Story by Kimberly Burke | Western Air Defense Sector | 01.26.2024
The Western Air Defense Sector celebrated the opening of its new Agile Operations Center on Jan. 26 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Maj. Gen. Bret Daugherty, the adjutant general for Washington; Liz Larter, deputy chief of staff and district director for Rep. Marilyn Strickland, and WADS leadership cut the ribbon on the $11.8 million project, which created a virtualized solution for the......
Story by Kimberly Burke | Western Air Defense Sector | 10.05.2023
The Western Air Defense Sector celebrated the opening of its new Mission Training Center during a ribbon-cutting ceremony, October 5, 2023, located on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington....
Story by Staff Sgt. Sean Campbell | 142nd Wing | 03.13.2023
The Oregon Air National Guard's 142nd Wing mobilized from September 2022 to January 2023 in support of the North American Aerospace Defense Command’s Operation Noble Eagle (ONE)....
Story by Maj. Angela Walz | 162nd Wing | 02.10.2023
The 162nd Wing welcomed national-level media and Continental U.S. North American Aerospace Defense (NORAD) representatives this week for a media day and flight to highlight air defense security efforts that will be in place over State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, during Super Bowl LVII on Feb. 12....
Story by Tech. Sgt. Chelsea Smith | 125th Fighter Wing | 02.01.2022
More than 100 airmen from the 125th Fighter Wing are deployed in support of Operation NOBLE EAGLE (ONE), an aerospace control and air defense mission to guard against potential adversaries in or around military installations, airports and other potential targets such as bridges, power plants, and port facilities. Since 2001, hundreds of Airmen from the 125th Fighter Wing have deployed in......
Story by Chad Menegay | Ohio National Guard Public Affairs | 11.27.2019
Ohio Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Ken Keller, an Avenger Air Defense System crewmember and squad leader with Battery A, 1st Battalion, 174th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, and Chelsea Keller, a social worker for The Bair Foundation Child & Family Ministries, have adopted all six of their children from foster care, enduring the challenges associated with raising such a family, including Ken......
Story by Staff Sgt. Thomas Swanson | 102nd Intelligence Wing | 04.27.2018
OTIS AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Mass. – Military aircraft that responded to the attacks over our homeland during the tragic events of September 11, 2001, are being honored at the The Killey Center for Homeland Operations at Tyndall Air Force Base in Panama City, Florida. The facility is headquarters for 1st Air Force (Air Forces Northern) and the Continental U. S. NORAD Region, one of the......
Story by Adam Holguin | Mobilization and Deployment, DPTMS Fort Bliss | 01.10.2015
The 1st Battalion, 174th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, deployed from Fort Bliss, Texas, en route to a mobilization to the national capital region in support of Operation Noble Eagle. The Ohio Army National Guard unit, based out of the Cincinnati area, departed from the Silas L. Copeland Arrival Departure Control Group Jan. 10....
