Guard News - The National Guard

From Ohio to Alaska, Airmen Unite for Space Intelligence
October 22, 2024 — FAIRBANKS, Alaska - From the heart of Ohio to the rugged Alaskan terrain, the Polar Surge exercise is uniting Airmen, Guardians and coalition forces in pursuit of unparalleled space intelligence... MORE

U.S. Airmen assigned to the 126th Intelligence Squadron support and train Airmen and Guardians of the 213th Space Warning Squadron at Clear Space Force Station, Alaska, June 21, 2024, as part of the Polar Surge partnership. The joint effort between the 178th Wing and 213th provides space surveillance data to the NORAD Space Control Center.

Tennessee Airman, Space Force Brother Reunite in Germany
July 25, 2024 — RHEINLAND-PFALZ, Germany - No matter where you go or how long you’re there, home has a way of finding you. For two brothers serving their nation in different parts of the globe, home found them in... MORE

Tech. Sgt. Mason Young, 134th Communications Squadron cyber network systems operations craftsman, and U.S. Space Force Sgt. Jared Dreier, U.S. Space Forces Europe and Africa Component Command Headquarters space systems operator, pose for a photo at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, July 18, 2024. Young and Dreier are brothers with a long family lineage of military service.

Florida Guardsman Achieves First at Air Force Weapons School
August 5, 2022 — JACKSONVILLE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Fla. – Weapons Patch. A distinction earned only after graduating from the U.S. Air Force’s Weapons School, one of the most academically rigorous schoolhouses in... MORE

U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Ryan Colon, a 114th Space Control Squadron weapons instructor, in front of a graphic of the enlisted weapons patch following his graduation from the Space Warfighter Advanced Instructor Course at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, in June 2022.

National Guard Coordinates Transport of German Satellite
June 22, 2022 — ARLINGTON, Va. – A rocket carrier is barely recognizable from a distance on a typically foggy June morning at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. Its payload, the German Ministry of Defense’s... MORE

Television screens illuminate what would otherwise be a darkened underground facility at the National Guard Coordination Center, or NGCC, in Arlington, Virginia, in July 2020. In May 2022, the NGCC, along with the operations directorates of various National Guard elements, were instrumental in the delivery of the German Ministry of Defense’s SARah satellite from Baltimore to Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, for its June 18 launch into space.

Cargo aircraft turned rescue platform for astronaut recovery
November 20, 2020 — JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii – It’s Nov. 13, two days before a historic rocket launch, and a helicopter pilot approaches a cargo jet on a clear morning at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. He... MORE

Hawaii Air National Guard pilots from the 154th Operations Group and 204th Airlift Squadron review mission plans on a C-17 Globemaster III Nov. 13, 2020, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. The Hawaii Air National Guard aircrew was supported by active-duty Airmen from the 15th Wing, who provided logistical and planning support for a contingency rescue operation for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

Wyoming Guard Aviators Sharpen Wildfire Response Skills in Training

West Virginia Guard Hosts Workshop to Address Potential Infrastructure Threats

Army Establishes New Fitness Test of Record to Strengthen Readiness and Lethality

Army Guard Region Three Soldiers Compete for Best Warrior

Ten Air Guard Units Participate in Operation Maverick’s Armistice