Puerto Rico Air National Guard

Puerto Rico Air National Guard
198th Airlift Squadron - Lockheed C-130E 64-0510 at Muniz ANGB, San Juan. The 198th is the oldest unit in the Puerto Rico Air National Guard, having over 67 years of service to the state and nation
Active	23 November 1947 - present
Country	United States
Allegiance	Puerto Rico
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Air National Guard
Role	"To meet Commonwealth and federal mission responsibilities."
Size	1,200 airmen
Part of	Puerto Rico National Guard United States National Guard Bureau
Garrison/HQ	Puerto Rico Air National Guard, Muñiz Air National Guard Base, 200 Carr Sector Central Carolina, Puerto Rico 00986
Commanders
Civilian leadership	President Donald Trump (Commander-in-Chief) Deborah Lee James (Secretary of the Air Force) Governor Ricardo Rosselló (Governor of Puerto Rico)
State military leadership	Brigadier General Juan Jose Medina Lamela
Insignia
Emblem of the Puerto Rico Air National Guard
Aircraft flown
Transport	C-130E Hercules

1981 Muñiz Air National Guard Base attack
Destroyed A-7D aircraft of the Puerto Rico Air National Guard destroyed at Muñiz Air National Guard Base, 12 January 1981.
Type	bombings
Location	San Juan, Puerto Rico
Target	Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport
Date	January 12, 1981 early morning
Executed by	Ejército Popular Boricua

The Puerto Rico Air National Guard (PR ANG) —Spanish: Guardia Nacional Aérea de Puerto Rico— is the air force militia of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States of America. It is, along with the Puerto Rico Army National Guard and the Puerto Rico State Guard, an element of the Puerto Rico National Guard. After beginning as four units, the PRANG expanded to 11 units by the 1980s, including the 1956th Tactics Combat Group, the 140th Radar Squadron and others.

As commonwealth militia units, the units in the Puerto Rico Air National Guard are not in the normal United States Air Force chain of command. They are under the jurisdiction of the Governor of Puerto Rico though the office of the Puerto Rico Adjutant General unless they are federalized by order of the President of the United States. The Puerto Rico Air National Guard is headquartered at San Juan commanded by BG Wayne Zimmet. The 156th Airlift Wing at Muñiz Air National Guard Base, Carolina, and its commander is Col Jose A. (Andy) Sanchez.

Under the "Total Force" concept, Puerto Rico Air National Guard units are considered to be Air Reserve Components (ARC) of the United States Air Force (USAF). Puerto Rico ANG units are trained and equipped by the Air Force and are operationally gained by a Major Command of the USAF if federalized. In addition, the Puerto Rico Air National Guard forces are assigned to Air Expeditionary Forces and are subject to deployment tasking orders along with their active duty and Air Force Reserve counterparts in their assigned cycle deployment window.