Air National Guard

A new Hudson Institute report delivers a stark warning: the U.S. Air Force could be defeated by China in a future conflict if it does not fundamentally change its force design and operational approach.

The Army National Guard formally established a new leadership tradition Feb. 12, 2026, presenting the inaugural Lt. Gen. Herbert R. Temple Jr. Leadership Award to Chief Warrant Officer 4 Douglas Malone and Sgt. 1st Class Danielle Beasley.

The Department of War has designated the National All-Domain Warfighting Center in Northern Michigan as a national range for deep uncrewed aerial systems training.

Lt. Col. Eric “Rebel” Emerson, a fighter squadron commander with the New Jersey Air National Guard’s 177th Fighter Wing, received the 2024 Lt. Col. Anthony C. Shine Award at a ceremony last week at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland.

More than 100 National Guardsmen from nine states gathered at the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., last week to recite the oath of enlistment and extend their service contracts.

Three District of Columbia Air National Guard F-16 pilots received the military’s highest flying honor Feb. 1 for shooting down Iranian drones aimed at Israel in April 2024.

More than 5,300 National Guardsmen are supporting local response and recovery efforts across 15 states in the wake of Winter Storm Fern.

Retired Maj. Gen. Philip G. Killey, a Vietnam War fighter pilot who went on to serve as director of the Air National Guard from 1988 to 1994, the Operation Desert Storm era, died Sunday in Scottsdale, Arizona. He was 84.

The Pentagon last week released a memo directing the U.S. military to start using a waist-to-height ratio to evaluate the body fat of troops.

After a screening of SHEEPDOG last week in Washington, D.C., the NGAUS chief of staff joined a panel comprised of cast members and a representative of the Department of Veterans Affairs to discuss the movie’s depiction of veteran post-traumatic growth.

An Air National Guard medical officer supporting operations in the nation’s capital helped deliver a baby in the front seat of a car just outside a hospital emergency room days before Christmas.

Two members of the House Armed Services Committee last week introduced legislation aimed at reducing the complex, confusing and unequal system of more than 30 National Guard and Reserve duty statuses to four broad categories.