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Utah National Guard ships AH-64D Apaches to Morocco for African Lion 22
June 17, 2022 — The 1st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment, Utah National Guard, will package and send four AH-64D Apache helicopters to Morocco onboard a C-5 Galaxy, in support of African Lion 22, a U.S. Africa Command annual exercise on Saturday, June 18, 2022... MORE

Utah National Guard and the Honorary Colonels Corps host 60th Annual Bronze Minuteman Awards Dinner
June 10, 2022 — The Utah National Guard and the Honorary Colonels Corps will host the 60th Annual Bronze Minuteman Awards Dinner Friday, June 12, 2022, at Salt Lake’s Little America Hotel... MORE

65th FAB leads multi-state XCTC exercise at Orchard Combat Training Center in Idaho
June 8, 2022 — The Utah National Guard’s 65th Field Artillery Brigade, “America’s Thunder,” is participating in Western Strike 22, a large-scale, multi-state field artillery training exercise, June 7-16, 2022, at Orchard Combat Training Center near Boise, Idaho... MORE

Investigation completed for the two Utah Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawks involved in training accident
April 21, 2022 — The investigation into the two Utah Army National Guard Regiment UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters that were involved in a training accident while conducting winter survivability and mobility training near Mineral Basin Feb. 22, 2022, has been completed... MORE

Utah Air Colonel Kurt Davis to be promoted to Brigadier General
April 7, 2022 — Colonel Kurt Davis, full-time director of the Utah National Guard’s Joint Staff, will be promoted to brigadier general in an official ceremony April 9, 2022, at noon at the Utah Air National Guard Base... MORE

Utah National Guard ends historic COVID 19 mission
March 17, 2022 — The Utah National Guard’s COVID-19 Joint Task Force will end its mission March 17, 2022, after providing support to state health officials since March 2020... MORE

Brig. Gen. Tyler B. Smith retires from the Utah Army National Guard
March 15, 2022 — Brig. Gen. Tyler B. Smith will be honored during a retirement ceremony on Tuesday, March 15, at 2:30 p.m., at the Scott Lundell Readiness Center, Camp Williams, Utah, after 36 years of military service... MORE

New Assistant Adjutant General for Utah Army National Guard
March 11, 2022 — The Utah Army National Guard will welcome its new assistant adjutant general during the change-of-command ceremony scheduled to occur Sunday, March 13, at 3 p.m. in the Draper headquarters’ auditorium. ... MORE

Utah National Guard breaks ground for new Nephi Readiness Center
March 10, 2022 — The Utah National Guard will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for a new Nephi Readiness Center, Nephi, Utah, Thursday, March 10, at 1 p.m. The site of the readiness center is located along West Airport Lane and south of Meadow Lane in Juab County just west of the Nephi Municipal Airport... MORE

151st ARW to honor Col. Gail Halvorsen with flyover during graveside service
February 22, 2022 — The Utah Air National Guard’s 151st Air Refueling Wing will conduct a KC-135R flyover for the graveside service of retired U.S Air Force Col. Gail (Hal) Seymour Halvorsen, on Feb. 22, 2022, at 1 p.m., over the Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah. Halvorsen was best known as the “Berlin Candy Bomber.”... MORE

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