Secretary of the Air Force International Affairs

April 24, 2023
Hokanson: State Partnership Program Stable, Steadfast and Growing

The Department of Defense National Guard Bureau State Partnership Program — built on enduring relationships, common interests and trust — is stable, steadfast and growing, the Guard’s top leader said Thursday.
March 20, 2023
National Guard, Canada Conduct Tactical Arctic Insertion

Thirty-seven U.S. and Canadian Soldiers were tactically inserted by an LC-130 Hercules on Arctic Ocean ice just east of Little Cornwallis Island in Nunavut, Canada, during exercise Guerrier Nordique 23 on March 15, 2023.
June 27, 2022
Utah National Guard Joins African Lion Exercise in Morocco

Soldiers and Airmen from the Utah National Guard began arriving in Morocco June 14 to participate in African Lion 2022.
Aug. 26, 2021
Utah National Guard to provide humanitarian aid to Nepal

To help reduce human suffering and assist with Nepal's COVID-19 response, members of the Utah Air National Guard's 151st Air Refueling Wing, in coordination with U.S. Transportation Command's Denton Program for private donations, will transport lifesaving equipment and humanitarian supplies to
June 21, 2021
African Lion: National Guard supports continent’s largest military exercise

F-16 Falcon fighter jets streaked by low and fast, while plumes of black smoke from steady artillery fire and dust thrown up by advancing M1A1 Abrams tanks drifted across the desert below as Africa’s largest military exercise reached its peak Friday.

Hokanson: State Partnership Program Stable, Steadfast and Growing