Tag: Air National Guard

A chaplain who answered “a calling, his calling, and the call to serve a greater good” has retired after 36 ...

Deployment

Iowa Air National Guardsmen assist with ‘historical moment’ in Operation Allies Welcome

by Kari Williams

Roughly 65 airmen from the Iowa Air National Guard are deployed stateside as part of Operation Allies Welcome.

Unit Training

Global Strike Challenge names ‘best of the best’ from hundreds of competitors

by Christopher Adams

The Global Strike Challenge is another piece of the innovation puzzle that helps the United States ensure protection from aggressive ...

First-term Congressman Kai Kahele (D-Hawaii) left the campaign trail last year to battle the COVID-19 pandemic with the National Guard.

Career

Hawaii congressman leads with ‘serve before self’ mentality

by Christopher Adams

Someone said there is only one type of commitment. Total. It’s a concept that’s applied to life’s endless situations or ...

Cindy Meili, a National Guared spouse, is now on the advisory board for the Military Family Advisory Network.

Lifestyle

Military Family Advisory Network’s newest advisor to raise awareness of National Guard families

by Kate Lewis

When Cindy Meili’s husband served an unaccompanied vice commander tour overseas during their youngest son’s senior year of high school, ...

Health

Air Guard family seeks match for son with rare immune deficiency

by Jessica Manfre

An Air National Guard family is calling on the military community to Be The Match for their son who was ...

An Alaska Air National Guard HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter and aircrew assigned to the 210th Rescue Squadron, with pararescuemen aboard from the 212th Rescue Squadron, saved a distressed hike at Mount Williwaw east of Anchorage. The Airmen extracted and transported the hiker to Alaska Regional Hospital in Anchorage following the rescue. U.S. Air National Guard courtesy photo.

News

Alaska National Guard crew arrives by helicopter to save stranded hikers

by National Guard Bureau

Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s search and rescue aircrew and pararescue teams saved two stranded hikers on Rainbow ...

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Dawne L. Deskins, the deputy director of the Air National Guard, poses for a photo at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., Sept. 11, 2020. Deskins is making Air National Guard history by becoming the first non-pilot and first female to serve as DDANG. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Morgan R. Lipinski)

Career

Deputy director finds work-life balance in the Air National Guard

by Bianca Strzalkowski

Maj. Gen. Dawne Deskins made history as the Air National Guard's first non-pilot and first female to serve as the ...

Lt. Col. Dana Novinskie, commander of the Minnesota National Guard's 109 Airlift Squadron of the 133rd Airlift Wing. Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Ben Houtkooper.

News

First-federally recognized Air Guard unit hits a century of flight

by Bianca Strzalkowski

The unit was founded on the grit and imagination of three military leaders, a former commander of the 109th Airlift ...

Samantha Snabes with her dog, Major Paddy, in Austin, Texas. Photos by Robert Gomez.

Entrepreneur

Air Guard officer sets out to disrupt 3D printing industry

by Andrea Peck