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Mass. Guard Wing Boosts Readiness to Respond to Battlefield Casualties
August 24, 2026 — BARNES AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Mass. — The 104th Fighter Wing strengthened its ability to respond to battlefield casualties Aug. 18-23 by bringing Airmen from across the region together for its first...

Vermont Air Guard First on Scene of South Burlington Fire
June 4, 2025 — SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. – Doireann Chesbrough, a civilian firefighter for the Vermont Air National Guard Fire Department, was sitting next to the radio in the dayroom of the station as the sun began to...

Vermont Guard Strengthens Trilateral Airpower at Cope North
March 7, 2025 — ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam – Airmen from the 158th Fighter Wing played a key role in the integration of F-35 aircraft during Exercise Cope North 2025, marking a milestone in multinational airpower...

Vermont Air Guard Tests Weapon Systems in Florida Exercises
May 28, 2024 — SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. - More than 175 Airmen and a dozen F-35 Lighting IIs from Vermont’s 158th Fighter Wing joined Airmen, Marines, Soldiers and Sailors from across the country for three weeks to...

Vermont Airmen Test Agility During Multistate Exercise
February 8, 2024 — SAVANNAH, Ga. - Nearly 260 members of the Vermont Air National Guard’s 158th Fighter Wing and other Airmen and civilians from across the country participated in the ACE exercise Maple Thunder Jan...

334th Fighter Squadron Trains in Northeast
June 21, 2023 — PEASE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.H. - The 334th Fighter Squadron partnered with Pease Air National Guard Base June 6-16 for total force training over New Hampshire and northern New York.The 334th...

Wisconsin Air National Guard Receives F-35s
April 28, 2023 — MADISON, Wis. - The Wisconsin Air National Guard’s 115th Fighter Wing received its first F-35 Lightning II aircraft April 25, making it only the second Air National Guard unit with the advanced...

Vermont's Green Mountain Boys Demonstrate Agility, Readiness
April 7, 2023 — SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. - The Vermont Air National Guard’s 158th Fighter Wing tested its ability to deploy and remain operational during a simulated attack on its base the first week of April.During the...

New York, Vermont Air Guard Train Together
December 13, 2022 — NEWBURGH, N.Y. - Members of the 105th Airlift Wing took to the sky in a simulated high-threat environment exercise Dec. 6-9 at Stewart Air National Guard Base.The flight initiated a four-day training,...

Hokanson: Maintaining Joint Force Competitive Edge Requires Rapid Modernization, Innovation
November 3, 2022 — TUCSON, Ariz. – Modernization is a central priority for the Joint Force to preserve its competitive edge, the National Guard’s most senior general recently told Air Force reserve component...

Vermont Air Guard Completes Historic First
August 24, 2022 — SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. – Vermont’s 158th Fighter Wing returned home from Germany, completing the National Guard’s first overseas deployment of the F-35A Lightning II.The eight aircraft flown by the...

158th Fighter Wing Airmen Demonstrate ACE in Estonia
July 28, 2022 — VERMONT AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Vt. – Thirty-five multicapable Airmen from the 158th Fighter Wing, Vermont Air National Guard, deployed from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, to Amari Airbase, Estonia,...

Pilot Deployed with Vermont Guard Reaches 1,000-hour Milestone a 3rd Time
June 8, 2022 — SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. – U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Christopher J. White, the 315th Fighter Squadron commander assigned to the 158th Fighter Wing, Vermont Air National Guard, reached his 1,000th flight...

Vermont ANG F-35s join NATO’s Enhanced Air Policing mission
May 2, 2022 — SPANGDHALEM AIR BASE, Germany – Eight F-35A Lightning II fifth-generation fighters from the Vermont Air National Guard’s 158th Fighter Wing arrived at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, May 2 to continue...

Airmen lead way in F-35 transition for 115th Fighter Wing
April 19, 2022 — BURLINGTON, Vt. – The 115th Fighter Wing’s drive to accelerate, change or lose couldn’t be more pronounced as it transitions from the F-16 Fighting Falcon to the F-35 Lightning II.In preparation for...

Barnestormers complete joint aircraft recovery training
April 4, 2022 — WESTFIELD, Mass. – 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...

Father, son reflect on shared service
August 20, 2021 — SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. – Tech. Sgt. David LaPierre has been serving in the U.S. Armed Forces for more than ten years, seven of which have been alongside an important figure in his life: his son. “It...

Vermont ANG F-35 pilot graduates from Air Weapons School
March 17, 2021 — SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. – Vermont’s 158th Fighter Wing, the first Air National Guard unit with the F-35A Lightning II mission, now boasts the first ANG F-35 pilot to graduate from the challenging U.S...

Air National Guard F-35 LO shop established in Vermont
November 20, 2020 — SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. – As the first Air National Guard unit to base the F-35A Lightning II, the 158th Fighter Wing is familiar with making history and breaking records. Now, the wing claims another...

Vermont Guard's 158th Fighter Wing welcomes 1,000th member
November 10, 2020 — SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. – The Vermont Air National Guard's 158th Fighter Wing welcomed its milestone 1,000th member during November drill.With the enlistment of Tech. Sgt. Richard Mekkri, who...

Retired Texas Air National Guard Pilot Recalls Protecting Air Force One on 9/11

Nebraska Guard Strengthens Disaster Response Readiness

Kentucky Guard Strengthens Skills During Patriot 2026

113th Wing Recognized for Air Defense, Combat Performance

Washington Guard Concludes Extended Wildfire Response