Arkansas Air National Guard | |
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Active | 1947–present |
Country | United States |
Allegiance | Arkansas |
Branch | Air National Guard |
Type | Organized militia Armed forces reserve |
Part of | Arkansas National Guard |
Headquarters | Camp Robinson MTC, North Little Rock, Arkansas |
Commanders | |
Commander in Chief | Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders |
The Adjutant General (TAG) of Arkansas | Brigadier General Olen Chad Bridges |
Insignia | |
Abbreviation | AR ANG |
The Arkansas Air National Guard (AR ANG), commonly known as the Arkansas Air Guard, is the aerial militia of the State of Arkansas, United States of America. It is, along with the Arkansas Army National Guard, an element of the Arkansas National Guard, and a reserve of the United States Air Force. As state militia units, the units in the Arkansas Air National Guard are not typically in the normal United States Air Force chain of command unless federalized. They are under the jurisdiction of the Governor of Arkansas through the office of the Arkansas Adjutant General unless they are federalized by order of the President of the United States. The Arkansas Air National Guard is headquartered at North Little Rock, and its commander is currently[update] Brigadier General William M. Leahy.[1]