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Members of the 140th Wing analyze the wing’s effectiveness during Exercise Centennial Strike at the Wing Operations Center on Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado, June 6, 2025. Exercise Centennial Strike assessed the readiness and operational agility of the 140th Wing in a contested and degraded environment through a simulated high-end conflict scenario. (U.S. Air National Guard Photo by Senior Airman Eliana Raspet)

140th Wing exercises to deploy, fight, win in contested environment

By Airman 1st Class Eliana Raspet | July 2, 2025

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.

The 140th Civil Engineering Squadron along with Wing leadership celebrate a ground-breaking ceremony for a corrosion control facility at Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado, May 20, 2025. The facility will be able to house a standard fighter jet and will serve as a fire suppression and decontamination area among additional functions. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Chance Johnson)

140th Civil Engineer Squadron granted new corrosion control facility

By Tech. Sgt. Chance Johnson | July 2, 2025

The 140th Civil Engineer Squadron celebrated the construction for a new corrosion control facility at a groundbreaking ceremony May 20, 2025, as a number one Military Construction priority for the Colorado Air National Guard.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Chadley Simms, infantryman, 1st Battalion-157th Infantry (Mountain), Colorado Army National Guard uses handheld counter-unmanned aerial system equipment to neutralize a simulated drone threat during a drone warfare familiarization course at a Fort Carson, Colorado, training range, April 15, 2025. The course, led by the Drone Warfare Cell, part of the Multi-Domain Special Operations Cell at 5th Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne), COARNG, paired traditional guard members with special forces to build interoperability and strengthen joint UAS threat response capabilities. (U.S Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Melissa Escobar-Pereira)

Forging the Future Fight: Inside the Colorado Army National Guard’s Drone Warfare Cell

By Melissa Escobar-Pereira, Colorado National Guard | June 17, 2025

As the battlespace continues to evolve, so too must the tools and training of those who fight within it. Among the quiet forces reshaping U.S. warfighting readiness is a specialized group called the Drone Warfare Cell, operating within the Multi-Domain Special Operations Cell at 5th Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Colorado Army National Guard.

Colorado Army National Guard Pfc. Erich Bendele, Headquarters-Headquarters Company 1st Battalion 157th Infantry (MTN) and Staff Sgt. Raden Chambers, 3650th Support Maintenance Company, celebrate after completing a physical fitness task during the Region VII Best Warrior Competition, Camp Navajo, Arizona, May 13, 2025. The top lower enlisted Soldier and non-commissioned officer move on to compete at the national event later in the year. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Joseph K. VonNida)

Colorado warriors compete at regional competition

By Sgt. 1st Class Joseph K. VonNida | June 11, 2025

Two Colorado Army National Guardsmen traveled to Flagstaff, Arizona, May 11, 2025, to compete in the Region VII Best Warrior competition.

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U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Robert F. Cruz, 8th Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team, Colorado Army National Guard is awarded the Soldier’s Medal for heroism July 9, 2025.

Colorado Soldier awarded highest U.S. Army award for heroism in a non-combat situation

By Colorado National Guard Public Affairs | July 8, 2025

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Robert F. Cruz, 8th Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team, Colorado Army National Guard will be awarded the Soldier’s Medal for heroism in an official ceremony to be held at the Colorado Freedom Memorial, 756 Telluride Street, Aurora, CO 80011, July 9, 2025, at 9 a.m.

Two U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 120th Fighter Squadron, Colorado Air National Guard, fly past Denver International Airport during a photo chase mission around Denver, May 29, 2015. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by, Tech. Sgt. Wolfram M. Stumpf)(RELEASED)

Colorado Air National Guard to fly over Independence Day celebrations

By Colorado National Guard Public Affairs | July 2, 2025

Colorado Air National Guard F-16C Fighting Falcons will fly over Colorado communities in honor of Independence Day, July 4, 2025.

The Adjutant General of Colorado U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Laura Clellan addresses the crowd attending a Memorial Day Ceremony at the Veterans Memorial Cemetery of Western Colorado, Grand Junction, Colorado, May 26, 2025. Clellan, who also serves as the executive director of the Colorado Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, was the keynote speaker and also placed a wreath in memory of all veterans. (Photo courtesy Steven Stogsdill)

Colorado honors women veterans at Western Slope ceremony

By Colorado Division of Veterans Affairs | June 4, 2025

The Colorado Division of Veterans Affairs will host a ceremony to honor women veterans June 7, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. at the Veterans Memorial Cemetery of Western Colorado, 2830 Riverside Parkway, Grand Junction, Colorado.

A Colorado Air National Guard F-16 Viper launches from Buckley Space Force Base, Aurora, Colorado. The 140th Wing of the Colorado Air National Guard will perform Memorial Day flyovers of Colorado communities to honor fallen servicemembers May 26, 2025. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Chance Johnson)

Colorado Air National Guard to conduct Memorial Day flyovers to honor our fallen

By 140th Wing Public Affairs | May 23, 2025

The 140th Wing of the Colorado Air National Guard will perform Memorial Day flyovers of Colorado communities to honor fallen servicemembers May 24 and 26, 2025.

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