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  • VanHerck receives a briefing

    NORAD Commander and Command Senior Enlisted Leader visit the Western Air Defense Sector

    U.S. Air Force Gen. Glen VanHerck, Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, and U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. James Porterfield, NORAD and USNORTHCOM Command Senior Enlisted Leader, visited the Western Air Defense Sector on May 3, 2022, and stressed to the WADS

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  • Canadian military members stand at attention

    Canadian Detachment participates at Seattle Kraken hockey pregame Remembrance Day ceremony

    Four members of the Western Air Defense Sector’s Canadian Detachment represented the Canadian Armed Forces during the Veterans and Remembrance Day pregame hockey ceremony Nov. 11, 2021, where the Seattle Kraken hosted the Anaheim Ducks at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle.

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  • change of command ceremony passing the unit guidon

    Over Not Through: New 225th ADS Commander Motivates Airmen

    Lt. Col. Antony Braun took command of the 225th Air Defense Squadron during a change of command ceremony at the Pierce County Readiness Center Oct. 6, 2021, on Camp Murray, Washington.

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  • Virtual meeting of five Washington Air National Guard members looking at coding changes.

    WA ANG Code Militia: Tactical Coding, by the Warfighter for the Warfighter

    Compiled and error free. For Airmen and Soldiers of the Washington Air and Army National Guard’s Code Militia Team, these are the new mission complete expressions in a fight for future air and ground dominance.

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  • Airman working on a computer

    Artificial Intelligence-Based Battle Management Training Rolled Out

    The Western Air Defense Sector rolled out a cutting edge video game like training system, Aug. 26-27, 2021, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. The system, called Battle Management Training NEXT (BMTN), provides command and control battle management operators sustained, high quality, low cost

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  • picture of the new Canadian Detachment Commander signing the scrolls.

    WADS welcomes Hanson as New Canadian Detachment Commander

    JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. - The Canadian Detachment at the Western Air Defense Sector officially changed command July 8. Royal Canadian Air Force Lt. Col. Jody Hanson assumed command from RCAF Lt. Col. Michael Fawcett, who finished a three-year tour of duty as the Canadian Detachment

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  • Courtney Lawson accepting an awards trophy

    Two WADS Members Recognized at the 2020 Washington Air National Guard Virtual Annual Awards Ceremony

    Even a global pandemic cannot keep the Washington Air National Guard commander from recognizing the outstanding performers for 2020. This year the 12th annual Washington Air National Guard awards ceremony was held virtually via CVR Teams Live March 6, 2021, due to COVID-19 social distancing

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  • Guardsmen walk to an awaiting KC-135 aircraft

    WADS team helps historic Operation Capitol Response mobilization

    Western Air Defense Sector Airmen were able to take their air battle management skills and apply them to helping the Washington National Guard expeditiously embark on a historic mission to Washington D.C. as part of the National Guard’s Operation Capitol Response to support federal and D.C. agencies

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  • Official photo of Maj. Kristina Roberts

    WADS Airman named ANG winner of 2021 Vaught Visionary Leadership Award

    Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown released his strategic approach entitled “Accelerate Change or Lose” in August 2020. One of his key factors that will allow the service to accelerate that change is empowered Airmen can solve any problem, a people-first approach.

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  • Airmen receiving a COVID-19 vaccine shot

    COVID-19 vaccine available to Washington Air Guard members

    Across Washington State, every Air National Guardsman is eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine on a voluntary basis, and many are.On Jan. 8, 2021, several members of the 194th Wing and Western Air Defense Sector went through their vaccination process at Camp Murray, Washington. They were among the

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WADS News

  • VanHerck receives a briefing

    NORAD Commander and Command Senior Enlisted Leader visit the Western Air Defense Sector

  • Canadian military members stand at attention

    Canadian Detachment participates at Seattle Kraken hockey pregame Remembrance Day ceremony

  • change of command ceremony passing the unit guidon

    Over Not Through: New 225th ADS Commander Motivates Airmen

  • Virtual meeting of five Washington Air National Guard members looking at coding changes.

    WA ANG Code Militia: Tactical Coding, by the Warfighter for the Warfighter

  • Airman working on a computer

    Artificial Intelligence-Based Battle Management Training Rolled Out

  • picture of the new Canadian Detachment Commander signing the scrolls.

    WADS welcomes Hanson as New Canadian Detachment Commander

  • Courtney Lawson accepting an awards trophy

    Two WADS Members Recognized at the 2020 Washington Air National Guard Virtual Annual Awards Ceremony

ANG News

  • U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. James Robison, 330th Recruiting Squadron recruiter, provides instruction to cadets from Air Force ROTC Detachment 756 in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico.

    Recruiters Aim to Broaden Diversity Pool, Visit Latino Students as Part of CSAF Strategy

  • A U.S. Air Force Total Force C-17 Globemaster III, assigned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, pose for a photo inside a C-17 Globemaster III at Indianapolis International Airport, Indiana, May 22, 2022. U.S. Transportation Command expeditiously coordinated across federal agencies, including the Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services and the Food and Drug Administration, to support U.S. President Joe Biden’s direction to conduct Operation Fly Formula. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Emma Quirk)

    Team Hickam delivers first formula flight

  • An F-15 Eagle assigned to the 125th Fighter Wing, Florida Air National Guard, flies over the Air Dominance Center in Savannah, Georgia, during exercise Sentry Savannah 22-1 May 12, 2022. Sentry Savannah is the Air National Guard’s premier counter air exercise, encompassing 10 units of fourth- and fifth- generation fighter aircraft.

    Sentry Savannah builds warfighter readiness, lethality

  • New Hampshire Adjutant Gen. David Mikolaities poses with distinguished guests during the NHNG's Heritage Room ribbon-cutting ceremony held in Concord on May 20, 2022.

    Namesake of NH Air Base Honored

  • U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Brock Schuld, 131st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron 131st Bomb Wing, Missouri National Guard, speaks with Lt. Gen. Michael Loh, director, Air National Guard, at the Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, Weapons Load Trainer, May 13, 2022. The trainer allows Team Whiteman Airmen to learn all aspects of the munitions enterprise for the B-2 Spirit bomber in a safe and controlled environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Bryson Britt)

    Air National Guard director visits Missouri’s 131st Bomb Wing

  • Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief of the National Guard Bureau, visits with Hawaii Army National Guard members, Maui, Hawaii, March 5, 2022. Hokanson testified May 24, 2022, before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense about operations of the Air and Army National Guard.

    Recent events, past decades have transformed Guard, chief says

  • Two F-15C Eagles from the 144th Fighter Wing and two F-22 Raptors from the 3rd Fighter Wing prepare to take off from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, April 18, 2022, during an Aerospace Control Alert training scramble. It has been almost a decade since F-15 Eagles have sat alert in the region, protecting the airspace of the United States and Canada.

    144th Fighter Wing trains for fighter jet integration in Alaska



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VanHerck receiving a briefing on the operations floor. NORAD Commander and Command Senior Enlisted Leader visit the Western Air Defense Sector

NORAD Commander and Command Senior Enlisted Leader visit the Western Air Defense Sector

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NORAD Commander and Command Senior Enlisted Leader visit the Western Air Defense Sector

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VanHerck receives a briefing NORAD Commander and Command Senior Enlisted Leader visit the Western Air Defense Sector

NORAD Commander and Command Senior Enlisted Leader visit the Western Air Defense Sector

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NORAD Commander and Command Senior Enlisted Leader visit the Western Air Defense Sector

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NORAD Commander and Command Senior Enlisted Leader visit the Western Air Defense Sector

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