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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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