Effective October 1, 2024: To streamline communications, all F-35 and Air National Guard related inquiries should be routed directly to the 158th Fighter Wing contact page or by calling 802-660-5379. F-35 flying alerts (ie night flying schedules) will only be posted on the Vermont Air National Guard website.
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U.S. Air Force Capt. Dayton Brown (right), the base civil engineer, and Mr. Robert Letourneau, the base engineering technician, walk the grounds of the solar array expansion at the Vermont Air National Guard Base, South Burlington, Vermont, Nov. 15, 2024. The Vermont Air National Guard began the third and final phase of a photovoltaic power project, an ambitious solar energy initiative aimed at bolstering energy resilience, reducing carbon emissions, and enhancing emergency readiness.
158th Fighter Wing Expands Largest Solar Array in Air National Guard
By Lt. Col. Meghan Smith | Nov. 16, 2024
The Vermont Air National Guard began the third and final phase of a photovoltaic power project, an ambitious solar energy initiative aimed at bolstering energy resilience, reducing carbon emissions, and enhancing emergency...
From left to right: U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Mathew Lehman, Staff Sgt. Jana Somero, and Senior Master Sgt. Stephen Berthiaume, all members of the 158th Fighter Wing who are deployed overseas as part of the regularly scheduled cycle known as a Reserve Component Period, stand by the Camp Lemonnier sign in Djibouti, Africa, October 26, 2024. More than 50 Airmen from the 158th Fighter Wing are deploying this fall to support ongoing missions in the United States Central Command and United States Africa Command theaters.
Honoring Our Deployed Airmen on National Day of the Deployed
By Lt. Col. Meghan Smith | Oct. 29, 2024
More than 50 Airmen from the 158th Fighter Wing are deploying this fall to support ongoing missions in the United States Central Command and United States Africa Command theaters...
Kristina Von Trapp, granddaughter of Maria Von Trapp; Capt. Kelsey
Vermont Returns to Austria for AIRPOWER24 and Maple Tiger
By Master Sgt. Ryan Campbell | Oct. 3, 2024
With four F-35A Lightning IIs flying through the Austrian mountains, the Vermont Air National Guard’s 158th Fighter Wing returned to Austria for a second year of training with the Austrian and Swiss air forces...
An F-35 Lightning II assigned to the 158th Fighter Wing, South Burlington, Vermont, is refueled via a C-130 Hercules, during a FARP (Forward Area Refueling Point) mission as part of the exercise, “Maple Thunder,” at North Auxiliary Airfield, Joint Base Charleston, North, South Carolina, January 30, 2024. Airman with the 158th FW are participating in Maple Thunder to implement the Agile Combat Employment concept. (U.S. Air Force photo by Dr. Sandeep Mulgund)
Airpower for Great Power Competition
By Dr. Sandeep "Frag" Mulgund | Sept. 10, 2024
The term great power competition is increasingly being used to describe the current global strategic landscape facing the United States and its allies. This paper examines the implications of that landscape for airpower...
An F-35A Lightning II pilot assigned to the 134th Fighter Squadron, Vermont Air National Guard, prepares to depart during a routine night training mission, Vermont Air National Guard Base, South Burlington, Vt., Nov. 16, 2021. Pilots assigned to the 134th Fighter Squadron and Airmen assigned to the 158th Fighter Wing are required to conduct night operations to meet U.S. Air Force and Major Command requirements and proficiencies. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Mrs. Julie M. Paroline)
158FW Night Flying Operations
By Lt. Col. Meghan Smith | Sept. 9, 2024
The Vermont Air National Guard will conduct night flying operations from Tuesday, September 10, to Thursday, September 12, and from Tuesday, September 17 to Wednesday, September 18 with one afternoon and one evening takeoff...
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