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    A bulldozer drives on the sidewalk past Boulder Creek, whose swollen waters have receded somewhat since the intense rain has abated over the past two days, in Boulder, Colo., on Sept. 15. The National Weather Service says up to 2 inches of rain could fall Sunday, creating a risk of more flooding and mudslides. Brennan Linsley / AP

    More rain may hamper Colo. rescue efforts

    The search for people stranded from the Rocky Mountain foothills to the plains of northeastern Colorado grew more difficult Sunday, with a new wave of rain threatening to hamper airlifts from the flooded areas still out of reach.

    • Sep. 15, 2013
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    People are directed off the tarmac at Boulder Municipal Airport after being flown from Jamestown on a National Guard helicopter after being stranded from heavy rains in Boulder, Colo., on Sept. 13. Mark Leffingwell / AP

    Colo. Guard: 1,750 rescued from flooded areas

    Military helicopter crews are expanding their searches for people who are stranded with more rain expected to fall in flooded areas.

    • Sep. 15, 2013
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    First A-10s depart from Fort Smith National Guard

    The first A-10 jets have left for Georgia from the Arkansas National Guard base in Fort Smith.

    • Sep. 11, 2013
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    N.C. Guard to recognize same-sex marriages

    The North Carolina National Guard announced Monday that it will begin recognizing same-sex marriages, a policy shift that could have substantial financial help for families not previously eligible for the same federal military benefits awarded to heterosexual couples.

    • Sep. 9, 2013
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    Delaware Air Guard participates in exercise

    Members of the Delaware Air National Guard are participating in a local Air Force readiness exercise this week at the New Castle Air National Guard Base.

    • Sep. 9, 2013
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    A C-130 drops a load of a retardant in Colorado in June. Air Force

    Firefighting C-130s stand down after intense season

    After 12 weeks of fighting one wildfire after another across the Western U.S., the Air Force's specially equipped C-130s have stood down, for now.

    • Sep. 6, 2013
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    Guard and reserve units fight for funds amid budget cuts

    The military's reserve components are facing an uphill battle to preserve people, missions and money at a time of shrinking budgets across the force.

    • Sep. 6, 2013
  1. Vt. F-35 opponents ask city to block planes

    Opponents of a proposal that could base F-35 fighter planes at Vermont's Burlington International Airport want city officials to refuse to allow the plane to be based there.

    • Sep. 5, 2013
  2. Members of the 36th Infantry Division of the Texas Army National Guard participate in a ceremony on the floor of the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas. The Texas National Guard is refusing to process requests for benefits submitted by same-sex couples because of state law. Tamir Kalifa / The (Austin) Daily Texan via AP, fi

    Texas: Same-sex spouses can't enroll for benefits at state Guard facilities

    Texas not allowing same-sex spouses to enroll for benefits at state Guard facilities

    • Sep. 3, 2013
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    Study: Reserve families say they adjust well after deployments

    The vast majority of Guard and reserve families in a new RAND study reported that their readjustment after deployment was going well or very well.

    • Aug. 29, 2013
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    Maj. Mike Brasher, 920th Rescue Wing helicopter pilot, holds beagle Katrina during a recent visit to the 301st Rescue Squadron. Katrina is a 13-year-old beagle who became the squadron's mascot after crew members rescued her during Hurricane Katrina's aftermath in 2005. Maj. Cathleen Snow / Air Force

    Saved from Katrina, beagle retires to Florida as rescue wing mascot

    Nowadays, 13-year-old Katrina the beagle sleeps most days on a comfortable carpet in her Orlando, Fla., home, spending spare time time getting treats and hugs as the mascot of the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base.

    • Aug. 29, 2013
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    Inmate firefighters walk along state Highway 120 on Aug. 25 as firefighters continued to battle the Rim Fire near Yosemite National Park, Calif. A Predator drone has joined the effort to monitor the blaze. Jae C. Hong / AP

    Guard Predator drone now part of Calif. wildfire battle

    As crews advanced against a giant wildfire around Yosemite National Park, fire commanders said they would maintain use of a Predator drone to give them early views of any new flare-ups across in the remote and rugged landscape.

    • Aug. 29, 2013
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    Final N.D. Air National Guard plane reaches museum

    The final manned airplane at the North Dakota Air National Guard base in Fargo is now in the hands of officials at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, Ohio.

    • Aug. 29, 2013
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    Air Force Reservists load a GBU-54 bomb onto an F-16. One of the biggest challenges facing the congressionally mandated Air Force Commission is putting a price tag on members of the Reserve component. Air Force

    USAF commission struggling with cost figures

    The National Commission on the Structure of the Air Force, a congressionally mandated panel studying the force mix of the service, continued to struggle Tuesday with one of its biggest challenges: getting a handle on the cost of an active-duty airman vers

    • Aug. 28, 2013
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    Retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Alexander P. Macdonald, former N. D. adjutant general, speaks during a news conference prior to the departure of the last C-21 aircraft number 40064 at the North Dakota Air National Guard Base, in Fargo, N.D., on Aug. 27. Senior Master Sgt. David H. Lipp / U.S. Air Nation

    Last N.D. Air Guard plane leaves state

    The last airplane in the history of the North Dakota Air National Guard left its home base Tuesday, ending more than 65 years of manned flying missions for a unit whose members proudly proclaim themselves the Happy Hooligans.

    • Aug. 27, 2013
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    Virginia National Guard troops tear down 743 Halifax St., Petersburg, Va., with heavy machinery on Aug. 27. Operation Renew will demolish more than a dozen structures, blighted and tied to the drug trade, and offer training for the service members. Patrick Kane / The (Petersberg, Va.) Progress-Inde

    Va. Guard razing drug-trade buildings in Petersburg

    The Virginia National Guard is demolishing blighted buildings associated with the drug trade in Petersburg.

    • Aug. 27, 2013
  3. Two F-22 Raptors from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, fly behind a KC-135 Stratotanker from Kadena Air Base, Japan, over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex during Red Flag. Senior Airman Zachary Perras / Air Force

    Spared from sequestration cuts, Red Flag-Alaska wraps up

    U.S. and international troops spent much of August flying simulated combat sorties at Red Flag in Alaska, one training exercise allowed to continue despite sequestration budget cuts.

    • Aug. 25, 2013
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    Lt. Col. Scott Smith will convert from an F-15 pilot to a C-130 pilot to accommodate the Montana Air National Guard's new flying mission. Rion Sanders / The Great Falls Tribune

    First MANG pilot headed to C-130 training

    The mission change at the 120th Fighter Wing of the Montana Air National Guard is picking up the pace.

    • Aug. 21, 2013
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    Whiteman Air Guard unit wins rare certification

    Members of an Air National Guard group at Whiteman Air Force Base in western Missouri have become the first citizen airmen certified to drop nuclear bombs.

    • Aug. 17, 2013
  4. Reservists will no longer have to pay tuition up front

    As of Oct. 1, colleges will bill Air Force Reserve Command directly for tuition assistance

    • Aug. 16, 2013
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    Air Force delays moving 10 C-130Js from Keesler

    Air Force Reserve Command headquarters has announced a delay of plans to move 10 C-130Js from Keesler Air Force Base to Pope Airfield, N.C.

    • Aug. 14, 2013
  5. An active-duty F-16 is refueled by a KC-135 from the Wisconsin Air National Guard during Red Flag exercises at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Richard VanderMeulen / Air Force

    Cost analyses pit active against Guard

    In the coming months, two major reviews will be completed that could drastically change the number of people, aircraft and bases the Air Force needs, and how much of them will go to the active-duty force, Reserve or Guard.

    • Aug. 13, 2013
  6. Heather Leann Horst, 24, of St. Paul, Minn., left, and Aaron William Allen, 25, of South St. Paul, Minn., were charged with second-degree murder and conspiracy to commit a felony in the shooting death of Horst's husband, National Guard Staff Sgt. Brandon Horst. Ramsey County Sheriff's Dept. via The St. Paul Pio

    Wife, friend charged in Minn. guardsman's killing

    The widow of a slain Minnesota Air National Guard member was charged Monday along with another man in her husband's killing.

    • Aug. 12, 2013
  7. A soldier monitors a computer screen at the Western Air Defense Sector at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. Along with the Eastern Defense Sector based in Rome, N.Y., WADS monitors the continental United States for threats from the sky as part of the North American Aerospace Defense Command. Ted S. Warren/AP

    JBLM houses airspace protection program

    A red circle slowly moves across one of seven computer screens on the desk of Tech. Sgt. Mary Maggiolino.

    • Aug. 11, 2013
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    Gen. Frank Grass, chief of the National Guard Bureau, addresses a room of Kansas Army and Air National Guard members Aug. 5 during a stop in Topeka, Kan. Grass discussed the future of the National Guard and the challenges caused by reduced federal military spending. John Milburn / AP

    General: National Guard up for future demands

    National Guard Air and Army units should be able to maintain their readiness and deployment capabilities indefinitely despite a murky federal military budget outlook, the chief of the National Guard Bureau said Monday.

    • Aug. 5, 2013

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