U.S. Virgin Islands Air National Guard | |
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Active | 7 May 1980–present |
Country | United States |
Allegiance | U.S. Virgin Islands |
Branch | Air National Guard |
Role | USSOUTHCOM combat support |
Garrison/HQ | St Croix ANGS, United States Virgin Islands |
Commanders | |
Civilian leadership | President Joe Biden (Commander-in-Chief) Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall III Governor Albert Bryan |
State military leadership | The Adjutant General-Nominee Kodjo S. Knox-Limbacker |
Insignia | |
Emblem of the Joint Forces Virgin Islands National Guard |
The Virgin Islands Air National Guard (VI ANG) is the aerial militia of the United States Virgin Islands, an unincorporated territory of the United States of America. It is, along with the Virgin Islands Army National Guard, an element of the Virgin Islands National Guard.
As territorial militia units, the units in the Virgin Islands Air National Guard are not in the normal United States Air Force chain of command. They are under the jurisdiction of the governor of the United States Virgin Islands through the office of the Virgin Islands adjutant general unless they are federalized by order of the president of the United States. The Virgin Islands Air National Guard is headquartered at St Croix Air National Guard Station, Henry E. Rohlsen Airport, St. Croix, and its commander is Deborah Y. Howell.