Air National Guard

Air warfare component of the United States National Guard

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December 11 2023 The United States Air Force disciplined 15 other individuals connected to the investigation of airman Jack Teixeira's classified document leak.
April 2023 Jack Teixeira, a 21-year-old member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard intelligence wing, was arrested by the FBI at his residence in North Dighton, Massachusetts for unauthorized removal and transmission of classified US intelligence documents related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
2018 156th Airlift Squadron transitioned from C-130H to C-17A aircraft.
December 2015 136th Air Squadron's manned flying mission terminated due to USAF budget reductions imposed by sequestration.
2014 186th Airlift Squadron's fighter mission terminated due to USAF 2010 Force Structure Change, with F-15 aircraft reassigned to the California Air National Guard.
September 2014 127th Command and Control Squadron's non-flying mission terminated and squadron inactivated due to USAF budget reductions imposed by sequestration.
2013 172d Attack Squadron's manned flying mission terminated due to USAF budget reductions imposed by sequestration.
2012 General Norton A. Schwartz, the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, proposed cutting nearly twice as many service members from the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Command as from the active duty Regular Air Force. These proposals were eventually overruled and cancelled by the U.S. Congress.
2011 U.S. troops withdrew from Iraq, concluding the Air National Guard's sustained support of Air Expeditionary Force deployments throughout the 2000s.

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