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Hawaii Air Guard’s Sentry Aloha Exercise Boosts Readiness
February 19, 2025
Airmen from the 203rd Air Refueling Squadron and the 169th Air Defense Squadron approach a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 203rd Air Refueling Squadron on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Feb 5, 2025, for Sentry Aloha 25-1. Fighter jets, tankers and support units participated in simulated combat scenarios, enhancing interoperability and readiness among U.S. military forces.
104th Fighter Wing Donates F-15C to New England Air Museum
July 23, 2024
Col. Michael Glass, 104th Fighter Wing Operations Group commander, flew F-15C aircraft 85-101 from Barnes Air National Guard Base, Westfield, Massachusetts, to Bradley Air National Guard Base, East Granby, Connecticut, for its final flight before being retired and donated to the New England Air Museum, July 22, 2024. Donating the F15 to the museum ensures the preservation of its history and air superiority since 1979.
Connecticut Air Guard Unit Tests Battle Management System
March 21, 2024
Connecticut Air National Guard Master Sgt. Jonathan Wolff, an expeditionary warfighting communications Airman assigned to the 103rd Air Control Squadron, or 103rd ACS, cranks the handle of an antenna mast, part of the Tactical Operations Center - Light, or TOC-L, at Camp Nett, Niantic, Connecticut, March 5, 2024. Airmen from the 103rd ACS are testing the TOC-L system for the U.S. Air Force.
Vermont Airmen Test Agility During Multistate Exercise
February 8, 2024
U.S. Soldiers, U.S. Airmen, and a Department of Defense civilian ride in the back of a Chinook helicopter to observe training activities during the Maple Thunder exercise in Savannah, Georgia, Jan. 29, 2024.
Connecticut Guard Completes Mission Systems Operator Conversion
November 21, 2023
Connecticut Air National Guard Tech Sgt. Payton Kelley, a mission systems operator assigned to the 103d Air Control Squadron, monitors radar and electronic systems to assist pilots conducting defensive counter-air operations during a training exercise at Orange Air National Guard Station, Orange, Connecticut, Oct. 31, 2023. As a mission systems operator, Kelley detects, tracks, identifies, plots and disseminates information in the battle management area to assist friendly pilots and ground forces.
4 Air National Guard Locations Chosen for C-130J Upgrades
September 15, 2023
A new C-130J Super Hercules aircraft arrives at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., Nov. 6, 2021, ushering in a new era of aviation for the 123rd Airlift Wing. The state-of-the-art transports are among eight the wing will receive over the next 11 months to replace eight aging C-130H aircraft, which were built in 1992 and have seen duty all over the world.
Connecticut Guard Helps Build Homes for Native Veterans
July 12, 2023
Airmen from the 103rd Airlift Wing raise plywood panels to the exterior wall of a future single-family house meant for disabled veterans of Cherokee Nation in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, June 29, 2023.
188th Wing Hosts Emergency Management Course
May 30, 2023
SPEARS students prepare to load their MRZR vehicle on a CH-47 Chinook that will transport them into an austere training environment May 25, 2023, at Ebbing Air National Guard Base, Ark. The MRZR is engineered to meet the demands of emergency response operation in various terrains and environments.
103rd Medical Group Partners with Hospital for Training
November 9, 2022
Air Force Lt. Col. Charles Johndro, left, an ER medical control physician assigned to the 103rd Medical Group, Connecticut Air National Guard, instructs Tech. Sgt. Anitress Delgado, noncommissioned officer in charge of education and training for the 103rd MDG, during airway/resuscitation training at Hartford Hospital in Hartford, Conn. The 103rd Medical Group partnered with Hartford Hospital for annual medical training at the Hartford Hospital Level I Trauma Center.
Barnestormers complete joint aircraft recovery training
April 4, 2022
Nearly 50 Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve members from the 104th Fighter Wing, 158th Fighter Wing and 439th Air Mobility Wing completed a joint hands-on Crash, Damaged or Disabled Aircraft Recovery training at Barnes Air National Guard base, Massachusetts, April 3, 2022.
103rd’s culture of self-assessment rated ‘Highly Effective’
March 18, 2022
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Johnathon Brace, 103rd Maintenance Squadron aerospace propulsion technician, inspects a C-130H Hercules propeller during a propeller change at Bradley Air National Guard Base in East Granby, Connecticut, July 21, 2021. Aerospace propulsion Airmen test, maintain and repair all parts of the engines and propellers and play a critical role in maintaining mission readiness for the 103rd Airlift Wing’s C-130H Hercules fleet.
Connecticut Air Guard fire department trains with partners
January 25, 2022
Firefighters converse during a training exercise hosted by the Connecticut Air National Guard Fire Department Dec. 10, 2021, at Bradley Air National Base, Conn. The CTANG Fire Department collaborated with mutual aid partners to incorporate resources from various fire departments into its incident command system.
Connecticut Air Guard trains with TSA, State Police
August 9, 2021
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Daniel Vanwormer, 103rd Security Forces Squadron, responds to a small unmanned aircraft system flying over Bradley Air National Guard Base during a drone response exercise at the installation in East Granby, Connecticut, Aug. 5, 2021. The 103rd Security Forces Squadron partnered with the Transportation Security Administration and Connecticut State Police to test the base’s response to a drone incursion.
103rd Airlift Wing develops tactical airlift operations
August 4, 2021
A 103rd Airlift Wing C-130H Hercules aircraft performs a Low Cost Low Altitude airdrop during Exercise Sentry Storm 2021 at Camp Branch, West Virginia, July 20, 2021. Sentry Storm is a joint training environment enabling participants to exercise their skills to prevail over near-peer competitors while applying agile combat employment concepts.
103rd Airlift Wing trains multicapable maintainers
June 9, 2021
Tech. Sgt. Leo Otero, left, and Staff Sgt. Daniel Vanwormer, 103rd Security Forces Squadron, demonstrate detaining procedures during a training course on flight line security for the 103rd Maintenance Group at Bradley Air National Guard Base, East Granby, Connecticut, June 5, 2021. The course taught maintainers techniques for bolstering security, responding to potential threats before Security Forces personnel arrive.
Connecticut Air Guard maintainer graduates Ranger School
March 17, 2021
Senior Airman Jonathan Petersen, 103rd Maintenance Squadron electrical and environmental systems specialist, in front of a C-130H Hercules at Bradley Air National Guard Base in East Granby, Connecticut, March 16, 2021. Petersen attended U.S. Army Ranger School through the Air National Guard’s Enlisted Development Opportunities program, and was the only Air National Guardsman in his graduating class, which completed Feb. 5.
103rd, 109th back science foundation mission in Greenland
March 12, 2021
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Josh Panis, 118th Airlift Squadron assistant director of operations and mission aircraft commander, flies a C-130H Hercules over Greenland Feb. 10, 2021. The 103rd Airlift Wing transported 12 National Science Foundation personnel and their equipment from Stratton Air National Guard Base in Scotia, New York, to Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, for the beginning of their annual climate research mission at Greenland’s ice cap.
Guard member supports COVID-19 response at her university
April 22, 2020
Connecticut Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Arielle Robles, 103rd Maintenance Group administration specialist, helps set up recovery center beds at Kaiser Hall at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, Connecticut, April 21, 2020. Robles is an exercise science student at the university and is helping convert her usual classroom building into surge capacity space for local hospitals in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.