APRIL 19, 2024 - The Pennsylvania Air National Guard is currently offering non-prior service enlistment bonuses up to $50,000 for select critical career fields. The 171st Air Refueling Wing has several of those jobs including Weather, Aircraft Hydraulics Systems, Fuels, Aerospace Propulsion and more. You can be a part of the third largest Air National Guard in the … [Read more...]
Guard Bolsters Alliance with Swedish Air Force
Brig. Gen. Ravi Wagh Assistant Adjutant General (ATAG,) Army, Michigan National Guard (MING,) and Brig. Gen Rolf Mammen, Commander of the Michigan Air National Guard greet Col. Carl Bergqvist, and other members of the Swedish Air Force, at the Alpena CRTC on April 3rd, 2024.The Michigan National Guard (MING) hosted members of Headquarters Air Force (HAF) and Swedish Air Force … [Read more...]
Guard Military Police Soldiers End Guantanamo Mission
Members of HHC 117th MP BDE, Michigan National Guard, de-board the plane at the unit’s welcome home ceremony from their recent deployment to support Joint Task Force Guantanamo Bay in Southern Command Area of Responsibility, Detroit, Mich, April 9, 2024. (U.S. Army photo by Master Sgt. Helen Miller APRIL 16, 2024 – The water spray arch of two Detroit Metro Airport … [Read more...]
Guard WMD Civil Support Team Completes Exercise
BLOOMSBURG, Pa. – Members of the Pennsylvania National Guard’s 3rd Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team conducted a training proficiency exercise April 11 at Bloomsburg University in Bloomsburg, Pa. To maintain their proficiency, the team must undergo an external evaluation every 18 months where they are evaluated by a team from U.S. Army North. The evaluation serves … [Read more...]
Guard Deploys MQ-9 to Help Fight Wildfires
A member of the 147th Attack Aircraft Maintenance Squadron prepares an MQ-9 unmanned aerial system for launch at Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base in Houston, Texas, March 7, 2024. The 147th deployed an MQ-9 in support of the Smokehouse Creek Fire in northern Texas, providing real time video to civilian agencies and local firefighters. APRIL 10, 2024 - The Texas Air … [Read more...]