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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.
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 ...
PROVIDENCE -- The Rhode Island National Guard has canceled its air show for the fourth year in a row.
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 ...
The National Guard Association of the United States argues that moving the Air National Guard units not only circumvents the authority of the state governors that oversee them but could also set a ...
Callahan has been the 44th adjutant general of Rhode Island and commander of the R.I. National Guard for the past nine years. “General Callahan has dedicated his career to military service.
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.
For many years, the R.I. National Guard’s major interface with the public was the annual Air Show at Quonset. When that ceased a few years ago, the need for an alternative became quickly apparent.