JANUARY 13, 2025 — Hundreds of National Guard members are now involved in multiple air and ground firefighting efforts as wildfires rage across the Los Angeles Basin and Southern California. More than 1,870 Guard members from California, Nevada and Wyoming are activated. Mutliple C-130 Hercules aircraft equipped with Modular Aerial Fire Fighting Systems are in the air. … [Read more...]

Airmen assigned to the 129th Rescue Wing, California Air National Guard, at Moffett Air National Guard Base, Calif., prepare an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter to help battle the Palisades Fire, Jan. 9, 2025. JANUARY 11, 2025 - The Defense Department now has 500 active-duty troops and a variety of equipment on standby to assist with the wildfires in California, said the … [Read more...]

Members of the Maryland National Guard and Pennsylvania National Guard arrive to the D.C. Armory to prepare for the joint reception station onward integration (JRSOI) in preparation for the electoral certification mission, Jan. 5, 2024. The Counting and Certification of Electoral Votes was designated a National Special Security Event (NSSE). (U.S. Air National Guard photo by … [Read more...]

From left to right, Staff Sgt Jason Capostagno (222nd CACS), Gen B. Chance Saltzman, Chief of Space Operations U.S. Space Force, and Staff Sgt Curtis Grady (222nd CACS) shortly after being named the Space Force Association's National Guard Enlisted Service Member of the Year 2024 during the associations second annual Spacepower Conference held in Orlando Fl, December 10-12 … [Read more...]

A team comprising U.S. Air Force, Air National Guard, and contract personnel pose in front of their custom-designed F-22 Raptor maintenance stands during the debut event, Sept. 26, 2024, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.The specialized maintenance stands are the culmination of nearly five years of collaboration between Total Force Airmen and the National Guard Bureau, … [Read more...]