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  • Valley Congressmen Support 144th Fighter Wing Conversion

    Col. Clay Garrison, commander of the California Air National Guard's 144th Fighter Wing in Fresno, Calif., released the following statement today in support of a letter to the Secretary of the Air Force, the Honorable Michael Donley, composed by a team of Central Valley congressmen conveying their

  • 144th Fighter Wing Home after Successful Combat Archer

    More than 100 members of the 144th Fighter Wing along with eight of the Wing's F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft returned to their home station, California Air National Guard Base in Fresno, today after participating in the Combat Archer exercise Oct. 5-20.An air-to-air weapons system evaluation

  • California Air Guard Participates in RIMPAC Rescue

    In a truly multi-service, multi-national exercise a fighter pilot from the 144th Fighter Wing (FW), Fresno, Calif. was inserted into a Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) exercise during the 2012 Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise. RIMPAC is an exercise that dates back four decades and provides a

  • California Fighters Participate in Largest RIMPAC Ever

    Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Honolulu, HI - F-16 fighter jets from the 144th Fighter Wing (FW), California Air National Guard (ANG) in Fresno, Calif. have begun to rip across the blue Hawaiian skies as over 25,000 Airmen, Seamen, Marines, Soldiers and foreign military participants take part in

  • 144 FW First Combat Dining In "An Outstanding Success"

    On April 14th the 144th Fighter Wing held their first-ever Combat Dining In. The combat dining-in is very popular and is the newest of the dining-in traditions. It features a less formal atmosphere and has combat dress requirements. Air Force dining-in heritage is said to come from the 1930s and