Arkansas Air National Guard
The Arkansas Air National Guard, commonly known as the Arkansas Air Guard, is the aerial militia of the State of Arkansas, United States of America. It is, along with the Arkansas Army National Guard, an element of the Arkansas National Guard. As state militia units, the units in the Arkansas Air National Guard are not typically in the normal United States Air Force chain of command unless federalized. They are under the jurisdiction of the Governor of Arkansas through the office of the Arkansas Adjutant General unless they are federalized by order of the President of the United States. The Arkansas Air National Guard is headquartered at North Little Rock, and its commander is currently Brigadier General William M. Leahy.
A pair of U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft assigned to the 188th Fighter Wing, fly in formation over Kansas, June 7, 2014
Members of the 154th Observation Squadron, 1925
Arkansas Army National Guard
The Arkansas Army National Guard (ARARNG) is a component of the Arkansas National Guard and the United States National Guard. National coordination of various state National Guard units are maintained through the National Guard Bureau.
Painting showing an Arkansas ARNG helicopter rescuing people in the flooded Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans in 2005
2nd Lt. Kre McMahon, of the Arkansas National Guard, completes the mountain obstacle portion of the French Desert Commando Course in Djibouti, Africa