Story by Sgt. 1st Class Amber Peck, National Guard Bureau ARLINGTON, Virginia – The Air National Guard recently secured $33 million in federal funding to field a new satellite-based communications system designed to significantly improve…
Story by Senior Airman Iain Stanley, 23rd Wing MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. – Airmen and community members gathered at Moody Air Force Base to celebrate Saluting Our Aviation Roots (SOAR) Week, a five-day event…
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Abigayle Lutz KODIAK, Alaska (February 27, 2026) – U.S. Navy expeditionary medical teams and Coast Guard crews trained in the harsh Alaskan environment as part of ARCTIC EDGE 2026…
Story by Alejandro Peña, 176th Wing JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guard (AKANG) HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter aircrew assigned to the 176th Wing conducted the rescue of an injured cross-country skier in Southcentral…
Story by Andrea Jenkins, Air Forces Southern U.S. Air Force HH-60W Jolly Green II helicopter aircrews assigned to the 563rd Rescue Group, supported by Air Forces Southern, conducted a long-range rescue of a mariner from…
Story by 1st Lt. Lindsay Weichel, 350th Spectrum Warfare Wing EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – Late last year the 87th Electronic Warfare Squadron (87th EWS) made history for the second time in 2025, completing…
Story by Senior Airman Jamal Berry II, 18th Wing KADENA AIR BASE, Japan — For the Airmen of the U.S. Air Force 18th OSS (Operations Support Squadron) Weather Flight, weather means something else entirely: mission…
Story by John Turner, U.S. Air Force MALMSTROM AIR FORCE BASE, Mont. (AFNS). — Two MH-139 Grey Wolf helicopters assigned to the 40th Helicopter Squadron conducted their first operational mission Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile convoy Jan. 8,…
Story by Tech. Sgt. Crystal Housman, 129th Rescue Wing MOUNTAIN VIEW, California. – A California Air National Guard, 129th Rescue Wing, HH-60W Jolly Green II helicopter aircrew conducted a high risk overnight rescue (medevac) of…
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PAXUTENT RIVER, Md. – Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) released the findings of a comprehensive review December 12, 2025, on the V-22 Osprey aircraft flown by the Air Force, Marine Corps…