California Air National Guard

The California Air National Guard is the air component of the California National Guard. The California Air National Guard is headquartered at Sacramento, California.

One of the duties of the California Air National Guard is defense of the United States. In December 2007, after the grounding of F-15 fighters due to potential structural problems, the California Air National Guard assumed responsibility for defense of the western United States. This was the first time that a single state's fighter wing took responsibility of defense for an entire coast.

Units

The California Air National Guard is made up of the following units:<br />129th Rescue Wing at Moffett Federal Airfield;<br />144th Fighter Wing at Fresno Yosemite International Airport;<br />146th Airlift Wing at Channel Islands Air National Guard Station;<br />162d Combat Communications Group located at North Highlands Air National Guard Station;<br />163d Reconnaissance Wing at March Joint Air Reserve Base.

Active Aircraft

• HH-60G Pavehawk
• MC-130P Combat Shadow
• RC-26B Metroliner
• F-16C Fighting Falcon
• C-130J Hercules
• MQ-1 Predator

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