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Members of the 169th Security Forces Squadron at McEntire Joint National Guard Base. Today, the South Carolina Air National Guard is one of the most advanced and modern Air National Guard organizations in the nation. The 169 FW was the first wing in the Air National Guard to fly the F-16, with the 169 FW flying the F-16A and F-16B from 1983 to ...
F-16C Block 52Q Fighting Falcon (s/n 93-0535) from the 157th Fighter Squadron, 169th Fighter Wing, South Carolina Air National Guard, lands at the Marrakech, Morocco airport on 23 January 2010. Early in the 1990s with the declared end of the Cold War and the continued decline in military budgets, the Air Force restructured to meet changes in ...
New York-South Africa Partnership. National Guard State Partners visit rural Alaska during Arctic Care 2012 (Video). National Guard Akaska. 16 April 2012. Archived from the original on 2021-12-19. Alaska-Mongolia Partnership. Washington Guard Trains with Royal Thai Army (Video). IGBROWN TEC. 26 June 2012. Archived from the original on 2021-12-19.
The South Carolina National Guard, or Carolina militia as it was originally known, was born from the Carolina Charter of 1663. The charter gave to the Proprietors the right "to Leavy Mu ſ ter and Trayne all sortes of men of what Conditon or where ſ oever borne in the said Province for the tyme being".
The South Carolina Army National Guard was originally formed in 1670. The Militia Act of 1903 organized the various state militias into the present National Guard system. The South Carolina National Guard's militia predecessors saw action in the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Mexican War, American Civil War, and the Spanish–American War.
The Adjutant General of South Carolina is head of the South Carolina Military Department, overseeing the South Carolina National Guard, the South Carolina State Guard and the South Carolina Emergency Management Division. The Adjutant General is the highest-ranking uniformed officer in the state, subordinate to the Governor who serves as ...
The 263rd Army Air and Missile Defense Command is an air defense artillery command of the United States Army, South Carolina Army National Guard. The 263rd is one of several National Guard units with colonial roots, and is one of only nineteen Army National Guard units with campaign credit for the War of 1812. The 263rd ADA Brigade was ...
The Active Guard and Reserve (AGR) is a United States Army and United States Air Force federal military program which places Army National Guard and Army Reserve soldiers and Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve airmen on federal active duty status under Title 10 U.S.C., or full-time National Guard duty under Title 32 U.S.C. 502(f) for a period of 180 consecutive days or greater in order ...