Ben Hilpert, the assistant chief of training with the Montana Air National Guard Base fire department, talks about the importance of being a Montana firefighter, Montana Air National Guard, April 2, 2026.
After more than 80 years, a Montana Soldier returned home.
Airmen from the 120th Airlift Wing conducted a solemn C-130H transport mission April 15, bringing the remains of U.S. Army Pvt. Harry David Bordner back to Montana, where he will be laid to rest in his hometown of Butte.
Bordner, a World War II Soldier and former prisoner of war who endured the Bataan Death March, was officially accounted for in 2025 by the Defense POW/MIA...
Montana legislators, civic leaders, and community partners gathered near Power, Montana, in Teton County, on April 6 to observe aerial delivery operations conducted by the Montana Air National Guard at the Vigilante Drop Zone.
Airmen from the 120th Airlift Wing executed a live airdrop from a C-130H aircraft, releasing cargo bundles that descended into the drop zone below.
Ground teams quickly moved to secure and recover the equipment,...
The Montana Army National Guard (MTARNG) recently completed a high-altitude Search and Rescue (SAR) mission to recover a missing 71-year-old hiker in the Stillwater Plateau region of the Beartooth Mountains.
A HH60M Blackhawk medical evacuation helicopter of the Montana Army National Guard’s 1-189th General Support Aviation Battalion rescued three hikers from the Princess Lake area of the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness on August 17, safely transporting them to receive medical attention.
