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Georgia Air National Guard Receives its 1st C-130J-30 Aircraft
January 22, 2024 — MARIETTA, Ga. - The 165th Airlift Wing, Georgia Air National Guard, received the first of its eight C-130J-30 Super Hercules tactical airlift aircraft during a Jan. 22 ceremony commemorating a new era...

NY Guard Helps Prepare Georgia Guard for Aircraft Conversion
November 20, 2023 — WESTHAMPTON BEACH, N.Y. - New York Air National Guard Airmen of the 106th Rescue Wing’s maintenance squadron spent a month teaching the ins and outs of C-130J maintenance to members of the Georgia Air...

Maryland Intelligence Analyst Helps Team Win Skills Exercise
October 27, 2023 — NASHVILLE, Tenn. – A team predominately comprising members of the Maryland Air National Guard’s 175th Cyberspace Operations Group captured first place during a recent skills validation exercise hosted...

182nd AW Leads C-130 Hercules Operations at Air Defender 23
June 15, 2023 — WUNSTORF AIR BASE, Germany – The Illinois Air National Guard’s 182nd Airlift Wing is leading C-130 Hercules aircraft operations at the largest NATO multinational air forces redeployment exercise in...

Georgia Air National Guard Strengthens Argentina Air Force
June 12, 2023 — ARLINGTON, Va. - The U.S. Air Force leased a C-130H aircraft to the Argentina Air Force beginning June 6 through the Georgia Air National Guard. The support from the Air National Guard highlights the...

Florida, Georgia Guard Airmen Train in Hawaii
July 18, 2022 — HONOLULU – Nearly 50 Airmen assigned to the 125th Medical Group, Florida Air National Guard, and the 165th Medical Group, Georgia Air National Guard, conducted annual medical training at Tripler Army...

Sentry Savannah builds warfighter readiness, lethality
May 25, 2022 — SAVANNAH, Ga. – About 1,300 Total Force Airmen, joint personnel and civilian partners and more than 50 airframes participated in exercise Sentry Savannah May 2-15.Hosted by the Air Dominance Center at...

A family affair: Mother, children reunite on deployment
May 12, 2022 — ALI AL SALEM AIR BASE, Kuwait - While it is common for parents to work with their children or extended family in family businesses, it is less common in an institution such as the military.When the...

Georgia, Alabama, Puerto Rico Airmen exercise communications
April 18, 2022 — SALINAS, Puerto Rico – Several combat communications squadrons across the Air National Guard converged on Puerto Rico for a 15-day exercise, Tropic Thunder, April 1-15.The Puerto Rico Air National...

165th Airlift Wing Guardsmen wrap up COVID-19 response
March 28, 2022 — SAVANNAH, Ga.– More than 30 Airmen from the 165th Airlift Wing, Georgia Air National Guard, demobilized March 18 after volunteering to serve on the Georgia Coronavirus Response Task Force.These...

A Georgia Guardsman’s journey from Kyrgyzstan to citizenship
November 17, 2021 — ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. – Senior Airman Asylbek Dzhapashov, a personnel specialist with the Georgia Air National Guard's 116th Mission Support Group, was born and raised in Kyrgyzstan, a small...

Kentucky Air Guard enters new era with C-130J Super Hercules
November 8, 2021 — LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Two new C-130J Super Hercules aircraft buzzed over the Kentucky Air National Guard Base Saturday before taxiing to stop on the flight line under the spray of water cannons while a...

165th AW participates in Northern Strike 21 medical exercise
August 10, 2021 — SAVANNAH, Ga. – Over 85 Air National Guard Airmen from multiple medical units across the United States and its territories attended the first all-Air National Guard mobile medic training during...

Louisiana Airmen maintain readiness at Air Dominance Center
June 14, 2021 — SAVANNAH, Ga. – 159th Fighter Wing Airmen from across Louisiana gathered at the Air Dominance Center in Savannah for annual training, June 6–11. “Annual training allows us to network within our unit...

165 SFS holds tryouts for new Special Response Team
March 18, 2021 — SAVANNAH, Ga. – “If you go, I go.” This is the mentality required by the U.S. security forces Airmen who went through an initial assessment March 12 to join the 165th Security Forces Squadron’s newest...

JSTARS uses AF innovative funding to increase readiness
February 17, 2021 — ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. – U.S. Airmen maintaining aerospace ground equipment for the E-8C Joint STARS mission used innovative funding to acquire new aircraft ground generators to save maintenance...

Florida Guard Chaplains Host First Changing of the Stole Ceremony

Oklahoma Guard Strengthens Critical Capabilities During Exercise Thunderstruck

Oregon Guard Uses New Hoist Technology in Rescue

Chief of National Guard Bureau visits Purdue to discuss national security, military education

Alaska Guard Rescues Injured Mountain Biker