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    The Vision for the Colorado Air National Guard’s Next Generation

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    By Dirk Hobbs on August 5, 2026 Business Insights

    Today’s Air National Guard routinely deploys alongside active-duty forces, flying the same aircraft, meeting the same standards and serving in combat around the world. Many Americans and employers still picture the National Guard through the outdated lens of “one weekend a month and two weeks a year.” U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Robert Davis, Colorado’s adjutant general, says, “The operational reality today is very different.”

    As the U.S. Air Force weighs where to base its next generation of Air National Guard fighters, Colorado military leaders say the decision extends beyond replacing aging aircraft, and that the future of the Aurora-based Colorado Air National Guard (COANG) 140th Wing is inseparable from national defense, Colorado’s economy and the state’s reservoir of technical talent.

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