A Lockheed WC-130H of the 198th Airlift Squadron at Muniz ANGB, San Juan. The 198th is the oldest unit in the Puerto Rico Air National Guard, having over 67 years of service.
Active
23 November 1947 - present
Country
United States of America
Allegiance
United States of America Puerto Rico
Branch
United States Air Force
Role
"To meet Commonwealth and federal mission responsibilities."
Size
1,200 airmen[a]
Part of
Air National Guard Puerto Rico National Guard
Garrison/HQ
Puerto Rico Air National Guard, Muñiz Air National Guard Base, 200 Carr Sector Central Carolina, Puerto Rico 00986
Commanders
Federal Commander
President Joe Biden
Commander-in-Chief
Governor Pedro Pierluisi
Adjutant General
MG José J. Reyes, USA
Air National Guard Commander
Brig Gen Travis K. Acheson, USAF
Insignia
Emblem of the Puerto Rico Air National Guard
Aircraft flown
Transport
WC-130H Hercules
Military unit
The Puerto Rico Air National Guard(PR ANG) —Spanish: Guardia Nacional Aérea de Puerto Rico— is the aerial militia of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States of America. It is, along with the Puerto Rico Army National Guard and the Puerto Rico State Guard, an element of the Puerto Rico National Guard. After beginning as four units, the PRANG expanded to 11 units by the 1980s, including the 1956th Tactics Combat Group, the 140th Radar Squadron and others.[2]
As commonwealth militia units, the units in the Puerto Rico Air National Guard are not in the normal United States Air Force chain of command. They are under the jurisdiction of the Governor of Puerto Rico though the office of the Puerto Rico Adjutant General unless they are federalized by order of the President of the United States. The Puerto Rico Air National Guard is headquartered at San Juan, Puerto Rico, and commanded by Brigadier General Travis Acheson.[3]
^Vicens, Antonio (2012). "Ponencia Vista de Transición Gubernamental 2012" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 February 2014.
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United States of America
Puerto Rico
United States Air Force
Air National Guard
Puerto Rico National Guard
President Joe Biden
Governor Pedro Pierluisi
MG José J. Reyes, USA
Brig Gen Travis K. Acheson, USAF