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Wisconsin's 115th Fighter Wing sending 250 personnel, 12 F-16s to Japan in support of Pacific Command
January 6, 2015
Four F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 115th Fighter Wing fly in formation over Lake Monona, Wisconsin.  Some Airmen and jets will be deploying to Japan this month.

ANG's command chief master sergeant Hotaling visits units in Alaska, Hawaii and Antarctica
January 6, 2015
Chief Master Sgt. James W. Hotaling, the Air National Guard command chief master sergeant, poses at the geographic South Pole during a visit in November, 2014. Hotaling was there meeting deployed Airmen from the New York ANG's 109th Airlift Wing, who provide Airlift capability for the U.S. Antarctic program throughout the Antarctic continent.

With a 'whoosh' and a dunk of airborne bucket, Arizona National Guard trains for wildfire suppression
January 5, 2015
An Arizona Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter from A Company 2-285th Assault Helicopter Battalion stationed in Phoenix slowly climbs into the air after filling a Bambi Bucket with canal water outside Rittenhouse Army Heliport, Queen Creek, Ariz., Dec. 12, 2014. The Guard members conducted wildland firefighting training using the bucket, capable of carrying nearly 530 gallons of water, to pick up and drop water onto target areas.

Airmen open hearts, homes to future military working dogs
January 2, 2015
Tech. Sgt. Brandon M. Harrist, an aircraft electrical and environmental systems craftsman assigned to the 149th Maintenance Squadron, Texas Air National Guard with DDexter, a military working dog in training, which he is fostering as part of the Department of Defense’s Military Working Dog Breeding Program, at Joint Base San Antonio–Lackland, Texas, Nov. 20, 2014.

Alaska Air National Guard members rescue snowmobiler
January 2, 2015
An HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter from the 210th Rescue Squadron, Alaska Air National Guard, practices “touch and go” maneuvers at Bryant Army Airfield on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Dec. 17, 2014. A similar helicopter helped rescue a stranded hunter, whose snowmobile broke down on Dec. 29.