Air National Guard

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Coat of arms of the Air National Guard

The Air National Guard (ANG) is responsible for the airspace of the National Guard of the United States and together with the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) , the Reserve - armed force of the US Air Force (USAF) ; their headquarters are in Washington, DC

Organization and mandate

The ANG is subordinate to the governors of the individual US states , territories and the District of Columbia and can be called on for assistance in the event of natural disasters or civil unrest. At the same time, it has the state mandate to defend the entire US air and can be mobilized by the president in the event of a crisis . As long as the ANG units are not requested, they are assigned to various main commandos of the Air Force and partly take on the same tasks as the active duty Air Force soldiers. The ANG provides around half of the air transport and air refueling capacity of the Air Mobility Command .

Equipment and personnel

For air fleet consists of about 1,300 machines of all USAF aircraft types, except for the stealth aircraft B-2 and the MH-53 Pave Low helicopter, the B-1 - Bombers and the AC-130 gunship .

The members of the Air National Guard (ANG) are voluntary service payable militiamen . At the end of 2006, the ANG had around 106,000 soldiers plus 1,200 civilian employees .

history

The Air National Guard was formed on September 18, 1947, concurrent with the United States Air Force . In the 20th century it was mainly used for major natural disasters in the country. Mid-1970s began upgrading to a struggling part of the armed forces as so-called "total force" ( German  "full force" ). It has been used regularly abroad since the beginning of the 21st century. a. in the war in Afghanistan , where over 10,000 ANG men are on duty at the same time.

units

US states

Federal District and Territories

Web links

Commons : United States Air National Guard  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Air National Guard has become a frequent flyer in US war zones. In: businessinsider.de . November 6, 2017, accessed October 4, 2018 .
  2. ^ Arkansas Air National Guard. Arkansas ANG, accessed January 10, 2014 .
  3. ^ Delaware Air National Guard. Delaware ANG, accessed on January 10, 2014 (English, Sole Squadron of the Delaware ANG).
  4. ^ Florida Air National Guard. Florida ANG, accessed January 10, 2014 .
  5. ↑ Hawaii Air National Guard. Hawaii ANG, accessed January 11, 2014 .
  6. ^ Indiana Air National Guard. (No longer available online.) Indiana ANG, archived from the original on October 25, 2010 ; Retrieved January 11, 2014 (Indiana National Guard website).
  7. ^ Iowa Air National Guard. Iowa ANG, accessed January 11, 2014 .
  8. ^ Kansas Air National Guard. (No longer available online.) Kansas ANG, archived from the original March 4, 2016 ; accessed on January 11, 2014 .
  9. ^ Louisiana Air National Guard. Louisiana ANG, accessed January 11, 2014 .
  10. ↑ 101st ARW - Maine Air National Guard. Maine ANG, accessed January 11, 2014 (the 101st ARW is the only major unit of the Maine ANG).
  11. ↑ 175th Wing - Maryland Air National Guard. Maryland ANG, accessed January 11, 2014 (the 175th Wing is the Maryland ANG's only major unit).
  12. ↑ 175th Wing - Massachusetts Air National Guard. Massachusetts ANG, accessed January 11, 2014 (the 104th Fighter Wing is the only major unit of the Massachusetts ANG).
  13. ↑ Michigan Air National Guard. Michigan ANG, accessed January 11, 2014 .
  14. ^ Minnesota Air National Guard. (No longer available online.) Minnesota ANG, archived from the original on June 28, 2009 ; accessed on January 11, 2014 .
  15. ↑ http://dma.mt.gov/airguard/ ( Memento from June 9, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  16. ↑ http://www.nv.ngb.army.mil/air ( Memento from January 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  17. ↑ http://www.nhpeas.ang.af.mil/ ( Memento from February 5, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  18. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from July 6, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  19. ↑ http://www.ncchar.ang.af.mil/ ( Memento from February 5, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  20. ↑ [1]
  21. ↑ http://www.okokla.ang.af.mil/ ( Memento from February 9, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
  22. ↑ http://www.riguard.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=34 ( Memento from July 8, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  23. ↑ http://www.scang.ang.af.mil/ ( Memento from July 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  24. ↑ http://www.sdsiou.ang.af.mil/ ( Memento from July 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  25. ↑ http://www.utsalt.ang.af.mil/ ( Memento from September 13, 2001 in the Internet Archive )
  26. ↑ http://www.vt.ang.af.mil/ ( Memento from October 2, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  27. ↑ http://va.ang.af.mil/ ( Memento from October 7, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  28. ↑ [2]
  29. ^ Wyoming Air National Guard. Wyoming ANG, accessed on January 11, 2014 (English, the squadron is essentially the Wyoming ANG).
  30. ↑ 113th Wing. District of Columbia ANG, accessed January 11, 2014 (113th Wing is the DC ANG).
  31. ^ Virgin Islands National Guard. (No longer available online.) Virgin Islands NG, archived from the original on Jan. 11, 2014 ; accessed on January 11, 2014 .