Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve leaders warn that the Air Force must modernize their fighter fleets along with the Active force, or they risk losing combat-tested talent and making the reserve forces irrelevant in future operations.
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The Air Force has delayed delivery of permanently stationed F-15EX Eagle II fighters to Kadena Air Base in Japan. A spokesperson said the Air Force expects to provide an updated schedule in the spring. The previous plan had been for the 18th Wing at Kadena ...
Air Force F-16 pilot Lt. Col. Eric R. Emerson, who commanded a small quick reaction force of fighters responding to Iranian-backed militia groups in 2024, became the first Air National Guardsman presented with the Anthony C. Shine Award on Feb. 10.
A new cybersecurity squadron is coming to the New Jersey Air National Guard, the latest development in a yearslong shift as the component retires or reduces missions that Air Force officials believe do not keep pace with modern warfare.
F-16s assigned to the New Jersey Air National Guard will live forever in the popular video game Microsoft Flight Simulator, thanks to an audio producer who records aircraft sounds to help make virtual flight as realistic as possible.
An F-16 assigned to the New Jersey Air National Guard’s 119th Fighter Squadron returned to its home base in Atlantic City on Dec. 5 with a splash of color dedicated to a World War II fighter ace.
The Air National Guard stood up a new KC-46 Pegasus tanker squadron at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., last month, marking the latest step in a yearslong process as the Air Force seeks to replace many of its aging KC-135 Stratotankers.
Two Active-duty Squadrons join Guard Wings; Herk Nation adds ANG training unit.
Two Active-duty squadrons joined wings of the Air National Guard. The 306th Fighter Squadron became an associate of New Jersey’s 177th Fighter Wing, which flies F-16s; and the 64th Air Refueling Squadron joined New Hampshire’s 157th Air Refueling Wing, which flies KC-46s.
The U.S. Capitol Police officer who died from injuries sustained during the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol building is an Air National Guard veteran who served two tours in the Middle East during about six years of service. Officer Brian D. Sicknick died ...
The New Jersey Air National Guard’s 177th Fighter Wing has a “no fail” mission and must keep F-16s on alert to respond to threats to the country’s northeast, even though the local community has been hit hard by the new coronavirus. COVID-19 has created a ...