Vermont Air National Guard

The Guard’s deployment, now surpassing 100 days, is the first combat mission of its kind in a decade. And families don’t know when their service members will return home.

Adjutant General Henry "Hank" Harder Jr. takes command of the Guard amid multiple international deployments.

It’s the second time the Vermont Air National Guard and its F-35 fighter jets have been deployed by the federal government in the span of a few months.

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Hank Harder inherits leadership of a 3,000-member Army National Guard and 1,000-member Air National Guard, the latter of which recently participated in a federal mission that resulted in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

The 158th Fighter Wing was deployed to the Caribbean in mid-December. U.S. forces are taking military action in Venezuela.

Sen. Peter Welch weighs in on the mounting conflict. Plus, a St. Michael's College international relations professor and a former guardsman share their perspectives.

The guard is expected to be deployed later this month but said it cannot disclose where it's being deployed or for what purpose.

Can simulators cut down on the need for F-35 flights over the Burlington area? Here's what the 158th Fighter Wing commander had to say.

Veterans, active service members, lawmakers, family and friends gathered Thursday, May 25 for a Memorial Day ceremony at Camp Johnson in Colchester hosted by the Vermont National Guard.

A conversation with a veteran who served in the National Guard under "don't ask, don't tell."