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The Defense Department’s newly established “quick reaction force” within the National Guard is being readied for civil unrest missions in U.S. cities.
One of Air Force Special Operation Command’s new OA-1K Skyraider II planes went down in Oklahoma City shortly after take off, prompting an investigation.
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Air Force squadrons are closing — reversing it demands investment
Opinion: The Air Force has passed the point where more cannot be done with less. The Trump administration and Congress need to sufficiently resource the Air Force.
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National Guard exceeds recruiting goals for fiscal year 2025
The National Guard has exceeded its fiscal 2025 recruiting goals with the Air National Guard and Army National Guard combining to recruit nearly 50,000 new enlistees, officials announced Sept. 23.
Pete Hegseth to set up National Guard ‘quick reaction forces’ to quell unrest across all 50 states - Rapid-response units to be trained up in use of batons and body shields to quell civil disturbances in U.
A new US Air Force report to Congress says 1,558 combat-ready jets are needed, requiring faster F-15EX and F-35A production and billions in new funding.
As Congress drafts the next National Defense Authorization Act, lawmakers are weighing how far to expand the National Guard’s authority in cyberspace and communications resilience.
The OA-1K Skyraider II is a light attack plane, a militarized variant of the Air Tractor AT-802, an aircraft long used for agricultural work.
National Guard units transferred their space missions to the Space Force on Oct. 1 despite the government shutdown.
A National Guard aircraft crashed in Oklahoma City during a training mission, causing power outages and a grass fire. No injuries were reported.
The city of Portland, Ore., said Wednesday that President Trump’s bid to send in the National Guard was spurred by a “manufactured crisis” as a trial over Trump’s efforts to deploy the military on U.S.