Vermont Air National Guard

Vermont Air National Guard
134th Fighter Squadron F-16C Fighting Falcons from Burlington AGB. The 134th is the oldest unit in the Vermont Air National Guard, having over 70 years of service to the state and nation
Active	14 August 1946 - present
Country	United States
Allegiance	Vermont
Branch	Air National Guard
Role	"To meet state and federal mission responsibilities."
Part of	Vermont Military Department United States National Guard Bureau
Garrison/HQ	Vermont Air National Guard, Burlington Air National Guard Base, 106 Nco Drive, South Burlington, VT 05403
Nickname(s)	"Green Mountain Boys"
Commanders
Civilian leadership	President Donald Trump (Commander-in-Chief) Deborah Lee James (Secretary of the Air Force) Governor Peter Shumlin (Governor of the State of Vermont)
State military leadership	Major General Steven Cray
Insignia
Emblem of the Vermont National Guard
Aircraft flown
Fighter	F-16C Fighting Falcon, Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II (Future F-16 Replacement)

The Vermont Air National Guard (VT ANG) is the air force militia of the State of Vermont, United States of America. It is, along with the Vermont Army National Guard, an element of the Vermont National Guard. The 158th Fighter Wing is its sole unit. It is under the jurisdiction of the Governor of Vermont through the office of the Vermont Adjutant General unless they are federalized by order of the President of the United States. The Vermont Air National Guard is headquartered at Burlington Air National Guard Base.

Under the "Total Force" concept, Vermont Air National Guard units are considered to be Air Reserve Components (ARC) of the United States Air Force (USAF). Vermont 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 Vermont 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.

Along with their federal reserve obligations, as state militia units the elements of the Vermont ANG are subject to being activated by order of the Governor to provide protection of life and property, and preserve peace, order and public safety. State missions include disaster relief in times of earthquakes, hurricanes, floods and forest fires, search and rescue, protection of vital public services, and support to civil defense.

On 24 May 1946, the United States Army Air Forces, in response to dramatic postwar military budget cuts imposed by President Harry S. Truman, allocated inactive unit designations to the National Guard Bureau for the formation of an Air Force National Guard. These unit designations were allotted and transferred to various State National Guard bureaus to provide them unit designations to re-establish them as Air National Guard units.