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Air Guard Units Join Forces for Aerial Wildfire Suppression Training
April 29, 2025 — Military and civilian flight crews wrapped up a week of aerial wildfire suppression training on April 27, concluding the annual Modular Airborne Firefighting Systems spring training at Channel Islands Air National Guard Station in southern California... MORE

A C-130 (MAFFS 9) from Nevada Air National Guard's 152nd Airlift Wing performs a water drop April 24, 2025, during Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) Spring Training 2025, hosted by the California Air National Guard's 146th Airlift Wing.

Nevada Army Guard supports WWII veteran's repatriation funeral ceremony
April 3, 2025 — U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Robert D. McKee's delayed funeral highlighted the lack of access to the area in East Germany following the fall of the Iron Curtain during the Cold War and the persistence of the U.S. Army’s repatriation efforts with use of DNA evidence during the past two decades... MORE

U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Robert D. McKee pictured back row, second from left.

State subgrant saves Nevada’s STARBASE—for now
March 4, 2025 — STARBASE, the Nevada National Guard’s Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) learning program for Title 1 schools, will remain open for nine months thanks to a subgrant through the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR)... MORE

Students from Nevada’s first Department of Defense (DoD) STARBASE program get a tour of a C-130 aircraft March 16, 2022 at the Nevada Air National Guard Base in Reno, Nev. Created in 1991, STARBASE’s primary focus is to foster a passion of learning in the field of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) in fifth graders attending Title 1 schools.

Nevada ATAG named Army Guard's CASCOM deputy commanding general
February 14, 2025 — Brig. Gen. Troy Armstrong, Assistant Adjutant General, Nevada Army National Guard, has been selected by the Chief of the National Guard Bureau to serve as the Army National Guard Deputy Commanding General at the U.S. Army Combined Arms Support Command (CASCOM)/Sustainment Center of Excellence, Fort Gregg-Adams, Virginia... MORE

Brig. Gen. Troy Armstrong, Assistant Adjutant General, Nevada Army National Guard, has been selected by the Chief of the National Guard Bureau to serve as the Army National Guard Deputy Commanding General at the U.S. Army Combined Arms Support Command (CASCOM)/Sustainment Center of Excellence, Fort Gregg-Adams, Virginia.

Nevada Air Guard officer’s D.C. tour encounters presidential funeral, inauguration, crisis response
February 5, 2025 — Lt. Col. Jennifer-Ruth Green, Nevada Air National Guard, entered an active-duty assignment last fall that would throw her into some of the most high-profile and challenging operations of her career... MORE

Lt. Col. Jennifer-Ruth Green attends the Commander-In-Chief inaugural ball at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20, 2025.

Nevada Guard Airlift Wing Assists with Operation Deep Freeze
February 4, 2025 — CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - The 152nd Airlift Wing “High Rollers” from the Nevada Air National Guard achieved a historic first by participating in Operation Deep Freeze.The High Rollers supported the annual U.S. military mission in Antarctica by flying augmented max duty day missions, logging over 30 hours in three days in December. The operation... MORE

The Nevada Air National Guard's High Rollers arrive in Antarctica Dec. 18, 2024, to support the annual U.S. military mission in Antarctica. They flew augmented max duty day missions, logging over 30 hours in three days.

Military service in Nevada Legislature highlights state service, bipartisanship
January 29, 2025 — With the Nevada Legislative Session set to start next week and last through June, a quick look at military service among those in state legislature shows a bipartisan pull from service members... MORE

Michelee “Shelly” Cruz-Crawford, a first lieutenant in the Nevada Air National Guard and State Senator in the Nevada Legislature poses for a photo at her desk in the Nevada Senate, Jan. 14, 2025. Cruz-Crawford was elected to the Nevada State Senate last November and is set to take part in her first State Legislative Session, which opens Monday, Feb. 3, and lasts through June.

National Guard Bureau Chief Thanks Firefighting Guardsmen
January 14, 2025 — CHANNEL ISLANDS AIR NATIONAL GUARD STATION, Calif. – The National Guard is part of a multi-agency response to the historic wildfires across the Los Angeles Basin and Southern California. Over the weekend, Guard members took to the sky to help extinguish the flames.Air Force Gen. Steve Nordhaus, chief, National Guard Bureau, and Army Senior Enlisted... MORE

Air Force Gen. Steve Nordhaus, chief, National Guard Bureau, and Army Senior Enlisted Advisor John Raines, SEA to the CNGB, visit National Guard members supporting wildland firefighting in Southern California, Channel Islands Air National Guard Station, Calif., Jan. 11, 2025. Thousands of National Guardsmen are involved in multiple air and ground firefighting in the Los Angeles Basin and Southern California.

Nevada Air National Guard’s 152nd Airlift Wing Activated for Firefighting to assist in the greater Los Angeles area
January 10, 2025 — U.S. Northern Command has activated eight C-130 aircraft equipped with Modular Aerial Fire Fighting Systems (MAFFS) and associated personnel to relocate from their home stations to the Channel Islands in Southern California to support firefighting efforts in the Los Angeles area. Some of the aircraft will be operational beginning Jan. 10, with all ready by or before Jan. 12. The 152nd Airlift Wing’s “High Rollers” will report on Jan.11. ... MORE

Airmen from the 152nd Maintenance and Logistics Readiness Squadron, Nevada Air National Guard, load the Modular Airborne Firefighting System (MAFFS) tank into MAFFS 9 at the Nevada Air National Guard Base January 10, 2024 to support wildland firefighting in Los Angeles. U.S. Northern Command has activated eight C-130 aircraft equipped with MAFFS and associated personnel to relocate from their home stations to the Channel Islands in Southern California to support firefighting efforts in the Los Angeles area. Some of the aircraft will be operational beginning Jan. 10, with all ready by or before Jan. 12. The 152nd Airlift Wing’s “High Rollers” will report on January 11.

California, Nevada, Wyoming Guard Join Firefighting Battle
January 10, 2025 — MOFFETT AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Calif. - Hundreds of National Guard members are now involved in multiple air and ground firefighting efforts as wildfires rage across the Los Angeles Basin and Southern California.More than 880 Guard members from California, Nevada and Wyoming are currently activated.Mutliple C-130 Hercules aircraft eqipped with... MORE

U.S. Air Force Airmen with the 129th Rescue Wing, California Air National Guard, at Moffett Air National Guard Base, Calif., prepare an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter to help battle the Palisades Fire Jan. 9, 2025.