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Air Guard-Army Team Funded for Maintenance Innovation
May 8, 2023
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. John Rubin, 127th Wing, Michigan Air National Guard; U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Lamar Porter, 175th Mission Support Group, Maryland Air National Guard; David Rolen, a U.S. Army civilian from the U.S. Special Operations Command; U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Gerad Pyszka, 127th Wing, Michigan Air National Guard, and U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Jonathan Borth, 129th Wing, California Air National Guard, at the National Guard Memorial at NGAUS Headquarters, Washington, D.C., March 31, 2023. Teams proposed solutions for emerging national defense problems during an Academia- Industry-Military Hybrid Innovations’ event.
Maryland Air National Guard Completes Readiness Exercise
March 6, 2023
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt Badders, 175th Wing Civil Engineering Squadron member, welds a steel structure at Martin State Air National Guard Base, Middle River, Maryland, March 2, 2023. Badders was building a hedgehog barrier as part of Operation Lucky Strike 2023.
175th Wing Sharpens CSAR Skills During Sunshine Rescue
February 24, 2023
A U.S. Air Force crew chief from the 175th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Maryland Air National Guard, guides an A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft on the flight line at Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia, Jan. 25, 2023, to support exercise Sunshine Rescue. The goal of the exercise is to execute traditional Combat Search and Rescue capabilities with forward-edge ground force tactics, techniques and procedures using advanced command and control technologies.
Maryland ANG Certifies Cyber Protection Team on Live Network
January 19, 2023
U.S. Air Force Capt. Ashley Oates, 275th Cyberspace Operations Squadron flight commander, briefs Airmen assigned to the 275th Cyberspace Operations Squadron at Warfield Air National Guard Base at Martin State Airport, Middle River, Md., Jan. 10, 2023. Oates leads a cyber protection team that was the first in the Air National Guard to certify on a live Department of Defense network.
Maryland Air Guard Sustains Support of U.S. Cyber Force
December 21, 2022
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Marj Alfaro, 52nd Communications Squadron mission defense team supervisor assigned to Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, performs network analysis during exercise Tacet Venari at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, May 17, 2022. Tacet Venari is a two-week cyber exercise that enables Airmen to identify, detect and respond to cyber threats.
104th Fighter Squadron Lends Expertise to Exercise Tapio
September 2, 2022
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Daniel Griffin, an A-10C Thunderbolt II pilot assigned to the 104th Fighter Squadron, Maryland Air National Guard, with a pilot from the Brazilian Air Force during Exercise Tapio in Campo Grande, Brazil, Aug. 24, 2022. Exercise Tapio is a Brazilian combat search and rescue and close air support exercise that ended Aug. 31.
Maryland National Guard, European Partners Protect Network Security
July 15, 2022
A member of the 169th Cyber Protection Team and members of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina conduct cyber adversarial exercises at the Pvt. Henry Costin Readiness Center in Laurel, Maryland, June 29, 2022. The Maryland National Guard and the Armed Forces Bosnia and Herzegovina have been partners under the Department of Defense National Guard Bureau State Partnership Program since 2003.
175th Wing Demonstrates Warfighting Capabilities in Europe
June 29, 2022
Nine A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft assigned to the 104th Fighter Squadron, Maryland Air National Guard, sit on the flightline at Lielvārde Air Base in the Vidzeme region of Latvia, May 14, 2022, for Agile Combat Employment training during Defender Europe 22. The exercise demonstrates U.S. Army Europe and Africa's ability to conduct large-scale ground combat operations across multiple theatres in support of NATO and the National Defense Strategy.
Pennsylvania National Guard Leaders Visit SPP Partner Lithuania
June 7, 2022
Maj. Gen. Mark Schindler, Pennsylvania adjutant general, and Command Sgt. Maj. Jon Worley, senior enlisted leader, Pennsylvania National Guard, visit with senior Lithuanian leaders and Pennsylvania National Guard Soldiers deployed to Lithuania in support of Defender Europe 22 and NATO exercise Flaming Thunder May 19, 2022.
Maryland Air Guard wraps up Swift Response support
May 17, 2022
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Dylan Martin, crew chief assigned to the 175th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, guides an A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft assigned to the 104th Fighter Squadron, Maryland Air National Guard, in Ohrid, North Macedonia, May 7, 2022, to conduct Agile Combat Employment training in support of the Swift Response exercise. The purpose of the exercise is to present combat-credible Army forces in Europe and Africa and enhance readiness by building airborne interoperability with allies and partners.
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.
Maryland Air Guard counters real-world cyber adversaries
January 4, 2022
More than 15 Maryland Air National Guard cyber professionals worked alongside Air National Guard members from other states and active-duty counterparts to support a task force under U.S. Cyber Command’s Cyber National Mission Force at Fort Meade, Maryland, from February to August, 2021.
Maryland Air Guard conducts mission generation exercise
November 3, 2021
Sixteen A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft assigned to the 175th Wing, Maryland Air National Guard, conducted a mission generation exercise and an “elephant walk” at Warfield Air National Guard Base at Martin State Airport, Middle River, Md., Nov. 3, 2021. The exercise highlighted the agility and rapid mobility of the MDANG's airpower.
111th Med Group hosts Advanced Trauma Life Support course
October 21, 2021
U.S. Air National Guard Maj. Sammar Atassi, an internal medicine physician assigned to the 130th Medical Group headquartered at McLaughlin Air National Guard Base in Charleston, West Virginia, intubates an infant training mannequin during the Advanced Trauma Life Support course at Biddle Air National Guard Base in Horsham, Pennsylvania, Sept. 28, 2021. Sixteen service members from nine ANG units in six states participated in the class, which was hosted by the 111th Medical Group.
Maryland, Kentucky Guard partner to build homes for vets
September 29, 2021
Members from the 175th Wing, Maryland Air National Guard, and the 123rd Airlift Wing, Kentucky Air National Guard, build a home for Cherokee veterans in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, Aug. 3, 2021, as part of the Defense Department’s Innovative Readiness Training program.
Maryland Airman finds family in 175th Wing
December 29, 2020
Senior Airman Jayme Bradley, an electrical and environmental specialist for the 175th Maintenance Squadron, Maryland National Guard, poses in front of an A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft Dec. 18, 2020, at the Warfield Air National Guard Base at Martin State Airport, Middle River, Md. Bradley is the only full-time female Airman in her shop in the male-dominated career field of aircraft maintenance.
NJ gunnery range hosts State Partnership JTAC training
December 10, 2020
A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II, from the 104th Fighter Squadron of the 175th Wing, Maryland Air National Guard, flies over the Warren Grove Gunnery Range, in Warren Grove, N.J., on Dec. 3, 2020. Joint Terminal Attack Controllers from Estonia and the 146th Air Support Operations Squadron, Oklahoma Air National Guard, conducted close air support training under the State Partnership Program.
Mission Support Group key to wing's COVID-19 response
May 27, 2020
U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Stephanie Scott, 175th Wing Emergency Operations Center manager, sits at her computer in the Emergency Operations Center at Warfield Air National Guard Base, Middle River, Md., May 21, 2020. The 175th Wing established the EOC during the state's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Maryland Guard helping with Strategic National Stockpile push
March 23, 2020
Members of the Maryland Air National Guard 175th Logistics Readiness Squadron work with members of the Maryland Office of Preparedness and Response March 19, 2020, to prepare and load medical supplies and equipment at the Maryland Strategic National Stockpile. All assets provided were prioritized for health care workers and hospitals in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.