New Jersey Air National Guard Takes On Agile Combat Employment (ACE) Training Mission

Guam Air Guard Security Forces Join Cope North Exercise

BARRIGADA, Guam – About 20 Airmen from the Guam Air National Guard’s 254th Security Forces Squadron “Defenders” are on active duty to secure fighter jets operating from Guam International Airport during the Cope North 24 exercise in February.Cope North 24 is a multinational, U.S. Pacific Air

Missouri Guard’s 139th Airlift Wing Executes 41-hour Sortie

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. - The 139th Airlift Wing has set a new milestone by pushing the boundaries of the C-130H Hercules aircraft. From Feb. 13-15, multiple aircrews flew a mission in which the aircraft’s cumulative flight time was 41.5 hours, with the engines running continuously for 45 hours.The first

Civil Air Patrol at the 117th

Sumpter Smith JNGB, Ala. -- Since the early 1990’s, the Civil Air Patrol’s 117th Air National Guard Composite Squadron, Charter ALA 090, has been a part of Sumpter Smith Joint National Guard Base in Birmingham, Alabama. The Civil Air Patrol (CAP) is a congressionally chartered, federally supported

National Guard conducts PATRIOT Exercise

CAMP SHELBY, Miss. -- A natural disaster can strike any time, and the National Guard, along with state and county emergency management agencies and industry partners, will conduct a disaster readiness exercise called PATRIOT, beginning February 18, 2024.PATRIOT is a joint, interagency exercise,

Mongolian Colonel Visits Arctic Security Center, Alaska Partners

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - Col. T. Galbadrakh, deputy chief of the General Staff of the Mongolian Armed Forces, visited the Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies Feb. 14 in a step toward increased international security cooperation.Galbadrakh’s visit marked a milestone in

177th Fighter Wing Emblem

The 177th Fighter Wing is located at Atlantic City International Airport, in Egg Harbor Township, NJ. The 177th has been at this location since 1958. Our mission aircraft is the single seat F-16C Fighting Falcon. Since October 1998, the 177th has had an active involvement in Operation's Noble Eagle, Southern Watch, Northern Watch, Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.

Video by Senior Airman Hunter Hires

New Jersey Air National Guard Takes On Agile Combat Employment (ACE) Training Mission

177th Fighter Wing - NJ Air National Guard

Jan. 22, 2022 | 2:51

B-roll video footage of U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcons, from the New Jersey Air National Guard's 177th Fighter Wing, at the 156th Wing, Muñiz Air National Guard Base in Carolina, Puerto Rico Jan. 22, 2022. The 177FW F-16s and KC-135 Stratotankers, with the 108th Wing of the NJ ANG, participated in the NJ ANG’s first Agile Combat Employment (ACE) training exercise 21-23 Jan. (U.S. Air National Guard video by Senior Airman Hunter Hires)