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Air National Guard

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noun

  1. a national guard organization similar to and coordinate with the U.S. Air Force.


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When the defense sector brought new opportunities to Selfridge Air National Guard Base and throughout Michigan’s defense corridor, state financial support ensured Michigan would be the 21st century’s Arsenal of Democracy.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

Guest: Adam Kinzinger, former Republican Congressman for Illinois’s 11th and 16th districts, Jan 6 Committee member, former lieutenant colonel in the Air National Guard.

From Slate Mar. 19, 2026

Before founding Arbor, Hartwig served in the California Air National Guard for six years and on a Marin County search and rescue team.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 30, 2025

Teixeira enlisted in the Massachusetts Air National Guard, a reserve of the US Air Force, in 2019.

From BBC Nov. 12, 2024

For examples of how Vance's order was transmitted to the individual states, see Texas Air National Guard Regulation 35-1, 17 March 1965, and State of Michigan General Order No. 34, 2 July 1965.

From Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 by Morris J. MacGregor

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