Mississippi Air National Guard | |
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Active | 1939–present |
Country | United States |
Allegiance | Mississippi |
Branch | Air National Guard |
Type | state militia, military reserve force |
Role | "To meet state and federal mission responsibilities" |
Part of | Mississippi National Guard United States National Guard Bureau |
Headquarters | Jackson, Mississippi |
Commanders | |
Civilian leadership | President Joe Biden (Commander-in-Chief) Frank Kendall III (Secretary of the Air Force) Governor Tate Reeves (Governor of Mississippi) |
Major General | Major General Edward H. Evans Jr., MS ANG |
Insignia | |
Abbreviation | MS ANG |
Aircraft flown | |
Transport | C-17 Globemaster III |
Tanker | KC-135 Stratotanker |
The Mississippi Air National Guard (MS ANG), commonly known as the Mississippi Air Guard, is the aerial militia of the State of Mississippi, United States of America. It is a reserve of the United States Air Force and along with the Mississippi Army National Guard, an element of the Mississippi National Guard of the much larger United States National Guard Bureau.
As state militia units, the units in the Mississippi Air National Guard are not in the normal United States Air Force chain of command. They are under the jurisdiction of the Governor of Mississippi though the office of the Mississippi Adjutant General unless they are federalized by order of the President of the United States. The Mississippi Air National Guard is headquartered in Jackson, and its commander is currently[update] Major General Edward H. Evans, Jr.