APRIL 13, 2023 - The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center has created and distributed to the National Guard 68 state-of-the-art emergency response mobile laboratory systems in every U.S. state and territory. The Analytical Laboratory System Modified Work Order, or ALS MWO, is a mobile laboratory used by the National Guard’s weapons of … [Read more...]
Iowa NG CH-47 Delivers Historic Iowa F-80
APRIL 12, 2023 - An Iowa Army National Guard CH-47 helicopter flew in to Sioux City this week in order to pick up a historic F-80 fighter jet from the Air National Guard paint facility. After being painted, the F-80 Shooting Star was returned to the state headquarters via sling-load where the aircraft was placed back on static display. Two U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook … [Read more...]
Green Mountain Boys Demonstrate Agility, Readiness
Airmen assigned to the Vermont Air National Guard's 158th Fighter Wing, from South Burlington, Vermont, prepare their F-35A Lightning II jets for a training mission at Wheeler-Sack Army Airfield , Fort Drum, New York, April 3, 2023. The Airmen are participating in an Agile Combat Employment exercise which tests the wing's ability to deploy and conduct tactical missions with … [Read more...]
Virginia Guard Provides Maintenance Support in Germany
Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Blackstone-based 3647th Maintenance Company, 529th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 329th Regional Support Group provide support to the Joint Multinational Readiness Center during an exercise March 4 - 18, 2023, at Hohenfels Training Area in Hohenfels, Germany. During the rotation, 50 Soldiers with the 3647th performed … [Read more...]
Guard Accomplishes Historic Troop Movement in Arctic
APRIL 7, 2023 – In a first-ever joint reserve component exercise, Airmen from the New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing landed 37-fully equipped Canadian reserve and American Vermont Army National Guard infantrymen on the frozen Arctic Ocean near Little Cornwallis Island in Canada’s Nunavut territory on March 15, 2023. The insertion was a key element in the … [Read more...]