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An F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the Ohio National Guard’s 180th Fighter Wing flies overhead Aug. 9 during Northern Lightning, an exercise providing realistic combat training for and emphasizing joint asset integration, held annually at Volk Field, Wis. Training between fourth and fifth generation aircraft is critical to ensure the Air Force is able to meet near-peer war fighting needs now and in the future. U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Josh Kaeser

Sept. 3, 2024

2024 Northern Lightning exercise concludes at Volk Field

Northern Lightning offers complex, advanced training to prepare force for near-peer adversaries.

Command Sgt. Maj. John T. Raines, right, the command sergeant major of the Army National Guard, shakes hands with Spc. Tevin Kenton, an infantryman representing the Wisconsin Army National Guard, Aug. 8 at the closing ceremony of the 2024 Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition, Burlington, Vt. The Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition is a five-day event composed of 14 competitors representing the regional winners; the competition tests Soldiers’ physical and mental prowess with a series of events with the overall winners receiving either Soldier of the Year or Non-commissioned Officer of the Year recognition. U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Lianne M. Hirano

Aug. 15, 2024

Badger state represented at national Best Warrior Competition

ARMY MOUNTAIN WARFARE SCHOOL, Vt. — The Wisconsin Army National Guard’s Spc. Tevin Kenton competes against the best in the Army National Guard for the Best Warrior title.

U.S. Air Force Col. Charles C. Merkel, 128th Air Refueling Wing commander, discusses pallet training with 128th ARW leadership at Volk Field Air National Guard base, Camp Douglas, Wisconsin, July 17, 2024.

Aug. 14, 2024

128th Air Refueling Wing Agile Combat Employment Exercise in Volk Field

Milwaukee, WI — As part of the agile combat employment exercise, 128th Air Refueling Wing Airmen performed training exercises to improve and learn different parts of their job functions to become multi-capable, interoperable, and efficient Airmen during deployment and wartime situations as part of the ACE concept, Volk Field Air National Guard base, Camp Douglas, WI, July 14-19, 2024.

Incoming state command sergeant major Command Sgt. Maj. Duane Weyer returns an Army saber, representing a noncommissioned officer’s responsibility, to the sword bearer during a formal change of responsibility ceremony Aug. 10 at Joint Force Headquarters in Madison, Wis. Weyer follows Command Sgt. Maj. Curtis Patrouille as state command sergeant major for the Wisconsin Army National Guard. Combined, Patrouille and Weyer have more than seven decades of military service between them. Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs photo by Vaughn R. Larson

Aug. 13, 2024

Wisconsin Army Guard installs 10th state command sergeant major

New senior enlisted advisor takes the reins for the Wisconsin Army National Guard.

Youth from the EAA Air Camp learn how to use the mobile boom simulator at the Wisconsin Air National Guard’s 128th Air Refueling Wing in Milwaukee June 25. These future aviators toured the wing’s KC-135 Stratotankers, saw jet engines up close and tried their hand on the boom simulator. 128th Air Refueling Wing photo by Master Sgt. Kellen Kroening

July 19, 2024

128th Air Refueling Wing showcases new mobile boom simulator and Wisconsin Air National Guard readiness at 2024 EAA AirVenture

OSHKOSH, Wis. — The Wisconsin Air National Guard’s 128th Air Refueling Wing will debut a state-of-the-art simulator at this year’s EAA AirVenture

Sgt. Zachary Hintze, a crew chief assigned to a Wisconsin Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk crew from West Bend, Wis., hoists Sgt. 1st Class Eric Furbee, a critical care flight paramedic, back into the aircraft after a successful patient recovery during a search and rescue training exercise June 1 in Jackson County, Wis. The Black Hawk crew collaborated with Trail Ambassadors and the emergency management offices of Jackson County and the Ho-Chunk Nation. Photo courtesy Wisconsin Trail Ambassadors Program

July 15, 2024

High stakes: Wisconsin Guard helicopter crew conducts search and rescue training with local agencies

JACKSON COUNTY, Wis. — Wisconsin Army Guard Black Hawk crew part of multi-agency search and rescue training.

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