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The Red Eyes of the 120th Fighter Squadron, 140th Wing, Colorado Air National Guard perform a flyover with four F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft for the opening of Cheyenne Frontier Days, Cheyenne, Wyoming, July 19, 2025.

This was the first time the squadron participated in the rodeo’s 129-year history, occurring the last week of July each year. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Air Force Capt. Reed “Roller” Barrett)

120th Fighter Squadron flyover opens Cheyenne rodeo

By U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Eliana Raspet, 140th Wing Public Affairs | Sept. 5, 2025

The Red Eyes of the 120th Fighter Squadron, 140th Wing, Colorado Air National Guard opened the Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo, Cheyenne, with an F-16 Fighting Falcon flyover for the first time in the event’s 129-year history, July 19, 2025.

An AV-8B Harrier aircraft, known for its vertical, short takeoff and landing capabilities, utilizes the airfield at the 140th Wing, Buckley Space Force Base, Aurora, Colorado, June 10, 2025. The BSFB airfield was vital to the transition and planned demilitarization of the aircraft bound for display at the Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum in Denver. (Photo by U.S. Air National Guard Tech. Sgt. Chance Johnson)

U.S. Marine Harrier final flight ends at Buckley Space Force Base

By U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Kylie Davidson, 140th Wing Public Affairs | Aug. 28, 2025

It was the first of its kind, a jet that rose like a helicopter, hovered in midair, and raced forward like a fighter. After decades of rewriting rules for aerial warfare, a U.S. Marine AV-8B Harrier embarked on its final flight. Not for combat, but for commemoration.

U.S. Air Force Col. Stephanie Figueroa, commander, 233rd Space Group, Colorado Air National Guard, gives a speech to the members of the 233rd regarding the retirement of the Mobile Ground Support equipment, Greeley, Colorado, Aug. 2, 2025. The MGS is a weapons system designed for survivable missile warnings and has been in operation with the Air National Guard since 1996. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Luccario Lovato)

Colorado’s Greeley Air National Guard says farewell to Mobile Ground System mission

By Staff Sgt. Luca Lovato | Aug. 15, 2025

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.

Colorado Army National Guard crew chiefs U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Wade Shore (left) and Sgt. 1st Class Jeremy Hubbard (right), High-Altitude Army National Guard Aviation Training Site, perform maintenance on their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, in Gypsum, Colorado, July 23, 2025. Both Soldiers participated in a dangerous nighttime rescue that set the record for the highest hoist ever conducted in Colorado, saving two hikers who had become caught in a storm and were struck by lightning. The crew flew at approximately 14,200 feet above sea level, beating the previous record of around 13,700 feet by a military aircraft in Colorado.

Colorado National Guard aircrew breaks record for hoist rescue

By Staff Sgt. Josiah Pugh | July 25, 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.