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The Air National Guard (ANG), also known as the Air Guard, is a federal military reserve force of the United States Air Force, as well as the air militia of each U.S. state, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the territories of Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands. [6]
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The stars symbolize the unit ties to the Air Force Space Command. The orbiting satellite represents the unit's connection to space and the National Reconnaissance Office. The satellite represents local heritage and culture. The profile of the Minuteman symbolizes the connection to the Air National Guard and the unit's rapid response capability.
Today, the New York Air National Guard is the largest and most diverse ANG organization of the National Guard Bureau. After the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States , elements of every Air National Guard unit in New York has been activated in support of the Global War on Terrorism .
As a U.S. Air Force organization, the Florida Air National Guard is also part of the USAF's Air Reserve Component (ARC), a position it shares with its "federal" ARC partner, the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC). As state militia units, the units in the Florida Air National Guard are not in the normal United States Air Force chain of command.
The Maryland Air National Guard First Sergeant Ribbon was an award to honor First Sergeants of the guard after at least three years of exceptional service. [6] It was discontinued in 2010, but those First Sergeants who received the ribbon prior to that date are authorized to continue to display it.