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Hawaii, Arizona Air Guard Conduct Readiness Training
April 17, 2023
Hawaii Air National Guard Airmen from the 154th Force Support Squadron disassemble tent structures April 5, 2023, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. The Home Station Readiness Training event was an opportunity for the Air National Guard Force Support Squadron to improve readiness for deployment.

Arizona Guard Unit Tests Readiness in ANG Flyaway Exercise
October 26, 2022
A KC-135 Stratotanker from the 161st Air Refueling Wing returns to Marine Corps Base Hawaii after completing an aerial refueling mission during an exercise Oct. 14, 2022. This multiday flyaway readiness exercise was the first of its kind performed by an Air National Guard air refueling wing focused on the Department of the Air Force’s priority of Agile Combat Employment.

Dutch Wrap up 32 Years of Flying with Tucson Air Guard
August 2, 2022
Lt. Col. Joost Luijsterburg, the Royal Netherlands Air Force detachment commander, is sprayed with water after completing his final flight in an F-16 at the Morris Air National Guard Base in Tucson, Ariz., July 29, 2022. Luijsterburg has already assumed command of the Dutch F-35 detachment at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, and has been acting as dual commander of both detachments.

Nevada, Arizona Guard train for hazardous situations
April 20, 2022
Nevada Guard Soldiers and Airmen teamed with the Arizona Air Guard in April 2022 to test their ability to cohesively respond to chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear situations. The exercise was held at a mock rubble-pile training site in the small city of Apex in northern Clark County.

Arizona FSRT Airmen return to in-person, combined training
April 18, 2022
FSS specialists who have volunteered for the FSRT mission, transport simulated human remains during an in-person combined training event with other Air and Army National Guard units in Las Vegas in April 2022.

Arizona National Guard participates in air defense exercise
January 18, 2022
Arizona National Guard Airmen assigned to Detachment 2, 162nd Wing, inspect an F-16 alert jet as part of a Western Air Defense Sector exercise, dubbed Exercise Felix Hawk, over Southern Arizona Jan. 18, 2022.

California, Arizona Guardsmen practice water survival skills
September 1, 2021
U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Alexandria Panduro, aircrew flight equipment technician at the 144th Fighter Wing, jumps toward a life raft to prepare for the helicopter extraction at Naval Amphibious Air Base Coronado, San Diego, July 10, 2021. Pilots must complete water survival training every three years to maintain combat readiness.

Civil Engineer Copperheads increase readiness with training
August 9, 2021
Arizona Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Shane Sanders, 161st Civil Engineer Squadron, structures apprentice, uses a metal inert gas welder during training in New London, N.C., Aug. 3, 2021. The training provides 161 ARW CES Airmen hands-on experience to ensure mission readiness.

SCNG helps provide free medical care in Midwest training
June 22, 2021
South Carolina Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Destiny Sims, left, 169th Fighter Wing, McEntire Joint National Guard Base, helps provide free dental care in Metropolis, Illinois, June 16, 2021. Operation Healthy Delta is a Department of Defense Innovative Readiness Training program that provides key services in underserved communities while offering training for military personnel.

Northern Thaw exercise concludes at Volk Field
April 15, 2021
An F-35A assigned to Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, takes off for an exercise during Northern Thaw at Volk Field Air National Guard Base, Wisconsin, April 1, 2021.The two-week Northern Thaw exercise was a total force exercise providing tailored, cost-effective, tactical level, high-end combat training.

Arizona Air Guard strengthens US-UK military partnership
March 10, 2021
Staff Sgt. Chaz Bruno and Staff Sgt. Joe Franzen, air cargo specialists with the 161st Logistics Readiness Squadron, conduct a preflight inspection of an AH-64 Apache helicopter at the Goldwater Air National Guard Base in Phoenix, Arizona, Jan. 21, 2021. The 161st was contacted by the U.S. Army’s Apache foreign military sales program office to help load the attack helicopters on C-17 aircraft for shipment to the United Kingdom.