Air National Guard

The National Guard Bureau announced the recipients of the 2025 State Partnership Program Awards during a recent conference, recognizing individuals, teams and partnerships whose achievements strengthened security, increased readiness and forged enduring partnerships worldwide.

The children of two field-grade officers — one Army, one Air — are the 2026 recipients of AFBA NGAUS Active Life Member Scholarships.

Drawing on nearly four centuries of service and the National Guard’s ongoing operational tempo, the Guard Bureau’s senior leaders last week urged the enlisted force to sustain the Guard’s edge.

The Army National Guard is strengthening its role in the Joint Force with the acquisition of 12 Gray Eagle® 25M unmanned aircraft systems.

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.

NGAUS members across the 54 states, territories and the District of Columbia will gather later this month at the 148th General Conference & Exhibition to hear defense leaders and network with their peers. But the core of the conference — and the reason the 54 gather annually — is to complete the association’s legislative resolution process.

The Air National Guard is rolling out sweeping recruiting and retention transformation initiatives — removing accession barriers, expanding enterprise support and reshaping how it competes for the talent required to build dominating air power and ensure wartime readiness.

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

National Guard units are supporting wildfire suppression operations in multiple states, providing aerial firefighting aircraft, helicopters and personnel to assist civil authorities as significant wildfire activity continues across the Midwest and West.

A new policy providing guidance on the use of artificial intelligence was announced in a memorandum published by National Guard Bureau on July 20.

On July 15, senior leaders from NGAUS and the New Hampshire National Guard presented Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., with the Harry S. Truman Award, the association’s highest honor.

The California Air National Guard’s 146th Airlift Wing and the Wyoming Air Guard’s 153rd Airlift Wing have been activated to support wildland firefighting operations in the western United States.