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Arkansas Air Guard Participates in REFORPAC 25 Exercise
July 9, 2025 — EBBING AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Ark. – The Arkansas Air National Guard’s 188th Wing is playing a pivotal role in Resolute Force Pacific 25, the Pacific Air Forces’ most comprehensive contingency...

Arkansas Air Guard’s 188th Wing Readiness Validated
March 14, 2025 — EBBING AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Ark. – The 188th Wing demonstrated resilience and operational effectiveness during a weeklong combat readiness inspection. The wing earned an “effective” rating in...

Arkansas National Guard Air Wing Receives C-130J Aircraft
September 26, 2024 — LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE, Ark. - The 189th Air Wing officially began its first aircraft conversion in almost 40 years with the arrival of two EC-130J Super Hercules aircraft Sept. 18.The conversion...

Arkansas Air Guard Medics Provide Free Medical Care in Guatemala
December 5, 2023 — NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Thirty-six Arkansas National Guardsmen from the 188th Wing at Ebbing Air National Guard base in Fort Smith and the 189th Airlift Wing at Little Rock Air Force Base in...

U.S. and Pacific Joint Forces Train Together
November 22, 2023 — JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii - Joint Forces from across the United States and the Pacific participated in a large-scale joint training exercise Nov. 1-10 that included the largest airdrop in...

Mississippi, Arkansas Guard Airmen Train with Coast Guard
August 30, 2023 — GULFPORT, Miss. - The 183rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, Mississippi Air National Guard, and the 189th Medical Group, Arkansas Air National Guard, trained alongside Coast Guardsmen from Gulfport...

182nd AW Leads C-130 Hercules Operations at Air Defender 23
June 15, 2023 — WUNSTORF AIR BASE, Germany – The Illinois Air National Guard’s 182nd Airlift Wing is leading C-130 Hercules aircraft operations at the largest NATO multinational air forces redeployment exercise in...

Arkansas Airmen Complete Combative Training Exercise
June 9, 2023 — EBBING AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Ark. - Members of the 188th Security Forces Squadron honed their combat skills during a rigorous combative training session June 8.The training exercise, which aligns...

188th Wing Hosts Emergency Management Course
May 30, 2023 — EBBING AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Ark. - The 188th Wing hosted the Air National Guard’s Specialized Personnel and Equipment for Austere Reconnaissance and Surveillance (SPEARS) course at the Fort...

Arkansas Air Guardsmen Provide Medical Care in Guatemala
October 31, 2022 — PUERTO BARRIOS, Guatemala – Arkansas Air National Guard members helped provide medical care in Guatemala alongside U.S. and foreign military, government and civilian personnel during the Continuing...

Arkansas Guardsman Takes Care of Medical Group
October 20, 2022 — FORT SMITH, Ark. – As a teenager, Ché Kinnard liked art. In college, he became more interested in the medical career field, and this passion took off when he joined the Air National Guard in...

Knowledge tops rank for Guardsman leading Phoenix Oracle
July 13, 2021 — JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. – Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Steven De Leon, an intelligence analyst with the 204th Intelligence Squadron, is helping develop the Air Mobility Command-led...

188th Medical Group completes casualty care training
June 23, 2021 — EBBING AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Ark. – Twenty-one Arkansas Air National Guard Airmen from the 188th Medical Group completed an intensive Tactical Combat Casualty Care course June 3-4. The training...

189th Airlift Wing installs first UV light system
July 22, 2020 — LITTLE ROCK AFB, Ark - Over the last several months, the world changed dramatically due to the COVID-19 pandemic. American families were crushed with the responsibility of the new "normal" wearing...

Father-daughter loadmaster duo keeps family flying tradition
May 5, 2020 — LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE, Ark. – The Air National Guard is known for its Guard family mentality. While this means many different things, you will often find generation after generation of families...

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