New York Air National Guard Airmen from the 222nd Command and Control Squadron, which augments the U.S. agency managing American surveillance satellites, pose with Brazilian officials at Brazil’s Space Operations Center in Brasilia, the country’s capital on April 19, 2022. The Guard Airmen were there as part of a State Partnership Program exchange. (Courtesy Capt. Leah … [Read more...]

AUGUST 2, 2022 – Right before a rope climb, Sgt. Tyler Holloway, a fire support specialist with the Wyoming Army National Guard’s 115th Field Artillery Brigade, decided to add some levity to what otherwise might have been a nerve-racking situation at the 2022 Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition. “If my hands get tired, I can always use my teeth,” he jokingly told … [Read more...]

Lt. Col. Joost Luijsterburg, the Royal Netherlands Air Force detachment commander, is sprayed with water after completing his final flight in an F-16 at the Morris Air National Guard Base. Luijsterburg has already assumed command of the Dutch F-35 detachment at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, and has been acting as dual commander of both detachments. (U.S. Air National Guard … [Read more...]

AUGUST 2, 2022 - Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Special Tactics Squadron rescued 19 stranded residents and two dogs in the aftermath of historic flooding last week that claimed at least 28 lives in Eastern Kentucky. The Airmen, assisted by Callie, the only certified search-and-rescue canine in the U.S. military, rapidly deployed to the region July 28 to … [Read more...]

AUGUST 1, 2022 — The Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia National Guard deployed aircraft and troops to Eastern Kentucky to help search for and rescue victims of the severe flash flooding caused by heavy rainfall. Two Kentucky National Guard medevac crews from Detachment 1, Company C, 2-238th Aviation Regiment — Wildcat DUSTOFF left Frankfort July 28 to assist with rescue … [Read more...]