SEPTEMBER 4, 2026 – Members of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group provided key support to exercise Patriot 26, establishing a fully functioning base of operations and preparing for future exercise-based search and rescue, medical evacuation, cargo handling and aerial reconnaissance. Patriot 26, held Aug. 20-27, was a disaster-response training … [Read more...]
Guardsmen Demonstrate Drone Innovation Project
SEPTEMBER 3, 2026 – Two Soldiers from the Pennsylvania National Guard’s Unmanned Aircraft System Training and Innovation Facility participated in U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research Laboratory's Robotics and Autonomy Showcase Aug. 27, demonstrating the latest version of their Project Recovery Exploitation Drone, or Project R.E.D. Chief Warrant … [Read more...]
National Guard is Focused on the Future
SEPTEMBER 3, 2026 – “Together, we need to lead boldly, and we can never be late to need.” That’s how Air Force Gen. Steve Nordhaus, the 30th Chief of the National Guard Bureau, challenged National Guard leaders to keep pace with a dynamic security environment. He described the Guard as a force that continuously adapts and modernizes while keeping its 435,000 Guardsmen and their … [Read more...]
Alaska Guard Rescues Four From Plane Crash
SEPTEMBER 3, 2026 – Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing rescued four people from an Aug. 30 plane crash at a Montague Island coastal sandbar about 60 miles southeast of Seward. The Alaska Rescue Coordination Center, or AKRCC, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, or JBER, opened the mission following receipt of a signal from an aircraft 406 MHz emergency locator … [Read more...]
Air Guard Security Forces Train with Green Berets
SEPTEMBER 2, 2026 – In the forest near Camp Grayling, Michigan, the rumble from a Humvee’s diesel engine slices through the darkness as it creeps down a dirt road, snapping tree branches under its tires. Just off the road, hidden in the thick brush, a joint team of U.S. Army Green Berets and Air National Guard security forces Airmen sits motionless. No radio noise or words … [Read more...]