The 132nd Wingis a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Iowa Air National Guard and located at Des Moines Air National Guard Base, Iowa. After having operated manned fighter aircraft for all o
An MQ-9 Reaper, 2008
124th TFS Republic F-84F-25-RE Thunderstreak, AF Ser. No. 51-1655, about 1970
124th TFS North American F-100F-10-NA Super Sabre, AF Ser. No. 56-3880, 1975
The Air National Guard, also known as the Air Guard, is a federal military reserve force of the United States Air Force, as well as the "air militia" of each U.S. state, the District of Columbia, the
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…132nd Wing An MQ-9 Reaper, 2008 Active 1950–1953 1953–present Country United States Allegiance Iowa Branch Air National Guard Type Wing Role Attack / Intelligence Size 900 Part of Iowa Air National Guard Garrison/HQ Des Moines Air National Guard Base, Iowa Nickname "Hawkeyes…
A Galludet Tractor biplane which the New York National Guard aviators rented in 1915
Captain Charles A. Lindbergh, Missouri National Guard, and members of his National Guard unit, 110th Observation Squadron, after he flew solo across the Atlantic Ocean, 1927
Following a devastating blizzard in 1949, Colorado ANG C-47s dropped hay to stranded and starving livestock throughout the Rocky Mountain region. Altogether the Colorado air guardsmen flew 17 such missions dropping tons of hay that saved thousands of cattle and wildlife. Colorado ANG F-51s and A-26s also flew 10 reconnaissance missions during that emergency, 29 January 1949.
Captain John McMahn and Sergeant White, of the 182nd Fighter-Bomber Squadron, Texas Air National Guard, close out flight records at Taegu AB (K-2), South Korea, following their F-84E Thunderjet becoming the first such aircraft to complete 1,000 flying hours, 1952