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Wisconsin Guard Helps Return WWII Plane Section
July 24, 2026 — MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin National Guard has helped return a recovered section of a P-38 Lightning aircraft more than 80 years after Wisconsin native and World War II fighter ace Maj. Richard I...

Connecticut WWII Hero Laid to Rest 81 Years After His Death
June 24, 2026 — SOUTHINGTON, Conn. – The Connecticut National Guard provided military funeral honors June 23 for the cremated remains of U.S. Army Air Forces Tech. Sgt. Donald A. Dorman, laid to rest at Oak Hill...

Oregon Guard Supports Ceremony Featuring 103-Year-Old WWII Pilot
May 20, 2026 — SALEM, Ore. – The hangar fell quiet for nearly 30 minutes on Armed Forces Day while Capt. Richard "Dick" Nelms stood before a crowd at the B-17 Alliance Museum & Restoration Hangar at Salem McNary...

New York Guard Welcomes Remains of WWII Airman Home
May 6, 2026 — LATHAM, N.Y. – When Army Air Corps 2nd Lt. Joseph Burke came home to Troy, New York, on May 1 – 84 years after he left – New York Army National Guard Soldiers welcomed him at the airport.Joseph Leroy...

Thunderbird Trail: Preserving Sacrifice, Strengthening Connection for Oklahoma Guard
September 29, 2025 — ITALY – Standing among rows of white marble headstones at the Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial, Soldiers of the Oklahoma National Guard bent to place sand from the beaches of Anzio into the...

Nebraska, California National Guard Units Honor WWII Veteran
May 11, 2023 — SANTA MARIA, Calif. - The door of a Nebraska KC-135R Stratotanker opens and a tall, slender man smiles as crew members depart the aircraft to greet him with a handshake April 25 for a special “welcome...

Utah Honor Guard Provides Funeral Honors for WWII Airman
October 13, 2022 — BLUFFDALE, Utah – Almost 3,000 U.S. aviation service members were killed in air combat during World War II. Among that group was Army Air Corps Sgt. Elvin L. Phillips from Salt Lake City, a B-24...

Nordhaus, Raines Outline a National Guard Focused on the Future

Alaska Air National Guard Rescues Four From Plane Crash

Modular Airborne System Delivers One Million Gallons of Fire Retardant

Air Guard Security Forces Strengthen Readiness With Green Berets

Hawaii National Guard Rescues Paramedics During Hurricane Lala