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  • TMO Airman Not Horsing Around

    In the world of the U.S. Air Force’s F-35 Lightning II, precision, focus, and attention to detail are imperative to ensuring the safety of the jets, their operators, and the accuracy of the aircraft’s performance. For Senior Airman Analie Choquette, a Traffic Management Operations Specialist with

  • 158FW Expands Largest Solar Array in Air National Guard

    The Vermont Air National Guard began the third and final phase of a photovoltaic power project, an ambitious solar energy initiative aimed at bolstering energy resilience, reducing carbon emissions, and enhancing emergency readiness.

  • Vermont Returns to Austria for AIRPOWER24 and Maple Tiger

    With four F-35A Lightning IIs flying through the Austrian mountains, the Vermont Air National Guard’s 158th Fighter Wing returned to Austria for a second year of training with the Austrian and Swiss air forces.Landing at the Fliegerhorst Hinterstoisser – the main air base of the Austrian Air Force

  • Airpower for Great Power Competition

    The term great power competition is increasingly being used to describe the current global strategic landscape facing the United States and its allies. This paper examines the implications of that landscape for airpower. Our adversaries are making aggressive efforts to outpace U.S. capabilities,

  • VTANG Brings Lightning to the Storm

    During the course of three weeks, more than 175 Airmen and a dozen F-35 Lighting IIs from Vermont’s 158th Fighter Wing joined Airmen, Marines, Soldiers, and Sailors from across the country to participate in the Weapons System Evaluation Program (WSEP) and Checkered Flag exercises at Tyndall Air

158FW Press Releases

  • Honoring Our Deployed

    More than 50 Airmen from the 158th Fighter Wing are deploying this fall to support ongoing missions in the United States Central Command and United States Africa Command theaters.

  • VTANG to RESUME Night Flying

    SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. – The Vermont Air National Guard will be Night Flying Oct 15-18, 2024. All flying is scheduled to be completed by approximately 9 P.M. each evening.For more information email Maj. Meghan Smith at meghan.smith.5@us.af.mil or call (802) 660-5451.

  • 158FW Night Flying Operations

    The Vermont Air National Guard will conduct night flying operations from Tuesday, September 10, to Thursday, September 12, and from Tuesday, September 17 to Wednesday, September 18 with daytime and nighttime take off periods. Flights are scheduled to conclude by 9:30 p.m.

  • VTANG Trains in Austria

    Airmen and F-35 Lightning II aircraft from the Vermont Air National Guard will depart for Austria in the early morning hours of Wednesday, Sept. 4, to participate in the Airpower Air Show and a multinational training exercise the following week.

  • Vermont Air National Guard Night Flying

    The Vermont Air National Guard will conduct night flying from Tuesday, July 23, to Friday, July 26 with one afternoon and one evening takeoff period per day. Flights are scheduled to conclude by 11:15 p.m.