Maine Air National Guard | |
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Active | February 4, 1947 – present |
Country | United States |
Allegiance | Maine |
Branch | Air National Guard |
Type | state militia, military reserve force |
Role | "To meet state and federal mission responsibilities." |
Part of | Maine Department of Defense, Veterans, and Emergency Management Maine National Guard United States National Guard Bureau |
Garrison/HQ | Maine Air National Guard, Bangor Air National Guard Base, 103 Maineiac Avenue #505, Bangor, Maine, 04401 |
Commanders | |
Civilian leadership | President Joe Biden (Commander-in-Chief) Frank Kendall III (Secretary of the Air Force) Governor Janet Mills (Governor of the State of Maine) |
Adjutant General of Maine National Guard | Maj. Gen. Douglas A. Farnham |
Maine Air National Guard Commander | Brig. Gen. Frank W. Roy |
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Aircraft flown | |
Tanker | KC-135R Stratotanker |
The Maine Air National Guard (ME ANG) is the aerial militia of the State of Maine, United States of America. It is a reserve of the United States Air Force and along with the Maine Army National Guard, an element of the Maine National Guard of the much larger United States National Guard Bureau.
As state militia units, the units in the Maine Air National Guard are not in the normal United States Air Force chain of command. They are under the jurisdiction of the Governor of Maine through the office of the Maine Adjutant General unless they are federalized by order of the President of the United States. The Maine Air National Guard is headquartered at Bangor Air National Guard Base, Bangor.