Pennsylvania Air National Guard
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The Pennsylvania Air National Guard (PA ANG) is the aerial militia of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States of America. It is, along with the Pennsylvania Army National Guard, an element of the Pennsylvania National Guard.
Pennsylvania Air National Guard | |
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Active | 27 June 1924 – present |
Allegiance | Pennsylvania |
Branch | Air National Guard |
Role | "To meet commonwealth and federal mission responsibilities." |
Part of | Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs United States National Guard Bureau |
Garrison/HQ | Pennsylvania Air National Guard, Joint Force Headquarters, Bldg. S-0-47, Fort Indiantown Gap, Annville, PA 17003 |
Motto(s) | Pro Civitate et Patria (Latin) For State and Country |
Commanders | |
Civilian leadership | President Joe Biden (Commander-in-Chief) Frank Kendall III (Secretary of the Air Force) Governor Josh Shapiro (Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania) |
Commonwealth military leadership | Major General Mark J. Schindler (The Adjutant General) Brigadier General Terrence L. Koudelka Jr. (Deputy Adjutant General-Air) |
Insignia | |
Pennsylvania Air National Guard emblem |
As commonwealth militia units, the units in the Pennsylvania Air National Guard are not in the normal United States Air Force chain of command. They are under the jurisdiction of the Governor of Pennsylvania through the office of the Pennsylvania Adjutant General unless they are federalized by order of the President of the United States. The Pennsylvania Air National Guard is headquartered at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, and its commander is Brigadier General Michael J. Regan Jr.