11 Jun 2020

158th Fighter Wing’s Lavigne Honored as Air National Guard Medical Services Biomedical Equipment Repair Airman of the Year 2019

This year, Staff Sgt. Matthew Lavigne, a biomedical equipment technician assigned to the 158th MDG, Vermont Air National Guard, was nominated and selected as the 2019 Air National Guard Medical Services Biomedical Equipment Repair Airman of the Year for this work with the State Partnership Program (SPP) during fiscal year 2019.

6 Jun 2020

158th Fighter Wing conducts F-35 weapons system training for the first time at Fort Drum

Members of the 158th Fighter Wing of the Vermont Air National Guard took to the skies over Fort Drum this week while training on the F-35 weapons system at Range 48.

21 May 2020

158th Fighter Wing honors COVID-19 responders with F-35A flyover

The 158th Fighter Wing of the Vermont Air National Guard will honor Vermont’s front line COVID-19 responders and essential workers with a flyover on Friday, May 22, 2020.

8 May 2020

Green Mountain Boys Reach F-35 Milestone: 500 Sorties

On May 6th, six pilots assigned to the 134th Fighter Squadron, Vermont Air National Guard, stepped into the brisk morning sun and approached their F-35 Lightning IIs. That morning, six F-35s were launched to train for a large force exercise flying mission – and it just so happened that the third aircraft to take off also reached a milestone as the 500th F-35 to take flight from the 158th Fighter Wing.

22 Apr 2020

How to Build a Medical Facility in Four Days

ESSEX JUNCTION, VT., (April 22, 2020) – April 1st was supposed to be April Fool’s Day, a day that should have been full of jokes and satire. Instead, a team of civil engineers from the Vermont National Guard spent their day on a more serious note.

11 Apr 2020

From Vermont to Antartica (and Back)

Close to midnight on January 7, 2020, Chaplain Esther Lee arrived at the McMurdo Station in Antarctica. Chosen to be part of the support staff for Operation Deep Freeze (ODF), in her own words, Lee “hit the ground running” and met with military members and civilian workers in the brisk, sunny morning of January 8.

8 Apr 2020

VTANG Maintains F-35 Readiness During COVID-19 Pandemic

The pilots are flying F-35 Lightning IIs assigned to the 134th Fighter Squadron, as they maintain readiness with the aircraft while the Vermont National Guard responds to the COVID-19 pandemic.

3 Apr 2020

Vermont National Guard Response to COVID-19

Airmen assigned to the 158th Fighter Wing, Vermont Air National Guard, assist the Vermont Department of Health with unloading pallets of medical supplies and organizing them for redistribution to strategic locations throughout the state at a distribution center in Vermont, March 31, 2020.

3 Apr 2020

158th Fighter Wing supports COVID-19 response while continuing F-35 Flying Operations

The 158th Fighter Wing will continue flying operations as scheduled in order to maintain federal mission readiness requirements while also supporting the State of Vermont response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

29 Mar 2020

Air National Guard Files 2019 PFAS Expanded Site Inspection Report with Vermont Agency of Natural Resources

South Burlington, Vt. - The draft final report of the 2019 Expanded Site Inspection (ESI) for per-and-polyfluoralkyl Substances (PFAS) at the 158th Fighter Wing installation and adjacent property has been provided to the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (VT DEC) for review.