Michigan National Guard

Mission Next takes shape at Selfridge Air National Guard Base
December 12, 2025 — SELFRIDGE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Mich. — The Michigan Air National Guard has begun implementing “Mission Next,” a sweeping modernization effort that will bring the F-15EX Eagle II fighter and KC-46 Pegasus air refueling aircraft to Selfridge Air National Guard Base. The transformation — one of the most significant in the 127th Wing’s history —... MORE

Garden City JROTC Cadets Build, Fly FPV Drones in Workshop With Michigan Air Guard
December 12, 2025 — GARDEN CITY, Mich. — High school Cadets at Garden City High School spent a day soldering circuits, programming controllers and buzzing first-person-view (FPV) drones through a soccer field, thanks to a hands-on partnership between the school's Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) and Airmen from the Michigan Air National Guard's 272nd... MORE

Airmen fuel freedom with every mission
November 25, 2025 — Every mission in the sky starts with work on the ground, and that's where the fuel management specialists, also known as petroleum, oils, and lubricants Airmen, come in. Serving with the 127th Logistics Readiness Squadron's Fuels Flight at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, these Airmen are the backbone of the Air Force.POL is a vital career field... MORE

Future crew chiefs eager for Air Force mission
November 25, 2025 — It is a time of transition in the 127th Wing, with new aircraft and missions on the near horizon, with today’s missions still at hand.The 127th Wing is actively recruiting potential new Airmen to join the team.Among the most recent recruits are five people who have sworn in and will serve as crew chiefs on the Wing’s A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft... MORE

Teff retires after decades of service, leaves legacy of leadership in Michigan Air National Guard
November 25, 2025 — Battle Creek, Mich. — Maj. Gen. Bryan J. Teff, who rose from a cadet at the U.S. Air Force Academy to commander of the Michigan Air National Guard, and most recently, a mobilization assistant to the combatant commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), retired after more than three decades of service.Teff, a command pilot with... MORE

Communications squadron Airmen support ERRE operations
November 17, 2025 — The 45 Citizen-Airmen of the Michigan Air National Guard’s 127th Communications Squadron played a unique dual role during a recent series of combat readiness inspections and exercises at Selfridge Air National Guard Base.The “Comms” Airmen were working to both defend and secure the base’s connectivity and also to control “injects” that cut the... MORE

The Adams Family’s Three Generations of Service
November 17, 2025 — LANSING, Mich. — For Staff Sgt. Perez Adams, wearing the uniform wasn’t about following in anyone’s footsteps. It started as a practical decision to find a way to pay for college. But eight years later, the Michigan Army National Guard Soldier finds himself part of a three-generation legacy of service that stretches back to his father and... MORE

127th Combat Readiness Inspection
September 29, 2025 — The 127th Wing of the Michigan Air National Guard successfully completed a combat readiness inspection at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Sept.14, 2025. The CRI is an evaluation of a unit’s readiness, whereby inspectors come from higher headquarters to observe the wing’s ability to rapidly generate and sustain combat power in support of national... MORE

Michigan Airmen work toward doctorate degree
September 29, 2025 — Notified that there was a concern that the jet fuel at the base’s storage facility had somehow become contaminated, Staff Sgt. Devin Houle donned a thick rubber apron, gloves and a face mask and headed out to one of the R-11 fuels trucks at Selfridge Air National Guard Base.This time, it was all a simulation, part of a four-day combat readiness... MORE

Communications squadron Airmen support ERRE operations
September 29, 2025 — The 45 Citizen-Airmen of the Michigan Air National Guard’s 127th Communications Squadron played a unique dual role during a recent series of combat readiness inspections and exercises at Selfridge Air National Guard Base.The “Comms” Airmen were working to both defend and secure the base’s connectivity and also to control “injects” that cut the... MORE