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Washington Air Guard Strengthens Ties During Thai Leadership Visit
April 15, 2026 — CAMP MURRAY, Wash. – The Washington Air National Guard hosted Royal Thai Air Force commander-in-chief Air Chief Marshal Sakesan Kantha April 13, advancing a more than two-decade partnership focused on...

Washington Air Guard Supports Seward Military Resort Renovation
June 16, 2025 — SEWARD, Alaska – Airmen of the Washington Air National Guard’s 141st Civil Engineer Squadron are in Seward, Alaska, for a June 1-16 deployment for training to increase Airmen readiness and improve...

Washington Air Guard Participates in 12th Airman-to-Airman Talks in Thailand
May 15, 2025 — PATTAYA, Thailand — Airmen from the Royal Thai Air Force, Pacific Air Forces, the Washington Air National Guard and members of the Joint United States Military Advisory Group in Thailand gathered in...

Thai Air Force, Washington Guard Plan Enduring Partners 2025
September 16, 2024 — CAMP MURRAY, Wash. - To build off the success of Enduring Partners 2024, members of the Washington Air National Guard and the Royal Thai Air Force came together Sept. 10-13 for the Enduring Partners...

Malaysia, Washington Guard Focus on Leadership Development
July 30, 2024 — KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Ten members of the Washington Air National Guard visited their counterparts in the Malaysian Armed Forces from July 22 to 26. The purpose of the visit was to exchange ideas on...

Western Air Defense Sector Wraps Up Enduring Partners Exercise
June 11, 2024 — JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. - Airmen from the Royal Thai Air Force and the Washington Air National Guard’s 225th Air Defense Squadron participated in a subject matter expert exchange during the...

Washington Air Guard, Malaysia Sign Sister Squadron Pact
March 1, 2024 — JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii - U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Gent Welsh, Washington Air National Guard commander, and Brig. Gen. Azman bin Jantan, the deputy assistant chief of staff operations...

Air National Guard Unit Trains for any Situation
February 27, 2024 — CAMP MURRAY, Wash. – When U.S. Army Special Forces enter dangerous situations, they often aren’t alone.“Our job as a Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) or Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) is to...

New Western Air Defense Sector Center Opens
February 1, 2024 — JOINT BASE LEWIS MCCHORD, Wash. - The Western Air Defense Sector celebrated the opening of its new Agile Operations Center on Jan. 26 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.Maj. Gen. Bret Daugherty, the...

Team Fairchild Demonstrates Readiness During Titan Fury
November 24, 2023 — FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. - Airmen assigned to the 92nd and the 141st Air Refueling Wings conducted exercise Titan Fury 24-1 Nov. 13-17.Airmen demonstrated how support activities contribute to...

Washington and Oregon Guard Train with Royal Thai Air Force
October 6, 2023 — KORAT ROYAL THAI AIR BASE, Thailand – Airmen from the Washington Air National Guard’s 141st Air Refueling Wing and the Oregon Air National Guard’s 142nd Wing participated in the first Enduring...

Oregon, Washington Guard and Thailand Train Together
September 14, 2023 — KORAT ROYAL THAI AIR BASE, Thailand - The first Enduring Partners Engagement commenced Sept. 11 with an opening ceremony officiated by Royal Thai Air Force Group Capt. Nat Kamintra, Enduring Partners...

Air Guard, Thai Counterparts Plan Air Refueling Engagement
July 5, 2023 — CAMP MURRAY, Wash. - Leaders from the Royal Thai Air Force and Washington Air National Guard wrapped up the final planning conference on what could be a historic engagement in the Kingdom of Thailand...

Guard Recruiters Optimistic Amid Private Sector Competition
June 26, 2023 — ARLINGTON, Va. – The Defense Department faces one of the most challenging recruiting environments in history, Col. Anthony Pasquale, chief of the Air National Guard recruiting and retention division,...

194th Wing Conducts Phoenix Dawn Readiness Exercise
May 31, 2023 — CAMP MURRAY, WASH. - Washington Air National Guard Airmen from the 194th Wing participated in a multi-day, base-wide readiness exercise to evaluate their ability to generate, employ and sustain combat...

Western Air Defense Sector Conducts Exercise at Oregon Beach
May 1, 2023 — SUNSET BEACH, Ore. - For the past month, Airmen from the Western Air Defense Sector’s 225th Air Defense Squadron have been innovating mobile tactical command and control planning and exercises to inch...

Washington Guard, Thai Partners Strengthen Cybersecurity
March 20, 2023 — CAMP MURRAY, Wash. - Since he first supported the Cobra Gold exercise in 2018, Washington Air National Guard Lt. Col. Jason Silves has focused on strengthening cybersecurity.“I started at Cobra Gold...

Washington Guard Hosts Multinational Cybersecurity Program
July 20, 2022 — CAMP MURRAY, Wash. – Just like in conventional warfare, strong alliances are necessary to battle cyber criminals.“To get just one country here, putting together a cyber plan with our folks is an...

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...

Iowa National Guard KC-135 retired after 65 years’ service
March 11, 2022 — SIOUX CITY, Iowa – An Iowa Air National Guard KC-135 with a giant bat tail flash retired after 65 years of service. Tail number 57-2606, nicknamed “Free Bird,” took off this week for a one-way trip to...

Puerto Rico Guard Distributes One Million Gallons of Water in Drought Response

Guardsmen Boost Domestic Response Capabilities in Patriot 26

Washington Guard Strengthens Fiscal Readiness

Kentucky Guard Prepares Incoming Command Teams for Leadership

New PSYWAR Course Strengthens Guard Capabilities