President Joe Biden has nominated Maj. Gen. Duke A. Pirak to pin on a third star and become the next director of the Air National Guard, the Pentagon announced March 18. If confirmed by the Senate, Pirak will replace the current head of the ANG, ...
Lt. Gen. Michael A. Loh
The Air National Guard will play a vital role in the Air Force’s new cyber and IT warrant officer track, the ANG’s boss said at the AFA Warfare Symposium. “In the first class of warrant officers, we are going to bring National Guard professionals into ...
How a small Air National Guard base in Arizona became the go-to hub for dozens of nations to train their F-16 pilots is one of the military’s least-told stories.
The Air Force has nine major commands and two Air Reserve Components. (Air Force Reserve Command is both a majcom and an ARC.) In late 2019, Air Force Space Command was redesignated U.S. Space Force, a separate military branch under the Department of the Air ...
C-130 transports from Air National Guard Units across the country arrived in Germany for the start of the largest air force deployment exercise in NATO history.
NATO allies will conduct a massive air exercise in Germany this June on a scale unseen since the end of the Cold War, military officials said. Some 220 allied aircraft and 10,000 personnel will take part in Air Defender 23, against the backdrop of Russia’s ...
The head of the Luftwaffe arrived in the U.S. this week to strengthen cooperation with the U.S. Air National Guard and its F-35s before a massive NATO exercise that is to take place in June. “It's going to be high value,” Chief of the German Air ...
The Biden administration is requesting $259.3 billion for the Department of the Air Force in its fiscal 2024 budget, an increase of more than $9 billion or about 4 percent over this year.
F-35 Lightning II fighters arrived on Okinawa in March as the Air Force continues to swap out its permanently deployed F-15 Eagles at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Air Force officials declined to provide the exact number of F-35s at Kadena or say when more F-15s ...
The Air Force upped its buy of F-15EX Eagle IIs in part to fulfill the homeland defense mission and ensure the Air Force reached a goal of 72 new fighters a year, top Air Force leaders said March 15. But...
As the Air Force pushes forward with the concept of multi-capable Airmen, where troops perform roles outside their usual specialty, director of the Air National Guard Lt. Gen. Michael Loh says his command is particularly well-suited to respond, since most members of the Air National ...
Looking to build stability and improve readiness, Air Force leaders said at the AFA Warfare Symposium they are planning a move in 2024 to what they call a more cohesive approach to deployments for Airmen. That deadline to implement the service's new force generation model—Air ...
