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.

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.

Colorado National Guard members received a boost in benefits when Governor Jared Polis signed Senate Bill 25-247 Tuition Waiver & Colorado National Guard Members at the State Capitol in Denver, May 1, 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.

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