New Mexico Air National Guard
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The New Mexico Air National Guard (NM ANG) is the aerial militia of the State of New Mexico, United States of America. It is, along with the New Mexico Army National Guard, an element of the New Mexico National Guard.
New Mexico Air National Guard | |
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Active | 7 July 1947 - present |
Country | United States |
Allegiance | New Mexico |
Branch | Air National Guard |
Role | "To meet state and federal mission responsibilities." |
Size | 1,005 |
Part of | New Mexico National Guard |
Garrison/HQ | New Mexico Department of Military Affairs, 2251 Air Guard Drive Southeast, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87117 |
Engagements | Korean War Operation Desert Storm Global War on Terrorism |
Commanders | |
Civilian leadership | President Joe Biden (Commander-in-Chief) Frank Kendall III (Secretary of the Air Force) Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (Governor of the State of New Mexico) |
State military leadership | Major General (NM) Kenneth Nava (Adjutant General of the State of New Mexico) |
Insignia | |
Emblem of the New Mexico Air National Guard |
As state militia units, the units in the New Mexico Air National Guard are not in the normal United States Air Force chain of command. They are under the jurisdiction of the Governor of New Mexico though the office of the New Mexico Adjutant General unless they are federalized by order of the President of the United States. The Adjutant General is MG (NM) Kenneth Nava. The New Mexico Air National Guard is headquartered in Albuquerque at Kirtland Air Force Base, and its commander is currently[update] Brigadier General Robert Reyner.