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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

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  • Vermont Air National Guard Deploys to Japan

    More than 200 Airmen, along with equipment and F-35A Lighting II aircraft from the Vermont Air National Guard recently deployed to Kadena Air Base, Japan, as part of a planned rotation to enhance regional security and strengthen interoperability with joint and allied forces.

  • 158FW to Conduct Night Flying Operations

    The 158th Fighter Wing will conduct night flying training from Nov. 12-14 and Nov. 19-21 with one afternoon takeoff and landing period and one evening takeoff period between 4:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. with training scheduled to conclude by 9:00 p.m. each evening.

  • 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.