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Quonset Point Air National Guard Station is the home of the 143rd Airlift Wing (143 AW), a Rhode Island Air National Guard unit operationally gained by the Air Mobility Command (AMC) of the U.S. Air Force. The mission of the 143 AW is to provide air logistics support pursuant to both its state and federal missions.
The Rhode Island National Guard traces it origins to the earliest known colonial defensive force which was formed on May 13, 1638, and called the "Traine Band", in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. The new force was founded as, “Freemen as a militia subject to call and expected to perform certain military duties in the protection of the people.” [ 6 ]
The Rhode Island Air Show is held annually by the Rhode Island National Guard and is perhaps the most well-known event to take place on Quonset Point. The event began in 1991 as a relatively minor aviation exhibition but grew in attendance each year, with the USAF Thunderbirds performing every even year and the USN Blue Angels performing every ...
The 143d Airlift Wing (143 AW) is a unit of the Rhode Island Air National Guard, stationed at Quonset Point Air National Guard Station, Rhode Island. If activated to federal service, the Wing is gained by the United States Air Force Air Mobility Command. Its mission is to transport personnel and equipment, or, when activated for State Active ...
Guide to the Office of the Adjutant General Rhode Island National Guard Unit History records and photographs from the Rhode Island State Archives; Guide to the Rhode Island National Guard (RING) 110th Public Affairs Detachment photographs and negatives from the Rhode Island State Archives; National Guard Mobilization for the Mexican Border ...
The Rhode Island National Guard in Kosovo, the Traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall, and Adaptive summer sports for disabled veterans. Here's the veteran's news for RI The RI national Guard is deployed ...
Quonset State Airport (OQU) page from Rhode Island Airport Corp. Airfield photos of Quonset State Airport (OQU) from U.S. Civil Air Patrol at the Wayback Machine (archived September 28, 2007) Parker Aviation, LLC. A Rhode Island–based Aviation Training Company located at Hangar One on field. Photographic archive of the former Quonset Naval ...
The Rhode Island Air National Guard (RI ANG) is the aerial militia of the State of Rhode Island, United States of America.It is a reserve of the United States Air Force and along with the Rhode Island Army National Guard an element of the Rhode Island National Guard of the larger United States National Guard Bureau.