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March 8, 2017

Air Force Presses to Continue Iraqi Pilot Training in US

Iraqi pilots flying F-16s carried out their first airstrike in Syria against ISIS targets, in response to Baghdad car bombings.

January 16, 2017

Military going ahead with plan for low-level fighter jets

A proposal to lower the flight ceiling for noisy fighter jets has dragged on for so long that residents can be forgiven if they've put it out of their minds.

November 14, 2016

California National Guard interpreters denied enlistment bonuses, report finds

The Pentagon is denying full enlistment bonuses to several interpreters who deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan a decade ago with the California National Guard, saying the interpreters were unfit for the military service they had already performed, the Los Angeles Times reported.

November 1, 2016

California National Guard reportedly cannot locate 4,000 soldiers who received improper military bonuses

The commander of the California National Guard reportedly cannot locate more than 4,000 of the some 9,700 soldiers involved in the enlistment bonus scandal.

October 26, 2016

Carter suspends Pentagon’s demand of the return of cash bonuses to California soldiers

Secretary of Defense Ash Carter announced Wednesday that he was ordering the Pentagon to suspend its efforts to recover decade-old reenlistment bonuses paid to thousands of California Army National Guard soldiers who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan.

July 20, 2016

2 of 5 Air National Guard female fighter pilots based in South Dakota

They're two of just five women in the U.S. who can operate F-16 Fighting Falcon jets for the Air National Guard, but their gender is the last thing the millennial pilots based in South Dakota dwell on.

June 15, 2016

National Guard soldier reportedly dies in training accident at Fort Chaffee

An Arkansas National Guard soldier reportedly died Tuesday after a training accident at Fort Chaffee.

May 8, 2016

Deployed Washington National Guard soldier dies in Iraq

A Washington National Guard soldier, who was a state trooper in his civilian life, has died in Iraq in a noncombat related incident, the Defense Department said Sunday.

May 3, 2016

Man accused of plotting to attack Illinois National Guard base pleads guilty

An Aurora man has pleaded guilty to charges he conspired to provide material support to the Islamic State group and making false statements regarding terrorism.

May 3, 2016

Shia LaBeouf allegedly got hammered and told cops he was in the National Guard

Actor Shia LaBeouf drunkenly told an Austin, Texas police officer that he was in the Army National Guard in an attempt at being let off the hook for public intoxication last Friday, according to police documents. He was not successful.