Story by Capt. Andrew Layton | Michigan National Guard | 08.12.2022
ALPENA, Michigan – Less than six weeks after conducting the first highway-based A-10 Thunderbolt II Integrated Combat Turns (ICTs) in history, Airmen from the 127th Wing, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan, achieved another milestone for the Air Force’s Agile Combat Employment doctrine Aug. 8-12, alongside joint and ally partners from the Royal Canadian Air Force, the Michigan......
Story by Bruce Huffman | 127th Wing | 07.05.2022
SELFRIDGE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, MICHIGAN— During exercise “Northern Agility 22-1” in Northern Michigan June 27-29, 127th Wing A-Staff planners developed numerous military responses to an imaginary attack, on an imaginary island, countering with not-so-imaginary weaponry, tactics and innovative technologies developed to support long range combat missions....
Story by Capt. Andrew Layton | Michigan National Guard | 06.29.2022
ALGER COUNTY, Michigan – On June 29, Air National Guard A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft, Air Force Special Operations Command MC-12W, C-145A and U-28A aircraft, along with a C-146A aircraft from the Air Force Reserves, made history by conducting landing, taking off, and performing Integrated Combat Turns (ICTs) on a closed 9,000-foot section of Michigan highway M-28. The temporary landing zone......
Story by Capt. Andrew Layton | Michigan National Guard | 06.28.2022
MARQUETTE, Michigan -- U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotankers from the 127th Wing, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan, arrived Monday at Sawyer International Airport in Marquette, Michigan to kick off Northern Agility 22-1, a joint, total-force Agile Combat Employment exercise led by the Michigan Air National Guard....
Story by Capt. Andrew Layton | Michigan National Guard | 06.21.2022
ALGER COUNTY, Michigan – From June 27-29, the Michigan Air National Guard will host exercise Northern Agility 22-1 at Sawyer International Airport, Hanley Field and a closed portion of M-28 in Alger County, Michigan. The exercise, held in partnership with Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), the Michigan Department of Transportation, the Michigan State Police and local agencies,......
Story by Capt. Andrew Layton | Michigan National Guard | 06.02.2022
ALGER COUNTY, Michigan – From June 27-29, the Michigan Air National Guard (ANG) will partner with Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), the Michigan Department of Transportation, and local agencies to host exercise “Northern Agility 22-1,” which prepares military aircrews for operations in austere environments under the Air Force’s Agile Combat Employment (ACE) doctrine.......
