Massachusetts Air National Guard

Massachusetts Air National Guard
Shield of the Massachusetts Air National Guard
Active18 November 1921 – present
Country United States
Allegiance Massachusetts
Branch  Air National Guard
Typestate militia, military reserve force
Role"To meet commonwealth and federal mission responsibilities."
Size18x F-15C 1x F-15D
Part ofMassachusetts National Guard
United States National Guard Bureau
Garrison/HQHanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts
Motto(s)Always Ready, Always There.
ColorsBlue, Gray, Green, Yellow
Commanders
Civilian leadershipPresident Joe Biden
(Commander-in-Chief)
Frank Kendall III
(Secretary of the Air Force)
Governor Maura Healey
(Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and Commander-in-Chief of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' Military Forces)
Commonwealth military leadershipMajor General Gary W. Keefe[1]
Aircraft flown
FighterF-15C Eagle F-15D Eagle

The Massachusetts Air National Guard (MA ANG) is the aerial militia of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States of America. It is a reserve of the United States Air Force and along with the Massachusetts Army National Guard, an element of the Massachusetts National Guard of the larger United States National Guard Bureau.

As commonwealth militia units, the units in the Massachusetts Air National Guard are not in the normal United States Air Force chain of command. They are under the jurisdiction of the Governor of Massachusetts through the office of the Massachusetts Adjutant General unless they are federalized when ordered by the President of the United States. The Massachusetts Air National Guard is headquartered on Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, and its commander is Brigadier General Virginia I. Gaglio.[2]