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California Air Guard Saves Man on Sportfishing Vessel
February 6, 2024
A U.S. Air Force HC-130J Combat King II aircraft takes off from Moffett Air National Guard Base in Mountain View, Calif., Dec. 27, 2023. The wing launched a similar aircraft Jan. 31 to provide supplies for a medical emergency aboard a sportfishing vessel 300 miles southwest of Cabo San Lucas.

Top Space Force Doctor Leads Seminar with Guard Space Ops Directorate
February 6, 2024
Air Force Col. Dr. Lidia Ilcus, center holding plaque, stands with members of the National Guard Bureau Space Operations staff after a seminar on space medicine as part of the Aldebaran Lecture series at the Pentagon. Ilcus touched on the role of medical operations in both astronaut and Earth-based space mission sets during the January 2024 event.

Ecuadorian Military Leaders Visit Kentucky Air National Guard
February 2, 2024
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Elija Lamastus, center right, a medic assigned to the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Medical Group Detachment 1, demonstrates the use of a combat application tourniquet to Ecuadorian Navy Adm. Jaime Patricio Vela Erazo, chief of staff of the Ecuadorian military, at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., Jan. 31, 2024. Vela Erazo was one of several Ecuadorian military leaders who visited the Kentucky Air Guard to exchange information as part of the State Partnership Program.

Iowa Air Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing Begins Guam Mission
February 1, 2024
Members of the Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing depart Sioux City, Iowa, for Andersen Air Force base on Jan. 24, 2024.

New Western Air Defense Sector Center Opens
February 1, 2024
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Bret Daugherty, center left, the adjutant general for Washington, and Liz Larter, center right, deputy chief of staff and district director for Rep. Marilyn Strickland, cut the ribbon on the newly renovated Western Air Defense Sector Agile Operations Center at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Jan. 26, 2024.