Air Force Gen. Steve Nordhaus, chief, National Guard Bureau, and Army Senior Enlisted Advisor John Raines, SEA to the CNGB, visit National Guardsmen on duty supporting the wildland firefighting efforts in Southern California, Channel Islands Air National Guard Station, Calif., Jan. 11, 2025. Thousands of National Guardsmen are now involved in multiple air and ground … [Read more...]

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Alessandro Panighetti, an HH-60G Pavehawk helicopter crew chief from the 129th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 129th Rescue Wing, California Air National Guard, watches sunrise, on the ramp at Los Alamitos Army Airfield on Joint Forces Training Base, Los Alamitos, California, before traveling with the aircrew on a repositioning flight to a CAL … [Read more...]

JANUARY 13, 2025 – Three Wyoming Air National Guard C-130s equipped with the U.S. Forest Service’s Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems, or MAFFS, and associated personnel were activated by U.S. Northern Command to support firefighting efforts in the Los Angeles area, California, Jan. 9, 2025. The three C-130 aircraft will travel to Channel Islands Air National Guard Base … [Read more...]

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...]