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The article presents an interview with the U.S. Air National Guard Director Lieutenant General L. Scott Rice who discusses the lessons he learned from his position as director, his top priorities, and the relations between the Air National Guard and Air Force.

The article offers news briefs related to the U.S. military reserve forces as of January 2014. The director of the Armed Services Blood Program, Colonel Richard H. McBride, wants service members to donate blood to help others in uniform and their families. The new U.S. Air Force secretary, Deborah L. James, has promised to maintain a quality force where people are treated with respect. The U.S. Congress has created a commission to review military pay and benefits.

The article offers news briefs related to the national guards. The U.S. Air Forces in Europe was represented by the 159th Fighter Wing at the Juniper Stallion 2013. Michelle Renay Metzger from Weston, Ohio was deployed as a motor-transport driver of the Ohio Army National Guard's 148th Transportation Co. in January 2013. The Polish Armed Forces Day was celebrated by the Illinois Army National Guard soldiers in Poland in August 2013.

An interview with Lieutenant General Stanley E. Clarke III, director at U.S. Air National Guard is presented. Clarke says that the Air National Guard is proud partner in the Total Force, and he recognizes that the Air National is a reserve component to the U.S. Air Force. He mentions that the Abrams Doctrine discusses the value of being connected to the country and the importance of permitting when he go to war.

An interview with U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff General Mark A. Welsh III is presented. When asked about the communication and transparency between Air Force leaders and the Air National Guard, he answered that it is pretty good. Welsh stresses the need to have a good Air Force for the U.S. Welsh provided information about the KC-46 aircraft.

The article recounts the conflict between the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Air Guard during the late 1940s. The author reveals that the issue was about who commands the Air Guard during peacetime and who should set federal policies for air units. He states that the main protagonists in the conflict were U.S. National Guard Bureau chief Kenneth F. Cramer and U.S. Air Force Secretary Stuart Symington. He asserts that resolving it heralded lasting positive relations between the two agencies.

The article discusses the historiography of the history of the U.S. National Guard Bureau. The author discusses the development of the Guard and how the National Guard's role has changed. It mentions the collections of the annual conference reports back to 18th and 19th century particularly on the events in Army and Air Force History. History professor Jerry Cooper started writing about the Guard in 1969 and its history in 1971.

The article reports on the compromise set by the U.S. Air Force in line with its desired cuts to Guard aircraft and personnel. It states that the governors and adjutant generals did not support the plan because they are unaware of the details of the compromise. It notes that the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act (NDDA) does not allow self-generated lobbying by the military to change legislation outside of official change.

The article discusses about the 2013 U.S. Air Force budget plan, which will reduce U.S. Air National Guard staff and aircraft. The plan will eliminate 5,100 airmen from service and decommission 139 airplanes, which triggered opposition from state governors because it will weaken the Air National Guard. The cuts will cover Air Guard aircraft including 15 C-27J Spartan air transports, 61 out of 100 A-10 fighter planes, and E-8C Joint STARS radar plane.

The article explores changes to how the U.S. Air Force is scoring its physical fitness test. The changes hope to ensure testing accurately portrays the fitness level of the force and zeroes in on the most necessary physical activities of the warfighter. The Air Force now demands airmen to achieve a minimum score in each event, including push-ups, sit-ups, and 1.5-mile run. The new scoring system reported creates a culture of fitness to stay conditioned and well.

The article focuses on the reorganization of the U.S. Air National Guard. The reorganization was ordered by the rulings of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) with the goal of letting the Air Guard support the active-component Air Force in a better way. Under this ruling, the aircraft were shuffled according to unit, base and missions such as the switch of units from Fighting Falcons to Predators.

The article focuses on the fiscal 2011 budget request spending plan of Colonel Jim Sisson for the U.S. Air National Guard. It says that the 2011 budget defense includes military construction and Air Force funding for Air Guard equipment. It adds that the budget for Army Guard obtains 873 million dollars for military construction, which is more than the 291 million dollars in 2010, and the construction budget of Air Guard is 176 million dollars less than 194 million dollars from spending.

The article focuses on the demand to replace the KC-135R Stratotanker of the U.S. Air Force. It states that the airplane, as showed by the digital screens in its cockpit, is still new from the viewpoint of some Air Force officers such as Lt. Col. Jeff McKee. However, Brig. Gen. Roy Uptegraff states that spare parts for the airplane are getting hard to find. Furthermore, the power to replace the aircraft lies on Washington, D.C. lawmakers, who still have no decision on who should build the plane.

The article provides information to retired U.S. National Guardsmen about their space-available travel benefit on an Air Force aircraft. It identifies the main East Coast portals and the West Coast portals where space-A flights depart. Guidelines and steps are provided for signing in for space-A travel privilege that include finding the proper for under passenger terminal, checking in of luggage, making reservation, and signing in for return travel.

The article discusses the use of the F-15C Eagle fighter jet in the U.S. Air Guard and Air Force and the future of the fleet. The author notes that the average age for the jet is 27 years old, and can be subject to fatigue. According to Air Guard Director Lieutenant General Craig R. McKinley, the Air Guard needs to modernize the fleet. The article notes that the modern F-22 is being pursued by Air Force leaders, with the Hawaii Guard expecting to receive 18 jets in 2010.

The article points out the need to replace the U.S. Air Force's C-5 Galaxy aircraft with smaller C-17s. Several disadvantages of the C-5 are its size and difficulty of taxiing to and from the runway. Several complaints against C-5s are unreliable landing gear, obsolete electronic systems and engine problems.

The article explores how the U.S. Air National Guard survived the conflict with the active-component Air Force over the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) process. Senior Air Force leaders used BRAC to reshape and modernize its force structure including the Air Guard. Guardsmen sought the help of the National Guard Association of the U.S. (NGAUS) to preserve the Guard's federal war fighting role.

The article discusses the U.S. Air Force's search in 2007 for a replacement of its aging fleet of KC-135 Stratotankers, close to 50% of which are in the Air National Guard. Air Force officials are set to release a final request for proposals for a new-era air refueling tanker in January 2007. The replacement of the aging KC-135s has become a top priority of the Air Force.

The article reports on the decision of the Air Force to strip almost two dozen Air Guard bases of their aircraft in the U.S. Seven states, under the Air Force plan, would lose all their Air Guard flying units. Due to concern, National Guard Bureau director, Lieutenant General H. Steven Blum came up with a plan to create a joint Air Guard and Army Guard units that would fly a light cargo aircraft.

Reports the conversion of the 116th Bomb Wing to the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (STARS) in the U.S. Consolidation with the Air Force 93rd Air Control Wing; History of conversions in the 116th; Description of the Joint STARS.

Presents news briefs regarding the United States National Guard as of July 2001. Evacuation after torrential rains in Houston, Texas; Wildfires in northwest Florida; Impact of expeditionary concept on Air Force; Guardsmen's role in recreation of Vietnam War in movie.

The article discusses the passage of the National Commission on the Structure of the Army Act in the U.S. in 2014. The legislative affairs of the National Guard Association of the U.S. (NGAUS) are tackled. Also mentioned is the report released by the National Commission on the Structure of the Air Force which focuses on the budget strategies for the National Guard and Reserve.

The article discusses recommendations from the U.S. National Commission on the Structure of the Air Force about how the Air Force can take full advantage of its pool of reserve components. The fully burdened cost methodology proposed by the Commission is explained. The recommendations that the Air Force must expand the associate unit concept and offer to the Air Guard and Air Force reserve components the types of mission that have predictable start and end dates are discussed.