This Connecticut Air National Guard C-130 maintainer wears the Ranger Tab

Senior Airman Jonathan Petersen, 103rd Maintenance Squadron electrical and environmental systems specialist, recently completed the grueling 62-day Ranger course by the U.S. Army.

Senior Airman Jonathan Petersen, 103rd Maintenance Squadron electrical and environmental systems specialist, stands in front of a C-130H Hercules at Bradley Air National Guard Base in East Granby, Connecticut, March 16, 2021. Petersen attended U.S. Army Ranger School through the Air National Guard’s Enlisted Development Opportunities program, and was the only Air National Guardsman in his graduating class, which completed the course Feb. 5. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Steven Tucker)

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Singapore narrows down to three locations for F-16 and F-35 base in U.S.

Singapore has narrowed down to three locations to bed down its F-16s and future F-35s in the United States. On Mar. 23, a delegation from Singapore visited Ebbing Air National Guard Base, Fort Smith, Arkansas.

188th Fighter Wing, Arkansas Air National Guard, Fort Smith, Arkansas, view of hangar from a distance September 11, 2001, shortly after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon 010911-F-EF792-002
SMSGT DENNIS L. BRAMBL, USAF, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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