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Currently, the Guam Air National Guard consists of a single, non-flying unit, the 254th Air Base Group.The main goal of the Guam Air Guard is to provide ready forces to the Governor of Guam during emergencies, civil crises, and for civil support, as well as to augment and assist the active duty military located at Guam.
On June 5, 1981, Public Law 16-18 established the Guam Army National Guard and the Guam Air National Guard. [3] On August 6, 1997, the Guam Army National Guard assisted with the recovery efforts of Korean Air Flight 801, which crashed on approach to Antonio Won Pat International Airport.
The Guam Air National Guard (GU ANG) is the aerial militia of Guam, an unincorporated territory of the United States. It is, along with the Guam Army National Guard, an element of the Guam National Guard, National Guard and United States National Guard Bureau. It is also a reserve of the United States Air Force.
The 254th Air Base Group is a unit of the Guam Air National Guard, a part of the larger Guam National Guard.The current duties of the 254th Air Base Group are to assist active duty Airmen and Air Force units at Andersen Air Force Base near Yigo, Guam, as well as provide meteorological and civil support to the Governor of Guam and the entire Guam National Guard.
The 224th Aviation was constituted on 1 October 1987 in the Maryland and Virginia Army National Guards as a parent regiment under the United States Army Regimental System, and organized from existing units to include the 1st Battalion and Companies D, E, and F, part of the 29th Infantry Division. On 1 September 1990 it was reorganized to ...
Nov. 11—The U.S. Coast Guard officially announced the establishment of U.S. Coast Guard Base Guam on Wednesday as the service continues to build up its presence in the Pacific. The U.S. Coast ...
The National Guard Bureau also provides policies and requirements for training and funds for state Army National Guard and state Air National Guard units, [19] the allocation of federal funds to the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard, [19] and other administrative responsibilities prescribed under 10 U.S.C. § 10503.
In 2003, the U.S. House of Representatives declined to authorize $275 million in funding for the creation of the proposed National Guard unit due to budget constraints and concerns over whether the Northern Mariana Islands could form such a unit given the commonwealth's population of roughly 50,000 (about one-third the population of Guam).