Arizona Air National Guard
The Arizona Air National Guard (AZ ANG) is the air force militia of the State of Arizona, United States of America. It is, along with the Arizona Army National Guard, an element of the Arizona National Guard.
As state militia units, the units in the Arizona Air National Guard are not in the normal United States Air Force chain of command. They are under the jurisdiction of the Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs unless they are federalized by order of the President of the United States. The Arizona Air National Guard is headquartered at the Joint Force Headquarters in Phoenix, and its commander is currently Major General Hugo E. Salazar.
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