Air National Guard

Another Air National Guard airlift wing is set to convert to new intratheater cargo planes.

Rep. John James, R-Mich., a former active Army Apache pilot turned Guard advocate in Congress, on Wednesday visited the National Guard Memorial for a meeting with retired Maj. Gen. Francis M. McGinn, the association president.

Troy Meink, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be Air Force secretary, addressed the service’s recapitulation efforts and its continuing pilot shortage during his confirmation hearing before Senate Armed Services Committee last week.

In this era of complexity and uncertainty, innovation is not just an option for the National Guard — it's a must, Air Force Gen. Steven S. Nordhaus, the National Guard Bureau chief, told the McAleese Defense Programs Conference last week in Washington, D.C.

Even fewer Air National Guard space professionals are willing to transfer to a single-component Space Force than last year, according to a recent survey.

Bipartisian legislation introduced last week in both chambers of Congress would create a Space National Guard, fulfilling what Senate sponsors said was President Donald Trump’s “promise to do so in his second term.”

The Fighter Force Preservation and Recapitalization Act would establish requirements to track Air Force Fighter force structure and would grant Congress greater “oversight authority” of force structure modifications.

Legislation introduced in the House and Senate would expand eligibility for Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits to National Guardsmen and Reservists serving on certain duty statuses.

Drill-status Air National Guardsmen would have a permanent federal tuition assistance program compatible with the one available to the Army Guard under legislation reintroduced Feb. 6.

The Air Force has updated the dress and grooming standards its Airmen follow, per a Jan. 29 press release from the service.