Air National Guard

National Guard units across multiple states prepared themselves this month to defend against advanced cyberthreats in a variety of sophisticated simulation exercises.

The Senate today confirmed Troy E. Meink, the National Reconnaissance Office’s principal deputy director, to serve as the 27th Secretary of the Air Force.

Maj. Gen. Duke Pirak, the acting director of the Air National Guard, hosted Air Guard wing commanders and senior enlisted leaders from around the nation.

The Michigan Air National Guard’s 127th Wing will receive 21 F-15EX Eagle II fighters to replace its A-10 Thunderbolt IIs, which the Air Force wants...

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.