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2026 Award Recipients

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS Harry S. Truman Award Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, New Hampshire Gov. Kim Reynolds, Iowa Charles Dick Medal of Merit Rep. Michael Guest, Mississippi State Sen. Tracy Pennycuick, Pennsylvania Patrick Henry Award State Sen. Chuck Payne... Read More Details

Acting Air Guard Director to Step Down

Maj. Gen. Duke Pirak announced last week in a letter posted on Air Guard social media sites his decision to step down as acting director of the Air National Guard effective July 31. Read More Details

Trump Establishes Military Spouse Commission

President Donald Trump signed an executive order in the Oval Office yesterday establishing the President's Military Spouse Commission. Read More Details

West Virginia

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148th General Conference & Exhibition Sponsors

Thanks for your support! (as of Aug. 24, 2026) Rolls-Royce AFBA Airbus American Structurepoint AM General ARI Armed Forces Insurance AT&T/FirstNet B&A BAE Systems Bison Financial Group Boeing Comcast Government Services Curtiss-Wright G.E.H.A Heapy... Read More Details

Conference Speakers Will Look Back, Ahead

One of the two District of Columbia Air National Guard fighter pilots sent on a potential suicide mission the morning of 9/11 will share that experience at the 148th General Conference & Exhibition in Indianapolis, Aug. 28-31. Read More Details

Louisiana

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The Fight to Rebuild the Fighter Fleet

Years of limited procurement have left Air Guard units without a clear replacement path forward as they prepare for future conflicts. Read More Details

A Conversation with Rep. Gil Cisneros

The leading champion of legislation aimed at streamlining the roughly 30 unequal and confusing Guard and Reserve duty statuses into four broad categories is no newcomer to the need for duty status reform. Read More Details

A Conversation with CW5 Bernard Aguon, Command Chief Warrant Officer of the Army National Guard

What does a warrant officer do? It’s a question Chief Warrant Officer 5 Bernard Aguon has heard repeatedly in his nearly 37 years in uniform. Read More Details