FEBRUARY 26, 2024 - More than 150 Airmen assigned to the Wisconsin Air National Guard’s 115th Fighter Wing completed the Weapons System Evaluation Program’s Combat Archer exercise Feb. 23, 2024, at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. The exercise was the first training deployment of the unit’s F-35A Lightning II aircraft, providing pilots and maintenance personnel experience … [Read more...]

FEBRUARY 23, 2024 – Three weeks after Philadelphia hosted the First Continental Congress, three members of city’s Committee of Safety met with 25 other men at Carpenter’s Hall to discuss forming a troop of volunteer “light horse” or cavalry. All 28 men agreed, and on Nov. 17, 1774, the Philadelphia Light Horse was born. The unit, which would later change its name to First … [Read more...]

Airmen assigned to the 139th Airlift Wing, Missouri Air National Guard, refuel a C-130H Hercules aircraft on Feb. 13, 2024, at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base, St. Joseph, Missouri. Aircrews conducted a 41-hour sortie in which the aircraft engines ran continuously for 45 hours and the aircraft was refueled three times. This type of training enhances the wing’s warfighting … [Read more...]

From left, Senior Enlisted Advisor Tony Whitehead, SEA to the chief, National Guard Bureau; Sgt. Maj. Alan Thomas, operations sergeant major, ndiana National Guard; Chief Warrant Officer 3 Regina Carrell, a senior strategic intelligence analyst at the National Guard Bureau and Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief, National Guard Bureau at the Black Engineer of the Year Award … [Read more...]

Brig. Gen. Mark Alessia renders a salute after placing a wreath at the tomb of President Abraham Lincoln on behalf of the President of the United States Feb. 12, as part of the 90th annual American Legion Pilgrimage to Lincoln’s Tomb at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois. FEBRUARY 15, 2024 - The Illinois National Guard recognized its most notable militiaman and … [Read more...]