Colorado Air National Guard
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The Colorado Air National Guard (CO ANG) is the aerial militia of the State of Colorado, United States of America. It is, along with the Colorado Army National Guard, an element of the Colorado National Guard. The units of the Colorado Air National Guard are not in the normal United States Air Force or United States Space Force chain of command. They are under the jurisdiction of the Governor of Colorado through the office of the Colorado Adjutant General unless they are federalized by order of the President of the United States. The Colorado Air National Guard is headquartered in Centennial, and its commanders are currently[update] Major General Laura Clellan as The Adjutant General (TAG) of Colorado and Brigadier General D. Michah Fesler as the Assistant Adjutant General for Air (ATAG-Air) and Commander, Colorado Air National Guard (COANG/CC).
Colorado Air National Guard | |
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Active | 27 June 1923 – present |
Country | United States of America |
Allegiance | United States of America Colorado |
Branch | United States Air Force |
Role | "To meet state and federal mission responsibilities." |
Part of | Air National Guard Colorado National Guard |
Garrison/HQ | Department of Military & Veterans Affairs, 6848 South Revere Parkway, Centennial, Colorado, 80112 |
Commanders | |
Civilian leadership | President Joe Biden (Commander-in-Chief) Frank Kendall III (Secretary of the Air Force) Governor Jared Polis (Governor of the State of Colorado) |
State military leadership | MG Laura L. Clellan[1] (Adjutant General, State of Colorado) Brigadier General D. Micah Fesler Call sign: Zeus (Assistant Adjutant General-Air) Colonel Jeremiah S. Tucker (140th Wing Commander) |
Aircraft flown | |
Fighter | F-16C/D Fighting Falcon |
Transport | C-21A Learjet |
The Colorado Air National Guard's 120th Fighter Squadron was the first federally recognized Air National Guard unit after the Second World War, receiving this distinction on 30 June 1946.