Better-equipped National Guard still eyes critical shortages
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WASHINGTON -- Equipment that's critical to both domestic and warfighting missions and aircraft that are essential to guarding the nation's air sovereignty remain areas of concern for the National Guard.
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Utah Air Guardsman rides along with AirMed
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SALT LAKE CITY -- The sun peeks over the horizon as Staff Sgt. Alan Reynolds prepares for his briefing inside the University of Utah hospital. It may be an early morning, but for the AirMed medics and aircrew that he is sitting with, it's just another day on the job.
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Arizona medics go "Beyond the Horizon" to help Jamaican people
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TUCSON, Ariz. -- They arrived before the crack of dawn, some camped nearby waiting to be the first in line when the doors opened, but they weren't waiting for concert tickets or a 'Black Friday' sale; they were waiting for much-needed health care.
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Construction at Army, Air readiness centers on track
ARLINGTON, Va -- Construction projects at the National Guard Bureau's two readiness centers will be completed by 2011 allowing the Guard's joint staff to move out of a leased high-rise here in Crystal City.
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Silicon Valley rescue C-130s go digital
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MOFFETT FEDERAL AIRFIELD, Calif. -- Nestled in the center of the world's technology epicenter is the 129th Rescue Wing of the California National Guard. Search and rescue is the wing's primary mission, which often involves low-tech but courageous life-saving actions.
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22 May 1912
Lt. Col. Charles B. Winder of Ohio became the first Guardsman to be awarded a Reserve Military Aviator's rating. He earned it by completing the Army's aviation school at Augusta, Georgia.
May 1918
Maj. Reuben Fleet, an Army officer and former Washington state Guardsman, organized the first U.S. air mail service. After World War I, he left the Army and founded the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation in Buffalo, New York. |
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