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...]

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...]

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...]

MAY 10, 2022 - If he had his way, the chief of the National Guard Bureau said there would be more resources available to allow Guard units involved in the State Partnership Program to participate in more of the exercises that build interoperability between the United States and foreign partner nations. "The one thing I would really focus on is ensuring that we resource more … [Read more...]

MAY 9, 2022 - Almost 160 thousand spectators were back at Churchill Downs for the running of the 148th Kentucky Derby May 7. With the fans being back, so was the Kentucky National Guard’s 223rd Military Police Company and the 123rd Airlift Wing. Soldiers of the 223rd ensured that the return to the first 100% capacity Derby since the COVID-19 pandemic was safe and … [Read more...]