The William Tell competition dates to at least 1954, with a history that may go back to 1949, in the earliest days of the Air Force.
Vermont ANG
With the Russian army pummeling Ukraine in Europe, and China increasingly threatening its neighbor Taiwan militarily in the Indo-Pacific, the Air National Guard has embraced the culture of can-do innovation at the core of ACE.
After three months in Europe, Airmen from the Vermont Air National Guard and their F-35s returned home in early August, completing the first overseas deployment of the Guard’s first F-35 unit. Their presence in the region was needed to relieve F-35s from the 34th Fighter ...