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Wisconsin Air Guard Meeting Deployment Challenges in Guam
February 27, 2023 — MADISON, Wis. - More than 100 members of the Wisconsin Air National Guard’s 128th Air Refueling Wing have been deployed to Andersen Air Force Base in Guam since December, supporting the 506th...

Iowa Air Guard Marks 20-year Milestone with Souped-up Tanker
January 18, 2023 — SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Change has been the one constant in aviation since the Wright Flyer made its maiden voyage 120 years ago this year. Just 20 years after that first flight, two U.S. Army Air Service...

First Stratotanker inducted into Air Force museum
May 5, 2022 — WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Aircrew members were on the brink of tears as they soared over Wright-Patterson Air Force Base April 30, knowing their most cherished aircraft would be the...

Simulator prepares boom operators for in-flight emergencies
April 5, 2022 — LINCOLN AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. – In the old engine shop building, behind a pair of double doors, sits a giant gray machine replicating the back of a KC-135R Stratotanker. The instructor sets up a...

Alaska ANG to receive 4 more KC-135s at Eielson AFB
March 22, 2021 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Four KC-135 Stratotankers and more than 200 active-duty U.S. Air Force personnel will join the Alaska Air National Guard's 168th Wing, Guardians of the Last...

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