AUGUST 15, 2025 – Airmen from the Connecticut Air National Guard’s 103rd Airlift Wing, Massachusetts Air National Guard’s 104th Fighter Wing, and Vermont’s Air National Guard’s 158th Fighter Wing have pulled off a milestone maneuver in modern air combat operations — and it’s making waves. These Air National Guard units joined forces to execute a Distributable Integrated … [Read more...]

AUGUST 15, 2025 — Alaska Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to G Co. 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion conducted two separate rescues of hunters with leg injuries on Aug. 10, at the start of the Alaska sheep hunting season. Both rescues launched from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson using an HH-60M Black Hawk helicopter equipped with external fuel tanks to provide … [Read more...]

AUGUST 15, 2025 - On Aug. 11, President Donald J. Trump declared a crime emergency in the nation's capital and vowed to make streets there safe again. The National Guard is now playing a big part in that effort, assisting both federal and local law enforcement personnel in enforcing existing laws and taking violent criminals off the streets. "I think there's no more … [Read more...]

AUGUST 14, 2025 — In modern warfare, battles are not only fought with rifles, tanks and artillery. Some of the most decisive victories are won across the electromagnetic spectrum. At Northern Strike, the National Guard’s premier readiness exercise held this month at Michigan’s National All-Domain Warfighting Center, Soldiers trained in a high-intensity environment that … [Read more...]

AUGUST 13, 2025 - Montana National Guard’s 1-189th General Support Aviation Battalion members rescued a hiker Aug. 9 from Old Scraggy Peak in the Little Rockies. A man fell off a cliff north of Zortman and had severe injuries. Local authorities were unable to reach him and called the Montana Army National Guard for assistance. A Black Hawk helicopter piloted by Cpt. Otis … [Read more...]