Texas Air National Guard

Texas Air National Guard
Seal of the Texas Air National Guard
Founded	29 June 1923; 101 years ago (1923)
Country	United States
Allegiance	State of Texas
Type	Air reserve component, Air force
Role	Aerial warfare, Air Support
Size	3,170 (2017)[1]
Part of	Texas Military Department Texas Military Forces National Guard Bureau Air National Guard
Headquarters	Building Nine Camp Mabry, Austin, Texas 30°18′42.173″N 97°45′38.338″W
Motto(s)	Decisive first responders
March	"Texas, Our Texas"
Website	tmd.texas.gov/air-guard
Commanders
Commander-in-Chief	Governor Greg Abbott
Adjutant General	Major General Thomas Suelzer
Commanding General	Brigadier General Andrew Camacho
Senior Enlisted Advisor	Chief Master Sergeant Matthew Crawford
Insignia
Identification symbol
Aircraft flown
Attack	F-16C/D Fighting Falcon
Reconnaissance	MQ-9 Reaper
Transport	C-130H Hercules, Beechcraft C-12 Huron, RC-26B

The Texas Air National Guard (TX ANG) is the aerial militia of the State of Texas, United States of America. It is, along with the Texas Army National Guard, an element of the Texas National Guard. No element of the Texas Air National Guard is under United States Air Force command. They are under the jurisdiction of the Governor of Texas through the office of the Texas Adjutant General unless they are federalized by order of the President of the United States. The Texas Air National Guard is headquartered at Camp Mabry, Austin, and its chief of staff is Brigadier General Matthew Barker.

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