Story by Master Sgt. Ryan Campbell | 158th Fighter Wing | 10.01.2024
With four F-35A Lightning IIs flying through the Austrian mountains, the Vermont Air National Guard’s 158th Fighter Wing returned to Austria for a second year of training with the Austrian and Swiss air forces. Landing at the Fliegerhorst Hinterstoisser – the main air base of the Austrian Air Force in the Styrian town of Zeltweg – Maple Tiger gave the Vermonters and Austrians the......
Story by Sgt. Denis Nunez | Joint Force Headquarters - Vermont National Guard Public Affairs | 01.25.2024
In a significant demonstration of support for the strengthening relationship between the Vermont National Guard and Austria, Gen. Daniel Hokanson, Chief of the National Guard Bureau, joined Maj. Gen. Gregory Knight, The Adjutant General of the Vermont National Guard, and Brig. Gen. Tracy Poirier, Director of the Joint Staff, in key meetings with the Austrian Bundesheer leadership....
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Zach Sheely | National Guard Bureau | 01.24.2024
The National Guard’s top general met with Austrian Armed Forces leaders here last week and saw how the security cooperation agreement Austria and the Vermont Guard signed in 2022 under the Defense Department National Guard State Partnership Program is already expanding....
Courtesy Story | U.S. European Command | 11.30.2023
U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Steven Basham, U.S. European Command deputy commander, hosted Secretary General of the Austrian Ministry of Defense, Dr. Arnold Kammel, and members of Kammel’s staff at the command’s headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, on Nov. 30, 2023....
Story by Master Sgt. Ryan Campbell | 158th Fighter Wing | 08.11.2023
VIENNA, Austria (June 17, 2023) – The Vermont Air National Guard made history as they arrived in Austria to celebrate the one year anniversary of their State Partnership Program agreement, which saw U.S. F-35s land in Austria for the first time on June 16, 2023. The agreement is part of a Department of Defense program that pairs countries with a state National Guard, to train and exchange......
Courtesy Story | U.S. European Command | 08.10.2023
The governments of Austria and the United States announce the successful renewal of Austria-U.S. Communication and Information Security Memorandum of Agreement (CISMOA)....
Story by Marcus Tracy | Joint Force Headquarters - Vermont National Guard Public Affairs | 05.08.2023
Austrian Ambassador to the United States Petra Schneebauer hosted U.S. partners including U.S. Ambassador to Austria Victoria Kennedy, the Adjutant General of Vermont Maj. Gen. Gregory Knight and Vermont Secretary of Commerce Lindsay Kurrle during this year’s SelectUSA Investment Summit....
Story by 1st Lt. Nathan Rivard | Joint Force Headquarters - Vermont National Guard Public Affairs | 07.19.2022
On July 19, U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Gregory Knight, Vermont’s Adjutant General, U.S. Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, Chief of National Guard Bureau, Klaudia Tanner, Federal Minister of Defense of the Republic of Austria, and Lt. Gen. Erich Csitkovits, Training Director and Commandant, National Defence Academy, performed a signing ceremony in Vienna to recognize and formalize the relationship between......
