Air National Guard

District of Columbia National Guard leaders introduced a new assignment patch, honoring America’s 250th birthday and recognizing the Guard's support of key events in the nation’s capital.

The National Guard Bureau is taking appropriate steps to ensure required suicide prevention training is completed, according to a finding in a new Government Accountability Office report, SUICIDE PREVENTION: DOD Should Improve Monitoring and Assessment of Training.

At Charlotte Motor Speedway in North Carolina, the Coca-Cola 600 was everything it is supposed to be: horsepower, heat, noise and 600 miles of punishment. It was also something harder to stage and easier to cheapen. It was remembrance.

Assistant Attorney General Colin McDonald, U.S. Marshals Director Gadyaces Serralta, and U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced plans to expand National Guard presence in Washington, D.C., ahead of events tied to the nation’s 250th Independence Day observance.

The Air Force has reached an agreement with Boeing to speed delivery of key KC-46 Pegasus tanker upgrades across the fleet, including the aircraft’s enhanced vision system.

Members of the Georgia National Guard Counterdrug Task Force assisted state and local law enforcement agencies in an investigation that resulted in the seizure of more than 13 kilograms (nearly 29 pounds) of fentanyl, cocaine and other drugs, along with 10 firearms, cash and other property.

The Connecticut National Guard is hosting Cyber Yankee 2026, the National Guard’s premier annual regional cyber training exercise, at Camp Nett, Niantic, Connecticut, May 4 – 15, 2026.

The acting director of the Air National Guard hosted ANG wing commanders from across the nation April 29-30 to discuss readiness and how to bring the future faster at the annual Wing Leader Fly-In at McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base in Tennessee.

At the 148th General Conference & Exhibition, Aug. 28-31 in Indianapolis, there will be plenty of free time when attendees can explore the city.

The Oklahoma Army National Guard recently hosted a battlefield resilience camp that for the first time deliberately combined suicide prevention and holistic health principles with infantry squad-level tactics in a single training program.

The two retired/separated representatives on the NGAUS board of directors unveiled the working concept to establish a new association task force at last week’s retired/separated virtual meeting.

North Dakota Army National Guard Capt. Chris Spangler did not know what to expect when he came to Washington, D.C., earlier this month for the first NGAUS Capitol Summit of 2026.