North Carolina Air National Guard | |
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Active | 1947–present |
Country | United States |
Allegiance | North Carolina |
Branch | Air National Guard |
Type | state militia, military reserve force |
Role | "To meet state and federal mission responsibilities" |
Part of | North Carolina National Guard United States National Guard Bureau National Guard |
Headquarters | Raleigh, North Carolina |
Motto(s) | "We stand ready" |
Commanders | |
Civilian leadership | President Joe Biden (Commander-in-Chief) Frank Kendall III (Secretary of the Air Force) Governor Roy Cooper (Governor of North Carolina) |
Adjutant General of North Carolina | Major General M. Todd Hunt |
Insignia | |
Emblem | |
Aircraft flown | |
Transport | Boeing C-17 Globemaster III |
The North Carolina Air National Guard (NCANG) is the aerial militia of the State of North Carolina, United States of America. It is a reserve of the United States Air Force and along with the North Carolina Army National Guard an element of the North Carolina National Guard of the larger United States National Guard Bureau.
As state militia units, the units in the North Carolina Air National Guard are not in the normal United States Air Force chain of command. They are under the jurisdiction of the Governor of North Carolina through the office of the North Carolina Adjutant General unless they are federalized by order of the President of the United States. The North Carolina Air National Guard is headquartered in Raleigh, and its commander is Major General M. Todd Hunt.