Massachusetts’ 104th Fighter Wing formally became the Air National Guard’s fifth F-35A Lightning II unit during a Sunday ceremony at Barnes Air National Guard Base in Westfield, Massachusetts.

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.

Tens of thousands of soccer fans from overseas will be coming to North America over the next month to support their nation’s team in the World Cup. Hundreds of millions more will be riveted to the action in stadiums across the United States, Canada and Mexico.

National Guard Bureau leaders traveled to Finland, Sweden and Norway late last month to strengthen the Guard’s security cooperation in Northern Europe.

Gen. Steven S. Nordhaus, chief of the National Guard Bureau, attended the 2025 Indo-Pacific Chiefs of Defense Conference on Aug. 27-28 in Hua Him, Thailand to strengthen the National Guard’s partnerships in the region.

Lawmakers praised the successes of the National Guard’s State Partnership Program (SPP) as a means of strengthening national and international security.

Appearing before the Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Defense, the National Guard Bureau’s senior leader emphasized the Guard’s value to America.

The latest Quarterly National Guard Commander’s Update Brief held Nov. 14 at Fort Shafter, Hawaii, highlighted a vital effort to synchronize Guard activities with the strategic objectives of U.S. Army Pacific and the Indo-Pacific Command, according to officials.

Gen. Daniel R. Hokanson — the chief of the National Guard Bureau — says a Guard program that strengthens America’s ties with its allies can grow.

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany — About 50 members of the Air National Guard and the Romanian and Polish Armed Forces focused on space as a warfighting domain during exercise Vulcan Guard Bolt 6 at NATO’s Allied Air Command in late March.

The Senate formally recognized 30 years of the National Guard’s State Partnership Program last week. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and Lindsey Graham...

As the Department of Defense and the National Guard's State Partnership Program celebrated its 30th anniversary recently, senior leaders and officials...