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134th Air Refueling Wing Welcomes KC-46A Pegasus in Ceremony
December 8, 2025 — MCGHEE TYSON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Tenn. – After more than six decades, a new military aircraft will soon dominate the Smoky Mountain skyline of East Tennessee.In a seminal moment for the Tennessee...

Tennessee Air National Guard Executes Nuclear and Combat Readiness Training
April 8, 2025 — MCGHEE TYSON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Tenn. – The 134th Air Refueling Wing has completed a four-day nuclear operational and combat readiness training, reinforcing the Wing’s commitment to maintaining...

New York Guard Airmen Modernize C-17 Fleet with Microvanes
March 19, 2025 — STEWART AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.Y. - The 105th Airlift Wing is playing a key role in a modernization initiative for the U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III fleet and has become the first base to...

Tennessee Guard Engineers Continue to Support Helene Recovery Efforts
October 3, 2024 — NASHVILLE, Tenn. – More than 100 Tennessee Army and Air National Guard engineers continue to support recovery operations in East Tennessee counties impacted by severe flooding following Hurricane...

Tennessee Guard Intelligence Squadron Conducts Field Exercise
September 19, 2024 — TULLAHOMA, Tenn. - Tennessee Air National Guard Airmen of the 247th Intelligence Squadron orchestrated and executed Unkind Treachery, a field environment readiness exercise, Sept. 4-8.The exercise...

South Carolina Air Guard Showcases ACE Concepts
July 26, 2024 — ST. CROIX, U.S. Virgin Islands - The South Carolina Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing conducted Exercise Caribbean Fox at St. Croix July 16-24, focusing on mastering Agile Combat Employment...

National Guard Conducts Patriot Exercise in Mississippi
February 22, 2024 — CAMP SHELBY, Miss. – The National Guard conducted a disaster readiness exercise with state and county emergency management agencies and industry partners Feb. 18-22.PATRIOT is a joint, interagency...

Air National Guard Director Inducted into Order of the Sword
February 16, 2024 — U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. - U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Michael A. Loh, director, Air National Guard, was inducted into the Order of the Sword at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs Feb...

Tennessee Air Guard Remotely Pilots MQ-9 From California
June 28, 2023 — SMYRNA Tenn. - The Tennessee Air National Guard’s 118th Wing remotely flew an MQ-9 from California to Tennessee June 7 without ground crews and support facilities usually deployed for line-of-sight...

Airmen Go Off Grid for Terror Threat Training
May 19, 2023 — EASTOVER, S.C. - Air National Guard units from South Carolina, Alabama, the District of Columbia and Tennessee participated in Emergency Management Battlefield Expeditionary Response training, also...

118th Ops Group Exhibits Reaper SLR Abilities at Balikatan
May 17, 2023 — NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The 118th Operations Group (OG) played a crucial and unique role in a massive U.S. and Filipino exercise that showcased the satellite and recovery capabilities of the MQ-9...

134th Air Refueling Wing Trains on Chemical Threat Response
February 6, 2023 — MCGHEE TYSON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Tenn. - Hundreds of 134th Air Refueling Wing members trained how to respond to chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear attacks quickly and efficiently...

Tenn. Air Guard Leads Patrol Course Before Defender Falcon 22
August 24, 2022 — LAVINIA, Tenn. – Security Forces Airmen assigned to the 164th Airlift Wing hosted an annual two-week patrol course at Milan’s Volunteer Training Site Aug. 6-20 to strengthen relations with their...

A Refugee’s Journey to the Tennessee Air National Guard
June 24, 2022 — NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Senior Airman John Gebremariam, a services specialist with the 118th Force Support Squadron, is living a life he couldn’t imagine as a young man: going to school to become an...

Four Lao brothers serve in same Tennessee Air Guard wing
May 24, 2022 — NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The record for the number of siblings serving at the same time at the same wing is difficult to determine, but the Tennessee Air National Guard’s 118th Wing is probably getting...

NC Guard trains in Operation Sage Eagle in New Mexico
April 28, 2022 — MORRISVILLE, N.C. – North Carolina National Guard Soldiers from Detachment 2, Charlie Company of the 1-126th Aviation Regiment, took part in Operation Sage Eagle in White Sands, New Mexico, in an...

Army and Air Guard members compete in fitness contest
April 13, 2022 — CONCORD, N.C. – The National Guard’s All Guard Endurance Team sent more than 40 service members to the Spartan Sprint 5k with over 20 obstacles at a 600-acre farm April 9-10.From California, Maj...

118th Wing conducts its largest combat readiness exercise
April 11, 2022 — NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee’s 118th Wing conducted the largest combat readiness exercise in its history at Berry Field Air National Guard Base April 5-9 to prepare for potential near-peer...

Swamp Fox maintenance hosts Bulgarian air force officers
March 18, 2022 — MCENTIRE JOINT NATIONAL GUARD BASE, S.C. – Six Bulgarian air force maintenance officers spent two days with the 169th Maintenance Group discussing maintenance best practices as a part of a subject...

115th SFS trains on jungle, water survival skills in Hawaii
February 4, 2022 — HONOLULU - Wisconsin National Guard Airmen enhanced survival and technical skills during jungle and water survival training at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Jan. 13-23.About 25 Airmen with...

New York Guardsmen Earn Danish Military March Ribbon

Kentucky Guard Builds Portable Air Base for Patriot 26

Three Components, One Army: LaNeve Stresses Guard’s Role in Army’s New Priorities

Pennsylvania Guardsmen Demonstrate Drone Innovation Project

Nordhaus, Raines Outline a National Guard Focused on the Future