Air National Guard

Origins The modern day National Guard in the U.S. traces its origins to 13 December 1636, when the Massachusetts Bay Colony's General Court passed an act calling for the creation of three regiments, organizing existing separate militia companies in and around Boston. The creation of the militia regiments was caused by the perceived need to defend the Bay Colony against American Indians and from other European countries operating in North America. This organization formed the basis of subsequent colonial and, post-independence, state and territorial militias which later became the Army National Guard. Being "local" ground forces affiliated with the Army, militias were considered state-centric/territorial-centric in nature, this versus naval forces, which were considered wholly activities of the federal government. This distinction accounts for why there are no National Guard components in the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps or U.S. Coast Guard. Because the present day U.S. Air Force evolved from the U.S. Army, it was only natural that a separate Air National Guard would be established with the divestiture of the former U.S. Army Air Forces and its establishment as a separate and independent U.S. Air Force in 1947. The Air National Guard was officially established in law as a separate reserve component on 18 September 1947, concurrent with the establishment of the U.S. Air Force. However, National Guard aviation emerged before World War I with aviation units in Army National Guard organizations. In April 1908, a group of enthusiasts organized an "aeronautical corps" at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City to learn ballooning. They were members of the 1st Company, Signal Corps, New York National Guard. Although they received instruction and assembled a balloon, it was not clear whether members of the unit had ever actually ascended in it. In 1910 the unit raised $500 to finance its first aircraft. When the U.S. entered World War I in April 1917, the War Department decided that it would not mobilize National Guard air units. Instead, individual Guard volunteers provided a major pool for the Army to draw aviators from. They were required to leave the Guard and enter the Signal Corps Reserve if they wished to fly in the war. About 100 National Guard pilots joined the newly formed U.S. Army Air Service. Guardsmen also played prominent roles in air operations in France. With the reinforcement of the Far East Air Forces (FEAF), Air National Guard squadrons were deployed to Europe in late 1950, being assigned to newly constructed bases in France as part of United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE). These deployments helped reinforce the NATO commitment of the United States in case the combat in Korea became part of a wider conflict with the Soviet Union. Beginning in February 1951, mobilized units were assigned to Air Defense Command (ADC), Strategic Air Command (SAC) and Tactical Air Command (TAC), replacing or augmenting active duty units. The Air Division chief at the National Guard Bureau wanted to find an innovative way to provide additional training for fighter pilots after their units were demobilized. At the same time, Air Defense Command could not call upon sufficient active duty Air Force units to defend the continental United States against the Soviet air threat. It was proposed to employ ANG pilots full-time from "strategically placed" Air National Guard units to perform "air intercept missions" against unidentified aircraft entering United States airspace. In addition they would "provide simulated fighter attacks against the Strategic Air Command's nuclear-capable bombers." With the end of World War II, the Air Force dropped "Air Commando" or special operations units from its rolls, although they were revived for the Korean War. After that conflict, in April 1955, the Air National Guard acquired its first special operations unit when the 129th Air Resupply Squadron was federally recognized and two C-46 Commandos were delivered to it at Hayward, California. It was allocated to the Air Resupply And Communications Service (ARCS), a predecessor organization of today's Air Force Special Operations Command President John F. Kennedy mobilized a limited number of Reserve and Guard units, dispatching 11 ANG fighter squadrons to Europe. All the Guard units were in place within a month of their respective mobilization days, although they required additional training, equipment, and personnel after being called up. In all, some 21,000 air guardsmen were mobilized during the 1961 Berlin Crisis. Total Force Concept As part of the re-thinking of military concepts after the Vietnam War, beginning in the early 1970s with the establishment of the All-Volunteer Armed Forces, both the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve force planning and policymaking were influenced by the "Total Force" Concept and have remained so to this day. The concept sought to strengthen and rebuild public confidence in the reserve forces while saving money by reducing the size of the active duty force. In practical terms, the Total Force policy sought to ensure that all policymaking, planning, programming, and budgetary activities within the Defense Department considered active and reserve forces concurrently and determined the most efficient mix of those forces in terms of costs versus contributions to national security. The policy also insured that reservists and guardsmen, not draftees, would be the first and primary source of manpower to augment the active duty forces in any future crisis. McDonnell F-4C-23-MC Phantom II, AF Ser. No. 64-0749, of the Missouri ANG at Lambert Field ANGB, St Louis, MO, 1980 , UK. These aircraft were deployed to the United Kingdom from 21 August to 12 September 1979 for NATO Exercise CORONET STALLION. With the active forces being reduced after the end of the Vietnam War, a significant number of older C-130A Hercules tactical airlifters became available for the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve, which allowed the Korean War-era C-119 Flying Boxcars and C-124 Globemasters to be retired. However, the Total Force Concept led to pressure to upgrade the reserve forces to front-line aircraft and beginning in 1974, new Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV) A-7D Corsair II ground attack aircraft began to be sent to Air National Guard units directly from the LTV manufacturing plant in Dallas. As A-10 Thunderbolt IIs began to replace the A-7Ds in the Regular Air Force in the mid and late 1970s, additional A-7D aircraft were transferred to the ANG. F-4 Phantom IIs began to be received by the ANG in the late 1970s with the F-15A Eagle and F-16A Fighting Falcons coming into the active inventory and ANG's F-100 Super Sabres being retired. F-16 pilot from the 174th Tactical Fighter Wing, 138th Tactical Fighter Squadron, preparing to take-off on a combat mission from a Saudi Arabian base during Operation Desert Storm, 1991 Altogether, 12,456 air national guardsmen participated in Air Force operations during the Persian Gulf crisis/first Gulf War. When called upon, air national guardsmen were immediately prepared to perform their missions alongside their active Air Force counterparts. They did not need additional training or new equipment to do their jobs. They were integrated into most of the Air Force's operational missions, flying strategic airlift and aerial refueling sorties, and manning aerial ports. Air national guardsmen also flew fighter, attack, aerial reconnaissance, special operations, and tactical theater airlift missions. , 174th Tactical Fighter Wing, New York Air National Guard Aided by the newer aircraft from the shrinking Air Force inventory, the Air National Guard modernized and reshaped its fleet after the Cold War. The size and composition of the ANG's aircraft inventory changed significantly after 1991. From 1991 to 2001 the ANG experienced an enormous growth in large aircraft including C-130H Hercules tactical airlifters, upgraded KC-135E and KC-135R Stratotankers, and Rockwell B-1B Lancer strategic bombers at the expense of smaller fighter planes. One of the most critical modernization challenges facing the ANG involved its extensive fleet of older model F-16As and F-16Bs. As its goal, the ANG sought to acquire F-16C Block 25/30/32 aircraft, enabling ANG fighter units to have around-the-clock, all-weather, precision strike capabilities against surface targets. The first F-16As and F-16Bs to be retired from service entered storage with AMARC at Davis-Monthan AFB during 1993, with three aircraft from the 138th Fighter Squadron of the New York Air National Guard, followed by 17 examples from the 160th Fighter Squadron of the Alabama Air National Guard, which were updated with F-16Cs and F-16Ds from the shrinking active duty force. In July 1992, crews and C-130s from West Virginia's 167th Airlift Group inaugurated ANG involvement in Operation Provide Promise by flying food and relief supplies from Rhein-Main AB, Germany to Sarajevo, Bosnia's capital, which had a population of 380,000. That operation expanded significantly the following February to include airdrops of food and medicine to Muslim enclaves in eastern Bosnia blockaded by Bosnian Serbs. Altogether, personnel and C-130s from 12 ANG units participated in Provide Promise. During the operation, Air Force, ANG, and Air Force Reserve transports flew 4,533 sorties and delivered 62,802 metric tons of cargo. They performed airlift, airdrop, and medical evacuation missions. The Americans made a major contribution to the overall allied effort, which involved airmen from 21 nations. The humanitarian airlift operation accounted for about 95 percent of the aid delivered during the -year siege of Sarajevo. Global war on terrorism 11 September 2001 , Massachusetts Air National Guard, flies a combat air patrol over New York City as part of Operation Noble Eagle. F-15s from the 102nd were the first to arrive on scene over the World Trade Center following the September 11 terrorist attacks. , North Dakota Air National Guard, flying a combat air patrol over Washington, DC, and the Pentagon in Operation Noble Eagle, November 2001 Defining events for the Air National Guard (ANG) as well as for the United States occurred with the al Qaeda attacks of 11 September 2001 on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. The only air defense fighter units stationed within the entire northeastern United States belonged to the Air National Guard. At 8:38 am, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in Boston, Massachusetts, reported a possible hijacking and called the Otis Air National Guard Base control tower on Cape Cod, home to the Massachusetts ANG's 102nd Fighter Wing, to request military assistance. At that time, Major Dan Nash and Lieutenant Colonel Tim Duffy had air defense alert duty for the 102nd. At 8:40 am Colonel Bob Marr, a Massachusetts air national guardsman serving as NORAD's Northeast Air Defense Sector commander, learned from the FAA that American Airlines Flight 11 might have been hijacked. The two pilots immediately suited up and headed for their F-15s. Marr ordered Nash and Duffy into the air; their F-15s were airborne within six minutes and as directed, headed for New York City, 153 miles away. Unknown to the pilots, American Airlines Flight 11 had crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City just as Colonel Marr was delivering his order. Meanwhile, at 8:43 am, the FAA reported another possible hijacking to the Northeast Air Defense Sector. That was Boston to Los Angeles United Airlines Flight 175. At 9:02 am, with the F-15s still 71 miles away, that plane crashed into the World Trade Center's South Tower. Operation Noble Eagle As a result of the September 11 attacks in 2001, homeland defense became the top national defense priority. The enhanced defense of North America and military support to civilian government agencies, known as Operation Noble Eagle, began early the next day. During the first 24 hours of the crisis, 34 Air National Guard fighter units flew 179 missions. Eighteen tanker units generated 78 aircraft in the same time period. Through 28 September, for example, the Alabama Air National Guard's 117th Air Refueling Wing kept aircraft aloft on a continuous basis. Air National Guard units also contributed 111 C-130 aircraft for movement of personnel and equipment to needed locations, and more than 3,000 ANG security forces personnel supported the mission, augmenting civilian security police as necessary. A week after the attacks, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld announced the call up of over more than 5,000 members of the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve to support the nation's increased security requirements. On 22 September, President George W. Bush mobilized about 5,100 more members of the air reserve components, including approximately 3,000 air refueling and about 130 security specialists. The ANG was involved even before the fighting in Afghanistan began. With the war imminent, the Air Force quickly established an airlift operations plan that included active duty, Guard, and Reserve components. It became one of the most extensive operations in Air Force history. Furthermore, the Air Force met the logistical needs of that operation despite the severe shortage of strategic airlift and troublesome maintenance needs of the older planes. In addition to flying units, such as fighter, air refueling, airlift, special operations and rescue, the ANG also provided a robust force of over 3,530 additional personnel for the expeditionary combat support functions and many Air National Guard senior officers held command positions during the war. Siege of the Haditha Dam , 187th Fighter Wing, Alabama Air National Guard, assigned to the 410th Air Expeditionary Wing at a forward deployed location work on guided munitions on the pylon of one of their F-16C Fighting Falcons. The Falcon has an AIM-120A Advanced Medium Air-to-Air Missile fixed to the wing tip. The 410th Air Expeditionary Wing prepares the aircraft for take off for sorties on A-Day, the commencement of the air war for Operation Iraqi Freedom, 19 March 2003. As operations began, Army Rangers embarked on a mission to protect the Haditha Dam from being destroyed by Iraqi forces. The Rangers expected the operation to last approximately 24 hours. Instead it took them more than 12 days. The dam is a critical source of water and electrical in western Iraq. If the Iraqis succeeded in blowing up the dam, the releasing waters would flood the down-river areas, causing a humanitarian and environmental disaster. The Air National Guard's main tool for fighting forest fires is the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS), which has undergone several updates since its first use in September 1971 by the California Air National Guard's then-146th Tactical Airlift Wing and the North Carolina Air National Guard's then 145th Tactical Airlift Group. Housed in C-130s, MAFFS could disperse up to 27,000 pounds ... almost 3,000 gallons ... of commercial fire retardants or an equivalent amount of water. Newer aircraft like the C-130J carry the MAFFS II, which carry even more fire retardant, can disperse it more rapidly over a wider area, and is easier to recharge after a mission than its predecessor. By the time Katrina made landfall, the Air National Guard had mobilized 840 personnel in Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas. Although the Air National Guard had a domestic mission to support local authorities in rescue and relief operations following a natural disaster, its utilization for such missions had been limited primarily to a select group of career fields such as civil engineers, medical personnel, and services. In response to Hurricane Katrina, ANG units in all 54 states and territories responded to the recovery efforts in the Gulf States, with the Mississippi Air National Guard's Jackson Air National Guard Base serving as a hub and operating location for numerous active duty, Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve, Naval Reserve and Army National Guard aircraft. The ANG flew 73 percent of the airlift for the relief operations including its brand new C-130J and C-17 Globemaster III aircraft. In addition, ANG Combat Search and Rescue pararescuemen and Combat Controllers saved over 1,300 victims. ANG personnel arrived on the Gulf Coast on 29 August, a few hours after the storm's arrival. Personnel from the Florida Air National Guard's 202nd RED HORSE Squadron of the 125th Fighter Wing were some of the first to enter the area. Seventy-three engineers from this unit worked in hard-hit Hancock County, Mississippi. Initially establishing a basecamp for other emergency personnel, the unit began repairs in Hancock County communities working nearly around-the-clock on multiple construction projects to restore power, clean and repair schools, and refurbish electrical supplies. As a Florida unit, the 202nd had worked many other hurricanes. However, Katrina's devastation surpassed anything in their previous experience. The New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing operates ski-equipped LC-130 Hercules transports that fly into arctic regions. In 2006, two LC-130s closed the 2006 Operation Deep Freeze located at McMurdo Station near the South Pole. The mission ended because the temperature dropped to almost minus in three days. Since 1988, the squadron had provided the air supply bridge to McMurdo, landing with wheels on an ice runway near the station. However, as it got colder, the ski-equipped LC-130s landed on a snow-covered skiway on the Ross Ice Shelf a few miles from the station. In the spring and summer, the 109th heads toward the North Pole where it supports the National Science Foundation and several other nations in Greenland and above the Arctic Circle. Leak of classified information In April 2023, Jack Teixeira, a 21-year-old member of the intelligence wing of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, was arrested for unauthorized removal and transmission of classified US intelligence related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The leaked documents, which first appeared in an online group linked to Teixeira, strained relations with American allies and exposed weaknesses in the Ukrainian military. The arrest was conducted by the FBI at Teixeira's residence in North Dighton, Massachusetts. On December 11, 2023, the United States Air Force disciplined 15 other individuals connected to the investigation of airman Jack Teixera. ==Organization==

Leadership This is a list of the senior leaders or Generals of the Air National Guard. The title has changed over time: The Assistant Chief, National Guard Bureau for Air; Chief, Air Force Division, National Guard Bureau; Director Air National Guard. Title 32 and Title 10 structure Established under Title 10 and Title 32 of the U.S. Code, the Air National Guard is part of the state National Guard and is divided up into units stationed in each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia (D.C.), the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the two U.S. Territories. The current distribution of ANG units and their associated authorized manpower slots is based on the respective state, district, commonwealth, or territorial population. However, this distribution of units, personnel, aircraft and resources is predicated on what those populations were in calendar year 1958 and has not been updated since. This has resulted in states with high population growth in the ensuing decades such as Florida having fewer ANG personnel relative to state population and fewer wings with unit-assigned aircraft than states such as Alabama, Pennsylvania, or West Virginia. Despite initial post-Cold War actions in the 1990s by previous USAF leaders to maintain force structure in the Air Reserve Component (ARC), i.e., the Air National Guard and the Air Force Reserve, subsequent budgetary constraints in the 21st century have led to some ANG units losing their manned aircraft missions for unmanned/remotely piloted aircraft missions, or totally losing a flying mission and converting to a variety of non-flying missions. ANG units typically operate under Title 32 USC. When operating under Title 10 USC all ANG units are operationally gained by an active-duty major command of the Air Force or the U.S. Space Force. ANG units of the Combat Air Forces (CAF) based in the Continental United States (CONUS), plus a single air control squadron of the Puerto Rico ANG, are gained by the Air Combat Command (ACC). CONUS-based ANG units in the Mobility Air Forces (MAF), plus the Puerto Rico ANG's airlift wing and the Virgin Islands ANG's civil engineering squadron are gained by the Air Mobility Command (AMC) The exception to this rule is the District of Columbia Air National Guard (DC ANG). As a federal district, the units of the DC ANG are under the direct jurisdiction of the President of the United States through the office of the Commanding General, District of Columbia National Guard. In the "state" role, the Air National Guard may be "called up" for active duty by the governors to help respond to domestic emergencies and disasters, such as those caused by hurricanes, floods, fires, and earthquakes. In the case of the D.C. Air National Guard, the Adjutant General of the District of Columbia reports to the Mayor of the District of Columbia, who may only activate DC Air Guard and Army Guard assets for limited activation after consultation and approval of the President of the United States. With the consent of the state governor, members or units of the Air National Guard may be appointed, temporarily or indefinitely, to be federally recognized members of the armed forces, in the active or inactive (e.g., reserve) service of the United States. If federally recognized, the member or unit becomes part of the Air National Guard of the United States, which is one of two reserve components of the U.S. Air Force, U.S. ANG units or members may be called up for federal active duty in times of Congressionally sanctioned war or national emergency. Many ANG pilots work for commercial airlines, but in the ANG they may train to fly any of the aircraft in the USAF inventory, with the current exception of the Rockwell B-1B Lancer and B-52 Stratofortress bombers, E-3 Sentry AWACS aircraft, and the AC-130 Gunship. The Georgia Air National Guard and the Kansas Air National Guard previously flew the Rockwell B-1B Lancer prior to converting to the E-8 Joint STARS and KC-135R Stratotanker, respectively. In addition, the 131st Fighter Wing of the Missouri Air National Guard transitioned from flying the F-15C/D Eagle at St. Louis International Airport/Lambert Field Air National Guard Station to the B-2 Spirit at Whiteman Air Force Base as an "Associate" unit of the Regular Air Force's 509th Bomb Wing and was re-designated as the 131st Bomb Wing. In 2012, General Norton A. Schwartz, the then-Chief of Staff of the Air Force, defended cutting nearly twice as many service members from the Air National Guard and the AFRC as from the active duty Regular Air Force in order to maintain the service's surge and rotational capabilities in the Active Component. These proposals were eventually overruled and cancelled by the U.S. Congress. Air National Guard operations are arranged according to U.S. state structure, so that each of the fifty states and Washington, D.C. host at least one wing. Guam, Puerto Rico and The US Virgin Islands each support a wing or support squadron. Some larger states such as California, Ohio, New York, and Texas host as many as five wings as well as smaller geographically separated units (GSUs). Air National Guard wings are either assigned aircraft or, in some cases, operate as "non-flying" wings. Examples of non-flying wings include regional support wings and intelligence wings. For the most part, the ANG "own" their own equipment, but in some cases, aircraft and mission support operations are shared with active-duty Air Force or the Air Force Reserve. ANG stations may be located on or next to active-duty Air Force bases, Air Reserve bases, civilian airports, Naval Air stations, Army installations, or stand-alone Air National Guard stations. The majority of ANG wings fall under either ACC or AMC MAJCOMS. Some exceptions include the Alaska, Hawaii, and Guam wings, whose CAF and MAF units are operationally gained by Pacific Air Forces, and wings associated with U.S. Space Force, Air Education and Training Command, Air Force Global Strike Command, and Air Force Special Operations Command, and U.S. Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa. In September 2019, the U.S. Air National Guard had about 107,100 men and women in service. Like the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC), most ANG members serve part-time at least one weekend a month and an additional two weeks a year (e.g., 38 days). The demands of maintaining aircraft mean that some AFRC and ANG members work full-time, either as full-time Air Reserve Technicians (ART) or Active Guard and Reserve (AGR) personnel. Even traditional part-time air guardsmen, especially pilots, navigators/combat systems officers, air battle managers and enlisted aircrew, often serve 100 or more man-days annually. The Air National Guard and the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) comprise the "Air Reserve Component" of the U.S. Air Force under the "Total Force" construct. Squadrons Flying Squadrons ==Chain of command==

As state militia units, the units in the Air National Guard are not in the normal U.S. Air Force chain of command. They are under the jurisdiction of the United States National Guard Bureau unless they are federalized by order of the President of the United States. The Air National Guard Readiness Center, a field operating center of the U.S. Air Force at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, performs operational and technical functions to ensure combat readiness of ANG units and is a channel of communication between the Air Force and the National Guard Bureau regarding readiness and operations. ==Personnel and culture==

ANG enlisted members complete Basic Military Training at Joint Base San Antonio. Air National Guard personnel are expected to adhere to the same moral and physical standards as their "full-time" active duty Air Force and "part-time" Air Force Reserve federal counterparts. Awards and decorations All Air National Guardsmen are eligible to receive all U.S. military awards. The ANG also bestows a number of state awards for local services rendered in a service member's home state or equivalent. Unit awards Campaign, expeditionary, and service awards ==Air National Guard units (headquarters, wing and group level)==

National • Air National Guard Readiness Center, Joint Base Andrews, Maryland • Air National Guard Air Force Reserve Command Test Center, Tucson ANGB, Arizona • Air National Guard Weather Readiness Training Center, Camp Blanding, Florida • I.G. Brown Air National Guard Training and Education Center, McGhee Tyson ANGB, Knoxville, Tennessee States • Alabama Air National Guard : 117th Air Refueling Wing, Birmingham ANGB : 187th Fighter Wing, Montgomery ANGB/Dannelly Field : 226th Combat Communications Group, Abston ANGS, Montgomery • Alaska Air National Guard : 168th Air Refueling Wing, Eielson AFB : 176th Wing, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (aka Elmendorf AFB) :: 176th Wing Rescue Alert Detachment, Eielson AFB • Arizona Air National Guard : 161st Air Refueling Wing, Barry M. Goldwater ANGB : 162nd Fighter Wing, Tucson ANGB :: 162nd Fighter Wing Aerospace Control Alert Detachment, Davis-Monthan AFB : 214th Attack Group, Davis-Monthan AFB • Arkansas Air National Guard : 188th Wing, Ebbing ANGB : 189th Airlift Wing, Little Rock AFB • California Air National Guard : 129th Rescue Wing, Moffett Federal Airfield (former NAS Moffett Field) : 144th Fighter Wing, Fresno Air National Guard Base :: 144th Fighter Wing Alert Detachment, March ARB (former March AFB) : 146th Airlift Wing, NAS Point Mugu/Channel Islands ANGS : 162nd Combat Communications Group, North Highlands ANGS : 163rd Attack Wing, March ARB : 195th Wing, Beale AFB : Band of the Southwest, 562nd Air Force Band, NAS Point Mugu/Channel Islands ANGS : Band of the West Coast, 561st Air Force Band, Moffett Federal Airfield • Colorado Air National Guard : 140th Wing, Buckley Space Force Base : 233rd Space Group, Greeley Air National Guard Station, Greeley • Connecticut Air National Guard : 103rd Airlift Wing, Bradley ANGB • Delaware Air National Guard : 166th Airlift Wing, New Castle ANGB • Florida Air National Guard :Headquarters, St. Francis Barracks, St. Augustine : 125th Fighter Wing, Jacksonville ANGB :: 125th Fighter Wing, Detachment 1, Homestead ARB (former Homestead AFB) : Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, Starke • Georgia Air National Guard : 116th Air Control Wing, Robins AFB : 165th Airlift Wing, Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport : Georgia ANG Combat Readiness Training Center, Savannah/Hilton Head IAP : Air Force Band of the South, 530th Air Force Band, Dobbins ARB (former Dobbins AFB) • Hawaii Air National Guard : 154th Wing, Hickam AFB • Idaho Air National Guard : 124th Fighter Wing, Gowen Field ANGB • Illinois Air National Guard : 126th Air Refueling Wing, Scott AFB : 182nd Airlift Wing, Peoria ANGB : 183rd Fighter Wing, Capital Airport ANGS : Air Force Band of the Midwest, 566th Air Force Band, Peoria ANGB • Indiana Air National Guard : 122nd Fighter Wing, Fort Wayne ANGS : 181st Intelligence Wing, Terre Haute ANGB • Iowa Air National Guard : 132nd Fighter Wing, Des Moines ANGB : 185th Air Refueling Wing, Sioux City ANGB • Kansas Air National Guard : 184th Intelligence Wing, McConnell AFB : 190th Air Refueling Wing, Forbes Field ANGB (former Forbes AFB) • Kentucky Air National Guard : 123rd Airlift Wing, Louisville ANGB/Standiford Field • Louisiana Air National Guard : 159th Fighter Wing, NAS JRB New Orleans • Maine Air National Guard : 101st Air Refueling Wing, Bangor ANGB (former Dow AFB) • Maryland Air National Guard : 175th Wing, Martin State Airport/Warfield ANGB • Massachusetts Air National Guard : 102nd Intelligence Wing, Otis ANGB (former Otis AFB) : 104th Fighter Wing, Barnes ANGB : 253rd Cyberspace Engineering Installation Group, Otis ANGB : Air Force Band of Northeast, 567th Air Force Band, Milford • Michigan Air National Guard : 127th Wing, Selfridge ANGB (former Selfridge AFB) : 110th Attack Wing, Battle Creek ANGB : Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Alpena • Minnesota Air National Guard : 133rd Airlift Wing, Minneapolis-St. Paul ARS : 148th Fighter Wing, Duluth ANGB • Mississippi Air National Guard : 172nd Airlift Wing, Jackson ANGB : 186th Air Refueling Wing, Key Field ANGB : Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center, Gulfport–Biloxi International Airport • Missouri Air National Guard : 131st Bomb Wing, Whiteman Air Force Base : 139th Airlift Wing, Rosecrans ANGB : Air Force Band of the Central States, 571st Air Force Band, Bridgeton • Montana Air National Guard : 120th Airlift Wing, Great Falls ANGB • Nebraska Air National Guard : 155th Air Refueling Wing, Lincoln ANGB (former Lincoln AFB) • Nevada Air National Guard : 152nd Airlift Wing, Reno ANGB • New Hampshire Air National Guard : 157th Air Refueling Wing, Pease ANGB (former Pease AFB) • New Jersey Air National Guard : 108th Air Refueling Wing, McGuire AFB : 177th Fighter Wing, Atlantic City ANGB • New Mexico Air National Guard : 150th Special Operations Wing, Kirtland AFB • New York Air National Guard : 105th Airlift Wing, Stewart ANGB (former Stewart AFB) : 106th Rescue Wing, Francis S. Gabreski ANGB (former Suffolk County AFB) : 107th Attack Wing, Niagara Falls ARS : 109th Airlift Wing, Stratton ANGB : 174th Attack Wing, Syracuse/Hancock Field ANGB : Eastern Air Defense Sector, Rome • North Carolina Air National Guard : 145th Airlift Wing, Charlotte ANGB • North Dakota Air National Guard : 119th Wing, Fargo ANGB • Ohio Air National Guard : 121st Air Refueling Wing, Rickenbacker ANGB (former Rickenbacker AFB) : 178th Wing, Springfield ANGB : 179th Airlift Wing, Mansfield Lahm ANGB : 180th Fighter Wing, Toledo ANGB : 251st Cyberspace Engineering Installation Group, Springfield ANGB : Camp Perry Joint Military Training Center, Port Clinton : Band of the Great Lakes, 555th Air Force Band, Swanton : Headquarters, Ohio Air National Guard, Columbus • Oklahoma Air National Guard : 137th Air Refueling Wing, Tinker AFB : 138th Fighter Wing, Tulsa ANGB :: 138th Fighter Wing, Detachment 1 (Alert Det), Ellington Field JRB, Texas • Oregon Air National Guard : 142nd Fighter Wing, Portland ANGB : 173rd Fighter Wing, Kingsley Field ANGB • Pennsylvania Air National Guard : 111th Attack Wing, Biddle ANGB : 171st Air Refueling Wing, Pittsburgh IAP ARS : 193rd Special Operations Wing, Harrisburg ANGB (former Olmstead AFB) : Air Force Band of the Mid-Atlantic, 553rd Air Force Band, Annville • Rhode Island Air National Guard : 143rd Airlift Wing, Quonset Point ANGS (former NAS Quonset Point) • South Carolina Air National Guard : 169th Fighter Wing, McEntire ANGB • South Dakota Air National Guard : 114th Fighter Wing, Joe Foss Field ANGS • Tennessee Air National Guard : 118th Wing, Berry Field ANGB : 134th Air Refueling Wing, McGhee Tyson ANGB (former McGhee Tyson AFB : 164th Airlift Wing, Memphis ANGB : Air Force Band of the Smoky Mountains, 572nd Air Force Band, McGhee Tyson ANGB • Texas Air National Guard : 136th Airlift Wing, NAS JRB Fort Worth (former Carswell AFB) : 147th Attack Wing, Ellington Field JRB (former Ellington AFB) : 149th Fighter Wing, Lackland AFB/Kelly Field Annex (former Kelly AFB) : 254th Combat Communications Group, Grand Prairie AFRC : Band of the Southwest, 531st Air Force Band, NAS JRB Fort Worth : Headquarters, Texas Air National Guard, Camp Mabry, Austin • Utah Air National Guard : 151st Air Refueling Wing, Roland R. Wright ANGB • Vermont Air National Guard : 158th Fighter Wing, Burlington ANGB (former Ethan Allen AFB) • Virginia Air National Guard : 192nd Fighter Wing, Langley AFB • Washington Air National Guard : 141st Air Refueling Wing, Fairchild AFB : 194th Regional Support Wing, Joint Base Lewis-McChord (aka McChord AFB) : Air Force Band of the Northwest, 560th Air Force Band, Fairchild AFB • West Virginia Air National Guard : 130th Airlift Wing, Charleston ANGB : 167th Airlift Wing, Shepherd Field ANGB • Wisconsin Air National Guard : 115th Fighter Wing, Truax Field ANGB : 128th Air Refueling Wing, General Mitchell ANGB : Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center, Volk Field ANGB • Wyoming Air National Guard : 153rd Airlift Wing, Cheyenne ANGB : Camp Guernsey Joint Training Center, Guernsey Federal District and Territories • District of Columbia Air National Guard : 113th Wing, Joint Base Andrews (aka Andrews AFB), Maryland • Guam Air National Guard : 254th Air Base Group, Andersen AFB, Joint Region Marianas • Puerto Rico Air National Guard : 156th Wing, Muniz ANGB : 141st Air Control Squadron, Rafael Hernández Airport (former Ramey AFB) • Virgin Islands Air National Guard : 285th Civil Engineering Squadron, St. Croix ANGS ==Notable air national guardsman ==

served in the Air National Guard from 1968-1974. • 43rd president & 1st LT George W. Bush served in the National Guard in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and he was the first Air National Guard member to attain the presidency.) • General Dan Caine, 22nd Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff • Major general Barry Goldwater, United States senator • Col Lindsey Graham, United States senator • Col Zach Nunn, United States representative from Iowa • Lt Col Adam Kinzinger, former United States representative from Illinois • Captain Ron Paul, former United States representative of Texas ==See also==