Here's how you know
 **Official websites use .mil** .mil
 **Secure .mil websites use HTTPS** lock () https://


Skip to main content (Press Enter).
 Toggle navigation
            
            
            
            
            National Guard
                        Always Ready Always There
                    National Guard
            
            Search National Guard:
                        Search
                    Search
                        Search National Guard:
                            Search
    Home

    News
    
        Guard News

    Overseas Operations

    State Partnership Program

    News Features

    RSS Feeds

    Press Releases

    Transcripts

    Features
    
        Features by Year

    Posture Statement

    State Partnership Program

    Special Features

    About the Guard
    
        How We Began

    Air National Guard

    Army National Guard    
    
        DEERS Soldier Journey

    Leader Development Program

    History and Heritage

    I am the Guard

    NGB Official March

    Leadership
    
        CNGB

    VCNGB

    SEA

    DANG

    DARNG

    Joint Staff    
    
        J-1

    J-2

    J-3

    J-4

    J-5

    J-6

    J-7

    J-8

    Personal Staff    
    
        Inspector General

    General Counsel

    Public Affairs

    Executive Support Services

    Legislative Liaison

    Special Staff    
    
        National Guard Office of Special Victims' Counsel

    Office of the Provost Marshal

    Office of the Joint Surgeon

    Director of Acquisitions

    Small Business Programs

    Chaplain

    Senior Leader Management Office

    Diversity Equity Inclusion

    Comptroller

    Resources    
        National Defense Strategy Implementation Guidance

    Community Engagement

    FOIA

    Fact Sheets

    Helpful Links

    Image Gallery
    
        News Images

    Graphics

    Historical Paintings

    Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

    Legislative Liaison

    Small Business Programs

    Social Media

    State Websites

    Videos    
    
        Featured Videos

    On Every Front

    2019 Videos

    2020 Videos

    2021 Videos

    Suicide Prevention

    Family Programs

    Environmental

    Trial Defense Service

    Holistic Wellness Challenge

    Contact Us  Home
  News
  Article View
 
 Download
 Details
 Share
 NEWS
 Virginia Guard Airmen supporting global operations at Langley AFB By Cotton Puryear, Virginia National Guard
 LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. - Virginia National Guard Airmen from the 192nd Intelligence Squadron work side-by-side with the active duty Air Force every day at Langley Air Force Base. They provide critical intelligence products to support warfighting operations around the world, and several of them took part in a capabilities demonstration for local and national news media hosted March 17, 2015, by the 480th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing. "ISR provides supported commanders with decision advantage," explained Col. Timothy D. Haugh, commander of the 480th ISR Wing. "It makes sure they have the best available information for whatever decision they have to make from peacetime to the execution of combat operations." Because the demand for information has grown significantly, the active Air Force had to look for ways to meet the demand. "We needed to grow our capabilities beyond the capacity of our wing, and we have done that through a partnership with the Reserves and Air National Guard," he said. "We could not do our mission successfully without that partnership with the Guard and Reserve. They all bring a lot of capabilities, capacity and talents that have been an incredible value added." More than 100 Virginia National Guard Airmen support the ISR mission at Langley in a variety of duty statuses. Some are full-time military technicians, others volunteer to serve in an active-duty status, while the majority are traditional Guardsmen who support the ISR mission during their monthly drill weekends. The 192nd Intelligence Squadron is part of the 192nd Fighter Wing and engaged in what is called a "Single Wing Classic Associate" where National Guard Airmen are fully integrated with the active-duty Air Force. This means they work side-by-side with the 497th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group, the 1st Fighter Wing Operations and Maintenance Groups and the 735th Supply Chain Operations Group. The 192nd Fighter Wing also conducts independent missions with the 192nd Security Forces Squadron, the 203rd RED HORSE Civil Engineering Squadron and 192nd Medical Group. The 192nd Intelligence Squadron achieved full operational capability in June 2010 and now provides direct support to assist the active duty as they execute 70 missions a day, operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 52 weeks a year. "I’m proud of our Airmen and the culture they have established," said Lt. Col. David R. Lands, 192nd Intelligence Squadron Commander. "Our ability to integrate with mission partners while preserving unit identity and esprit de corps is vital to our role as citizen Airmen." The 192nd Intelligence Squadron’s federal mission is to "provide near-real-time, high confidence intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance products to Joint Force and Component Commanders," Lands said. Additionally, their domestic mission is to "provide near-real-time, high confidence incident awareness and assessment for domestic operations in the Commonwealth of Virginia" in times of emergency. No matter what their status, they all support the mission from their home station at Langley. This is possible through a global information network that allows data collected in one location to be evaluated and turned into an intelligence product by an analyst thousands of miles away, Haugh explained. He said that commanders identify their information requirements, and then all the different requests are prioritized at the Joint Staff level. From there, analysts are assigned missions based on those priorities. "We have a large, centrally managed process to ensure that as a nation we are placing our ISR resources against the highest priority things that meet our national security objectives and theatre objectives," he said. Haugh explained that data comes from a variety of aerial platforms, but the critical element is getting it to the analyst that will turn it into the product commanders need. Analysts pull in video and integrate it with other information to produce their final intelligence product. "Our Airmen take all the data coming from those aircraft and put it into useable intelligence for supported commanders," he said. "This allows commanders at every level in the battle space, it could be a captain or a three or four-star general, to make decisions on how to position their forces." Through a global network of installations located in the United States as well as Germany, Korea, Hawaii and in the Central Command area of operations, collected data can be routed to an available analyst. "We are able to leverage the entire global network, take the data and send it to analyst who can create products to support the joint war fight," he said. "We are able to be engaged in combat operations while still at home station." While ISR is a highly effective integration of the latest technology, senior leaders acknowledge that it is the people who make the mission successful. "The greatest asset today’s Air Force has is our Airmen," said Gen. Herbert J. "Hawk" Carlisle, commander of Air Combat Command at Langley Air Force Base, the higher headquarters for the 480th ISR Wing. "The men and women who raise their right hand and swear an oath to our nation are simply amazing."
 SHARE
 PRINT
 
 Pennsylvania Army Guardsmen Complete Combat Lifesaver Course
 By Sgt. 1st Class Shane Smith,
  38th Infantry Division Soldiers Conduct Warfighter Exercise
 By Master Sgt. Jeff Lowry,
  Puerto Rico Air National Guard Trains at Red Flag-Alaska
 By 156th Wing
  More
 Pennsylvania Army Guardsmen Complete Combat Lifesaver Course Guard News • 3 hours ago
 38th Infantry Division Soldiers Conduct Warfighter Exercise Guard News • 11 hours ago
 Puerto Rico Air National Guard Trains at Red Flag-Alaska Guard News • 11 hours ago
 Air National Guard Conducts Sentry Savannah Exercise Guard News • yesterday
 Hawaii Air National Guard Hosts Sentry Aloha Joint Exercise Guard News • yesterday
 2024 (196)  2023 (427)  2022 (526)  2021 (697)  2020 (936)  2019 (387)  2018 (323)  2017 (346)  2016 (245)  2015 (356)  2014 (399)  2013 (469)  2012 (556)  2011 (533)  2010 (1071)  2009 (357)  2008 (638)  2007 (295)  2006 (188)
 Home
 Site Map
 Privacy & Security Policy
 Link Disclaimer
 Web Policy
 DOD Information Quality
 DOD Open GovernmentFOIA
 No FEAR Act
 Accessibility/Section 508
 Contact Us
 Army Guard Careers
 Air Guard Careers
 USA.gov
                    
Staying Connected
    XYouTubeFlickrFacebookInstagram
                 
                
                

Hosted by Defense Media Activity - WEB.mil