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Alaska Air Guard members rescue downed pilot
November 2, 2018 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th and 212th Rescue Squadrons rescued a pilot of a Piper PA-12 Thursday on a sandbar of the Susitna River... MORE

Col. Harlie Bodine, commander of the 611th Air and Space Operations Center, U.S. Air Force, spent the day with the 176th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard’s rescue squadrons during an immersion flight, Nov. 24,2015, in and around the JBER area. The day’s demonstrations included an air refueling mission in which an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter was refueled by an HC-130 King aircraft, as well as a hoist extraction demo from a Pave Hawk. A Pave Hawk crew rescued an injured snowmobiler on Saturday.

Exchange program offers overseas experience to N.Y. Soldiers
November 2, 2018 — LATHAM, N.Y. – New York Army National Guard 2nd Lt. Christian Larrabee normally leads an infantry platoon in Bravo Company of the 2nd Battalion, 108th Infantry. His unit training frequently takes him... MORE

New York Army National Guard 1st Lt. Christian Larrabee, right, displays the United Kingdom colors at the conclusion of his Military Exchange Program training tour with British Army 2nd Lt. Max George, assigned to the Fifth Royal Regiment of Fusiliers following the Triglav Star 2018 multinational training exercise at the NATO Multinational Centre of Excellence for Mountain Warfare in the Julian Alps of Slovenia. Larrabee served as a platoon leader during company level training lanes in the mountain warfare exercise.

North Dakota Guard Soldier helps his former school in Ghana
November 1, 2018 — ACCRA, Ghana — When he first left Ghana for the United States at age 20, Spc. Dennis Duku had no idea that his life would come full circle. Or that he would find himself giving back to his... MORE

Spc. Dennis Duku hands out backpacks to school children at the Dadwen Schools Complex in western Ghana, which he attended years ago.

Louisiana Guard, Active Component Airmen Complete Air-to-Air Integration Training

Air National Guard Leaders Host 2025 Wing Leader Fly-In

Colorado Army National Guard Conducts Aviation Training for Wildfire Season

Lt. Gen. Jon Stubbs Highlights Virginia National Guard Excellence at Military Ball

Oregon Air Guard Participates in Sentry Aloha Exercise