Florida Air National Guard

Florida Air National Guard
159th Fighter Squadron F-15C Eagle, Jacksonville ANGB. The 159th is the oldest unit in the Florida Air National Guard, having nearly 70 years of service to the state and nation.
Active	9 February 1947 - present
Country	United States
Allegiance	Florida
Branch	Air National Guard
Role	"To meet state and federal mission responsibilities."
Part of	Florida Department of Military Affairs United States National Guard Bureau
Garrison/HQ	Florida Air National Guard, St. Francis Barracks, 82 Marine Street Street, St. Augustine, Florida 32088
Motto(s)	"Guarding America, Defending Freedom"
Commanders
Civilian leadership	President Donald Trump (Commander-in-Chief) Deborah Lee James (Secretary of the Air Force) Rick Scott (Governor of Florida)
State military leadership	Brigadier General James Eifert
Insignia
Emblem of the Florida Air National Guard
Aircraft flown
Fighter	F-22A Raptor, F-15C/D Eagle
Transport	C-26 Metroliner

The Florida Air National Guard is the air force militia of the State of Florida and, as part of the air force militia of the United States, is part of the Air National Guard. On a state level, along with the Florida Army National Guard, it is also an element of the Florida National Guard.

As an Air Force organization, it also part of the Air Reserve Component (ARC) of the U.S. Air Force, a position it shares with its "federal" ARC partner, the Air Force Reserve Command.

As state militia units, the units in the Florida Air National Guard (FL ANG) are not in the normal United States Air Force chain of command. FL ANG units remain under the jurisdiction of the Governor of Florida though the office of the Florida Adjutant General unless they are federalized by order of the President of the United States. This jurisdictional model of answering to state, commonwealth or territorial governors applies to all Air National Guard units in all fifty states, Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands, with the sole exception being the District of Columbia Air National Guard, which is under the direct jurisdiction of the President of the United States through the office of the Commanding General District of Columbia National Guard.

The Florida Air National Guard is headquartered at St. Francis Barracks (also known as the State Arsenal), in St. Augustine, and its commander is Brigadier General James Eifert.