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  • Puerto Rico's 156th Airlift Wing transitions to new mission

    WASHINGTON – The Air Force announced the transition of the 156th Airlift Wing, Puerto Rico Air National Guard, to the 156th Wing in conjunction with its newly assigned contingency response and combat communications missions, effective Wednesday.Gen. Joseph L. Lengyel, chief of the National Guard

  • Medical Airmen train in Puerto Rico during Vigilant Guard

    MIDDLETOWN, Pa. – Medical personnel Airmen from the Pennsylvania Air National Guard participated March 12-13 in the disaster relief exercise Vigilant Guard at Camp Santiago in Salinas, Puerto Rico.Vigilant Guard is a U.S. Northern Command and National Guard Bureau sponsored event. This year it was

  • Where in the world is Sergeant Santiago?

    Like the geography game and cartoon of “Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?,” the JRSOI function is the critical piece of contingency operations that knows, “Where in the world is Sergeant Santiago.”JRSOI is the Joint Reception, Staging, Onward Movement and Integration operation that identifies

  • Vigilant Guard exercise helps Puerto Rico troops prepare

    SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Air National Guard members from the 156th Medical Group recently treated simulated mass casualties during a training exercise called Vigilant Guard.United States Northern Command in conjunction with the National Guard Bureau sponsored the exercise.The program provides state

  • More than 170 PRANG Airmen set to deploy

    This week, a dozen Airmen from the Puerto Rico Air National Guard began their Personnel Deployment Function line, or PDF line, in effort to prepare for their assignments in support of multiple operations outside the U.S. These are just a few of the 170 plus members from the Mission Support Group who

  • ANG Headquarters sends emissary to PRANG

    U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Edward L. Vaughan, Special Assistant to the Director, Air National Guard, for Puerto Rico Recovery, arrived on the island recently on special assignment as an advisor to the Adjutant General of Puerto Rico and the commanders in the Puerto Rico Air National Guard.