Six helicopters from the California National Guard airlifted about 150 people from Edison Lake on Tuesday morning as the Creek Fire continued to consume timber and structures in the foothills and mountains of Fresno and Madera counties with no containment. The helicopters flew the evacuees to the military portion of...
Update: National Guard Flyover Will Salute Front Line Workers in Fresno and Across California
Four F-15C Eagle fighter jets, with the California Air National Guard’s 144th Fighter Wing in Fresno will perform a series of flyovers across a large swath of California, beginning at 10 a.m. on Wednesday. The pilots will fly in salute to healthcare workers, first responders and everyone on the front...
Look for More Military Jets Overhead in March as Base Welcomes F-16s
A squadron of Air Force F-16s will streak across local skies for two weeks in March. It's part of a unique joint exercise with Fresno's 144th Fighter Wing. And officials from the California Air National Guard base are looking for the public's help to come up with a new name...
Fresno's Air Guard Base Readies 'Real World' Combat Exercise
A squadron of Air Force F-16s will streak across local skies for two weeks in March. It's part of a unique joint exercise with Fresno's 144th Fighter Wing. Listen to this article: Pilots from the 8th Fighter Squadron at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico will fly alongside local...
After Combat Training, Fresno Fighter Squadron Returns from Hawaii
Fresno's 144th Fighter Wing welcomed a squadron of pilots home on Friday after two weeks of air-to-air combat training in Hawaii. Six F-15 Eagles returned to the wing's Air Guard base adjacent to the Fresno airport after participating in Sentry Aloha, a large-scale exercise with military units from eight states....
Fresno Scandal Forces Out Air National Guard Commander
The head of the California Air National Guard, Maj. Gen. Clay Garrison, was relieved of his command and replaced by Brig. Gen. Gregory Jones two months after a newspaper detailed the fallout from a scandal involving someone urinating in the boots of a service member. A guard spokesman, Lt. Col....