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Shield of the United States Air National GuardIn the
US military, the
Air National Guard (
ANG) is the organized
militia of a particular
US state is a
reserve of the
US Air Force (USAF), too. Each state, territory, and the
District of Columbia has an Air National Guard. As Federally-organized militia, Air National Guard units are liable to activation by both the President of the United States and the governors of the several states.
The ANG is said to be a "reserve" force, of "part-time soldiers"; many ANG pilots work for commercial airlines. The ANG flies every type of aircraft in the USAF inventory, with the exceptions of the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber and the F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighter.
Many ANG pilots believe that they are more skilled than regular USAF pilots; this may be true as ANG pilots are more likely to have had combat experience during the Vietnam and Gulf Wars.
ANG pilots have flown on active duty continually since the Gulf War of 1991, patrolling Iraq's no-fly zones. Following the September 11, 2001 attacks, a North Dakota F-16 unit, (the Happy Hooligans from Hector International Airport) was the first unit to fly air cover over Washington, D.C., for at the time they were undergoing flight training at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia.
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