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Spc. Josephine Malloy, mass communications specialist for the 114th Public Affairs Detachment, takes a photo during Saber Junction 25 at the Hohenfels Training Area, Joint Multinational Readiness Center, Germany on Sept. 9, 2025. For its annual training, the PAD provided public affairs support to Saber Junction, a multinational military exercise involving more than 7,600 participants from 15 allied and partner nations. Photo by Sgt. Christian Aquino, JMRC.

Tech. Sgt. Amber Martine of the 157th Air Refueling Wing, New Hampshire Air National Guard, dashes through Concord’s Karner blue butterfly conservation easement during a 30-kilometer Norwegian Foot March on June 14, 2025.

Soldiers and airmen with the New Hampshire National Guard stand in formation during a change of responsibility and retirement ceremony June 8, 2025, at the Edward Cross Training Complex in Pembroke, N.H.

position, while Gillian serves at Pease Air National Guard Base in Newington, New Hampshire, as a respiratory therapist with the 157th Medical Group. They participated in a brief National Twin Day Q&A this year to recognize the holiday.

State congressional staffers gather in front of the Spirit of Portsmouth, KC-46A Pegasus on Aug. 23, 2022, at Pease Air National Guard Base in Newington, N.H.

Civilian employers from New Hampshire pose at Fort Drum, New York, while visiting with Guardsmen in the field July 21, 2022.

As part of annual training, the 238th Medevac Company, NHARNG, conducts sling-load training June 22, 2022, at Joint Base Cape Cod in Bourne, Mass.

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The 157th Air Refueling Wing will spearhead the modernization of the KC-46A Pegasus after its selection as a combined test force in September at Pease Air National Base in Newington, N.H.

Backed by New Hampshire’s governor and congressional leadership, the first-ever KC-46A CTF will operate under the authority of the Air National Guard’s Air Force Reserve Test Center or AATC. The partnership with the Tucson, Arizona-based testing facility establishes the New Hampshire Air National Guard wing as a critical player in the development of advanced capabilities for the U.S. Air Force next-generation refueler.

Pivotal Role

By NHNG Public Affairs | Nov. 3, 2025

The 157th Air Refueling Wing will spearhead the modernization of the KC-46A Pegasus after its selection as a combined test force this month at Pease Air National Base in Newington.

NH Gov. Kelly Ayotte presents Col. Pablo Soriano, chief of staff of the Salvadoran Air Force, with a plaque to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the New Hampshire National Guard-El Salvador State Partnership Program on Sept. 6, 2025, at Pease Air National Guard Base in Newington, N.H. The modest ceremony was held on the flight line between aerial demonstrations of the Thunder Over New Hampshire Air Show. Photo by Master Sgt. Charles Johnston, JFHQ Public Affairs.

Silver Jubilee

By Master Sgt. Charles Johnston | Sept. 8, 2025

New Hampshire and El Salvador celebrated the 25th anniversary of its State Partnership Program on Sept. 6 at Pease Air National Guard Base in Newington.

The U.S. Navy Blue Angels perform during the Thunder Over New Hampshire Air Show and Open House at Pease Air National Guard Base, NH, Sept. 6, 2025. The Blue Angels fly F/A-18 Super Hornets and a C-130J Super Hercules during their performances. (U.S. Air Force photo by Mark Herlihy)

Pease hosts Thunder Over New Hampshire Air Show

By 157th ARW Public Affairs | Sept. 8, 2025

Over 60,000 people braved a mixed weather forecast to get a close-up view of military aviation, Sept. 6–7 for the Thunder Over New Hampshire Air Show at Pease Air National Guard Base, New Hampshire.

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President Donald Trump awards the Medal of Honor to retired U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Terry P. Richardson during a White House ceremony in Washington, D.C., March 2, 2026. Richardson was awarded the Medal of Honor for acts of conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty, Sept. 14, 1968, while he was a Staff Sgt. serving as the Lima Platoon Leader with Company A, 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division during action in the vicinity of Loc Ninh, Republic of Vietnam. (U.S. Army photo by Christopher Kaufmann)

President Trump Awards Medal of Honor to Retired Guard Soldier

By National Guard Bureau | March 6, 2026

WASHINGTON — In a White House ceremony on March 2, 2026, President Donald J. Trump awarded the Medal

In June 2021, an MQ-9 participated in the concept-to-theory Establish Fury Exercise at the 188th Wing, in Fort Smith, Arkansas.

Arkansas Airmen Sharpen Information Warfare Skills During Exercise

By Staff Sgt. Joshua Coombes, | March 6, 2026

EBBING AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Ark. – Several Arkansas Guard Airmen from Ebbing Air National Guard

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Daniel Pau, an information technology specialist assigned to the 1st Battalion, 297th Infantry Regiment, Alaska Army National Guard, operates a high-frequency radio while participating in exercise Arctic Connect at the Alaska National Guard’s Joint Operations Center on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 3, 2026. Arctic Connect is high-frequency radio communications exercise conducted across Alaska, designed to validate select Alaska Organized Militia units’ ability to communicate with the Alaska National Guard’s Joint Operations Center and with each other. Photo by Alejandro Peña.

Exercise Arctic Connect Validates Communication Across Alaska

By Dana Rosso, | March 6, 2026

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – In a state where communities are separated by vast

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