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ANG Brings Childhood Friends Full Circle as top Achievers
February 9, 2023 — RICKENBACKER AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Ohio - Michael Zinsmeister and Lance Perone were just two young boys from a small town near Zanesville, Ohio, who rode the school bus together. Mutual friends led...

Ohio National Guard’s 180 Fighter Wing Trains in Key West
November 4, 2022 — NAVAL AIR STATION KEY WEST, Fla. – More than 150 Airmen and 10 F-16 Fighting Falcons from the Ohio National Guard’s 180th Fighter Wing deployed to Naval Air Station Key West for air tactics...

North Dakota ANG regional training site hosts CBRN training
March 17, 2022 — FARGO, N.D. – Chief Master Sgt. Kristi Erickson, the 119th Civil Engineer Squadron emergency management superintendent, hosted 10 emergency management members from units across the country to test...

Twin sisters retire from Ohio Air Guard together
March 1, 2022 — SPRINGFIELD, Ohio – Identical twin sisters retired from the Ohio Air National Guard together after more than 20 years of service at the 178th Wing.Senior Master Sgt. Tammy J. Mundy, administration...

Texas Guard’s 136th Airlift Wing completes four-day exercise
February 25, 2022 — FORT WORTH, Texas - The 136th Airlift Wing conducted an operational readiness exercise Feb. 11-15 to assess its strengths and vulnerabilities and ensure a force of combat-ready Airmen.”The readiness...

Logistics makes the mission go round
November 1, 2021 — COLUMBUS, Ohio – “Do you fly?”Undisputedly, the most commonly asked question an Airman receives when a civilian learns they are in the Air Force.“You can’t fly without Supply.”Disputedly, the common...

Air National Guard units support Formidable Shield exercise
May 20, 2021 — PRESTWICK, Scotland – U.S. Air National Guard units from Iowa, Maine and Ohio are participating in the multinational missile defense exercise Formidable Shield 2021 in the United Kingdom this week...

Airmen recognized on National Day of the Deployed
October 26, 2020 — SWANTON, Ohio – No longer considered a strategic reserve, today’s National Guard is a fully operational force of nearly 450,000 Citizen-Airmen and Citizen-Soldiers who live, work and serve in...

Flying in their father's footsteps
September 30, 2020 — COLUMBUS, Ohio – Cody Notestine's phone rang. It was the call he had been waiting for: he had been selected to become a KC-135 pilot at the 121st Air Refueling Wing. Before he got off the phone, he...

Ohio Air Guard members provide lifesaving aid
September 28, 2020 — MANSFIELD, Ohio – Staff Sgts. Michael Mauldin and Joshua Prater, both assigned to fire protection at the 179th Airlift Wing, provided lifesaving aid to a victim of a motor vehicle accident Sept...

179th AW increases interoperability at Silver Arrow 2019
October 3, 2019 — RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany – The Ohio Air National Guard's 179th Airlift Wing, Mansfield, Ohio, completed numerous multinational missions Sept. 13-28 during Silver Arrow 2019, increasing capabilities,...

Airman heads south for Operation Deep Freeze
October 4, 2018 — MANSFIELD, Ohio - He eagerly looked out the window of the LC-130 "Skibird", one of seven in the world, which he had been on for over 10 hours, in awe of what surrounded him. Massive mountains, valleys...

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

Alaska Air National Guard Rescues Four From Plane Crash

Modular Airborne System Delivers One Million Gallons of Fire Retardant