MAY 25, 2022 – A 100-acre solar project that will bolster the power grid in Southern California and provide two weeks of emergency power for Joint Forces Training Base, Los Alamitos, broke ground May 19. The 26-megawatt solar project will be constructed, owned and operated by Bright Canyon Energy on a 30-year land lease in a public-private partnership between the energy … [Read more...]
Alabama National Guard Soldiers Hydrate Partner Nations
Alabama Army National Guard Sgts. Tymicheal Avery and Portia Staton test the purified water during Operation Tradewinds 2022 support operations at Price Barracks, Belize on May 13, 2022. Avery, Staton, and the 1208th Quartermaster Company are suppling potable water for cooking, personal hygiene, and drinking to support partner nations during the operation (U.S. Army photo by … [Read more...]
AI-Powered App Aims to Discover Talent in Guard
MAY 12, 2022 - Members of the Reserve and National Guard are highly skilled across a variety of private-sector industries and have the potential to make substantial contributions to Defense Department missions, a DOD official said. The problem is, the department is not always aware of that talent, said Scott Sumner, technical project manager at Defense Innovation Unit's … [Read more...]
Guard Tests New MQ-9 Remote Landing and Takeoff Capability
MAY 11, 2022 – The New York Air National Guard’s 174th Attack Wing highlighted its ability to fly the MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft into any airport, anywhere on Thursday, May 5 when an aircraft was landed at Griffiss International Airport in Rome, New York. Until last year, an MQ-9 required line of sight guidance from a ground control station to take off and land. … [Read more...]
Airmen Discuss Space Operations with Brazilian Counterparts
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...]