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  • Checkered Flag is a biannual joint force aerial exercise featuring over 60 fourth and fifth-generation fighter jets in large-force combat simulations to enhance joint domain combat airpower. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Andre Bordlee) Ready, Set, Fly! Checkered Flag 25-2
    Ready, Set, Fly! Checkered Flag 25-2

    A1C Andre Bordlee
  • The 187th Fighter Wing performed the first hot integrated combat turn with live munitions for the Weapon System Evaluation Program(WSEP). 187th Fighter Wing: F-35A Hot Integrated Combat Turn
    187th Fighter Wing: F-35A Hot Integrated Combat Turn

    A1C Andre Bordlee
  • The exercise allowed military personnel to connect unclassified, classified, and EVOIP services in a remote location. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Renee Crugnale) 226 CCG conducts annual Copperhead Beacon XCOMM Exercise
    226 CCG conducts annual Copperhead Beacon XCOMM Exercise

    Staff Sgt. Renee Crugnale
  • The 187th Fighter Wing participates in the annual NorthernLightning exercise, a large force readiness exercise at Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center, Wis. on Aug. 5-16, 2024. Alabama F-35s participate in Northern Lightning 2024
    Alabama F-35s participate in Northern Lightning 2024

    Capt. Michael Luangkhot
  • The first jet from Lockheed Martin with Technology Refresh 3 software arrives at the 187th Fighter Wing, home of the Red Tails. First TR-3 F-35 arrives in Alabama.
    First TR-3 F-35 arrives in Alabama.

    Capt. Michael Luangkhot
  • The 187th Fighter Wing participated in their first exercise with the newly acquired fifth-generation fighter aircraft. Red Tails participate in their first exercise with the F-35s
    Red Tails participate in their first exercise with the F-35s

    1st Lt Michael Luangkhot
  • The training ensures our maintainers and pilots remain prepared to effectively accomplish the mission regardless of the hour of operations. Night Flying at the 187th Fighter WIng
    Night Flying at the 187th Fighter WIng

    1st Lt Michael Luangkhot
  • The 187th Fighter Wing showcases F-35A Lightning II heritage tail flash The 187th Fighter Wing showcases F-35A Lightning II heritage tail flash
    The 187th Fighter Wing showcases F-35A Lightning II heritage tail flash

    1st Lt Michael Luangkhot
  • The Viper Sunset ceremony bids farewell to our F-16 has the 187th FW prepare to transition to the F-35 Lightning II. Farewell to over 35 years flying the Viper
    Farewell to over 35 years flying the Viper

    Sgt. Cody Muzio

Red tail news & feature stories

  • Checkered Flag is a biannual joint force aerial exercise featuring over 60 fourth and fifth-generation fighter jets in large-force combat simulations to enhance joint domain combat airpower. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Andre Bordlee)

    Ready, Set, Fly! Checkered Flag 25-2
  • The 187th Fighter Wing performed the first hot integrated combat turn with live munitions for the Weapon System Evaluation Program(WSEP).

    187th Fighter Wing: F-35A Hot Integrated Combat Turn
  • The exercise allowed military personnel to connect unclassified, classified, and EVOIP services in a remote location. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Renee Crugnale)

    226 CCG conducts annual Copperhead Beacon XCOMM Exercise
  • The 187th Fighter Wing participates in the annual NorthernLightning exercise, a large force readiness exercise at Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center, Wis. on Aug. 5-16, 2024.

    Alabama F-35s participate in Northern Lightning 2024
  • The first jet from Lockheed Martin with Technology Refresh 3 software arrives at the 187th Fighter Wing, home of the Red Tails.

    First TR-3 F-35 arrives in Alabama.

ANG News

  • U.S. Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Johnathan Day, 205th Engineering Installation Squadron cable technician, prepares to install a fiber optic cable in an underground utility access point on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, July 9, 2025. This installation is part of the Fiber Deep project; a strategic initiative designed to enhance base communications and bolster cyber defense capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Melody Bordeaux)

    JBPHH ‘Fiber Deep’ Project Enhances Cyber Capabilities
  • Brig. Gen. Leland D. Blanchard II, the Adjutant General (TAG) for the D.C. National Guard, recognizes members of the 113th Wing D.C. Air National Guard and members of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) during Cyber Shield 2025 at the Virginia National Guard's State Military Reservation in Virginia Beach, VA, on June 11, 2025.

    District of Columbia Guard, Jamaican Defence Force Partner at Cyber Exercise
  • A 305th Rescue Squadron HH-60W Jolly Green II helicopter receives fuel

    Total force team rescues pregnant woman 250 miles off Pacific coast
  • Idaho Army National Guard HH-60M Black Hawk helicopter crew conduct a rescue operation July 7, 2025, to assist an injured hiker and her companion near Decker Peak in Idaho. (Photo from video by Mike Freeman)

    Idaho Guard Conducts Two Rescues in Nine Days
  • The 188th Wing is playing a pivotal role in Resolute Force Pacific (REFORPAC) 25, the Pacific Air Force’s most comprehensive contingency response exercise, running from July 10 to August 8, 2025.

    Arkansas Air Guard Participates in REFORPAC 25 Exercise
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