Air National Guard

Military retirees and veterans receiving disability benefits will see the same 3.6% cost-of-living adjustment in 2027 announced today for Social Security recipients.

Nevada Air National Guardsmen and four C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft returned home Oct. 4 after a six-month deployment in support of Operation Epic Fury, following one week’s notice of the federal call-up.

The Pentagon has increased pay for military personnel in combat or serving in dangerous locations for the first time in more than two decades.

More than 40 National Guardsmen from across the country attended a counter-unmanned aircraft systems master operator course Sept. 14-25 at Camp Murray and Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Dan Caine said the U.S. needs to be prepared for future conflicts in which its adversaries will be able to closely track the location of American forces and attack with autonomous systems that use artificial intelligence.

Airmen from the Illinois Air National Guard’s 126th Air Refueling Wing participated in a town hall Sept. 13 with Maj. Gen. Bryony Terrell, the deputy director of the Air Guard.

Recently introduced House legislation would allow all active service to count toward reduced-age retirement for National Guard and Reserve members.

For the second consecutive year, the NGAUS general conference featured a range of voices tackling issues relevant to National Guard leaders at every echelon.

While commemorations in New York and Washington, D.C., drew national attention, National Guardsmen in several states held or participated in activities Friday that brought local focus to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Pilots and crews of the Vermont Air National Guard’s 158th Fighter Wing returned home Sunday from a deployment that began before last Christmas and saw the unit fly missions in two hemispheres.

Ahead of the start of fiscal 2027 on Oct. 1, House lawmakers passed a continuing resolution Sept. 1 to extend government funding at current levels through Dec. 11.

“Together, we need to lead boldly, and we can never be late to need.” That’s how Air Force Gen. Steve Nordhaus, the 30th Chief of the National Guard Bureau, challenged National Guard leaders to keep pace with a dynamic security environment. He described the Guard as a force that continuously adapts and modernizes while keeping its 435,000 Guardsmen and their families ready for missions at home and abroad.