South Carolina Air National Guard

South Carolina Air National Guard
An F-16C Fighting Falcon Block 52 of the 157th Fighter Squadron flies next to a Lockheed C-130H-LM Hercules from the 169th Operations Support Flight, 169th Fighter Wing. The 157th is the oldest unit in the South Carolina Air National Guard, having over 50 years of service to the state and nation.
Active	9 December 1946 - present
Country	United States
Allegiance	South Carolina
Branch	Air National Guard
Role	"To meet state and federal mission responsibilities."
Part of	South Carolina National Guard United States National Guard Bureau
Garrison/HQ	South Carolina Air National Guard, 1 National Guard Road, Columbia, South Carolina, 29201
Commanders
Civilian leadership	President Joe Biden (Commander-in-Chief) Frank Kendall III (Secretary of the Air Force) Governor Henry McMaster (Governor of the State of South Carolina)
State military leadership	Major General Van McCarty
Insignia
Emblem of the South Carolina Air National Guard
Aircraft flown
Fighter	F-16C/D Fighting Falcon
Transport	C-130H Hercules

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

As state military units, the units in the South Carolina Air National Guard are not in the normal United States Air Force chain of command. They are under the jurisdiction of the Governor of South Carolina though the office of the South Carolina Adjutant General unless they are federalized by order of the President of the United States. The South Carolina Air National Guard is headquartered in Columbia under the command of the Assistant Adjutant General for Air, Brigadier General Russell A. Rushe,^[1] and ultimately reporting to the Army general officer serving as The Adjutant General of South Carolina, Major General Van McCarty.^[2]