Colorado Air National Guard members of the 233rd Space Group hosted an official ceremony for the retirement of the Mobile Ground System at the Greeley Air National Guard Station, Aug. 2, 2025.

A Colorado Army National Guard Black Hawk aircrew tested their skill and pushed their helicopter’s performance to its limits during a dangerous nighttime rescue that set the record for the highest hoist ever conducted by a military aircraft in Colorado.

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Robert F. Cruz, Colorado Army National Guard was driving home from work when he witnessed a major four-vehicle accident Aug. 30, 2023. A vehicle swerved to avoid an initial collision with two other vehicles, veering into oncoming traffic and rolling several times before crashing into a fourth vehicle.

The 140th Wing executed Exercise Centennial Strike, a simulated rapid mobilization of the Mission Generation Force Element and a regeneration of deployed aircraft, June 5-8, 2025. This exercise aimed to prepare for impending Contingency Response Force taskings, utilizing Multi-Capable Airmen. The focus was on validating the 140th Wing’s ability to generate combat-ready F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft to the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command theater of operations while testing core Mission Essential Tasks in response to a near-peer threat as defined in the National Defense Strategy.