Virginia Air National Guard hosts Sentry Storm 2021
August 11, 2021 — MARTINSBURG, W.Va. – The West Virginia Air National Guard hosted the week-long joint training exercise Sentry Storm 2021 across various locations July 19-23.The exercise at Yeager Field, Camp Branch...

Ammo Rodeo on target with creative, mission-focused training
August 6, 2021 — VOLK FIELD, Wis. – About 50 Air National Guard and Reserve munitions specialists from across the nation saddled up at the Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center in July to see which team could...

103rd Airlift Wing develops tactical airlift operations
August 4, 2021 — EAST GRANBY, Conn. – Airmen from the 103rd Airlift Wing helped develop future C-130H Hercules tactical airlift operations during exercise Sentry Storm 2021. The West Virginia Air National Guard hosted...

Hawaii Guard Supports Tropical Cyclone Lala Response

South Carolina Guard Enhances Readiness With Advanced HH-60M Black Hawk

Army National Guard Fast-Tracks Resilient Microgrids with $14.7M APFIT Award

Ohio Guard Boosts Medical Skills While Providing No-Cost Care

Idaho Guard Strengthens Engineering Skills in Canada