New Jersey Air National Guard

New Jersey Air National Guard
A F-16C Block 25B Fighting Falcon of the 119th Fighter Squadron. The 119th is the oldest unit in the New Jersey Air National Guard, having over 90 years of service to the state and nation.
Active30 January 1930 - present
Country United States
Allegiance New Jersey
Branch  Air National Guard
Role"To meet state and federal mission responsibilities."
Size2,300
Part ofNew Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
United States National Guard Bureau
Garrison/HQNew Jersey Air National Guard, 400 Langley Avenue, Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, 08234
Commanders
Civilian leadershipPresident Joe Biden
(Commander-in-Chief)
Frank Kendall III
(Secretary of the Air Force)
Governor Phil Murphy
(Governor of the State of New Jersey)
State ANG commanderBrig.Gen. Patrick M. Kennedy
State ANG Command ChiefCCM Michael J. Rakauckas
Insignia
Emblem of Headquarters, New Jersey Air National Guard

The New Jersey Air National Guard (NJ ANG) is the aerial militia of the State of New Jersey, United States of America. It is, along with the New Jersey Army National Guard, an element of the New Jersey National Guard.

As state militia units, the units in the New Jersey Air National Guard are not in the normal United States Air Force chain of command. They are under the jurisdiction of the Governor of New Jersey through the office of the New Jersey Adjutant General unless they are deployed by order of the President of the United States. The New Jersey Air National Guard is headquartered at the McGuire AFB portion of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., and its commander is Brigadier General Patrick M. Kennedy.


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