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City of Tucson partners with Department of Defense to recruit staff

The program helps service members transition out of the military and pays their salaries for up to six months.
An F-16 is loaded on a truck at AMARG in Tucson for a trip to Wichita State University and the National Institute for Aviation Research. The plane will be used to make a digital twin for the U.S. Air Force. August 2021

The Boneyard helps create a digital twin of a fighter jet

The Air Force and Wichita State students are working together on the project.
Sen. Mark Kelly tours Raytheon Missiles and Defense in Tucson. September 3, 2021

Kelly says better plan needed for Afghanistan withdrawal

The Arizona senator said things moved more quickly than expected.
Aaron Marquez (right) and his former interpreter Alex (left), reunited at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport in 2015. In the wake of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Biden administration says it plans to resettle tens of thousands of Afghans in the U.S., including many who helped American troops.

As Biden's resettlement plan begins, Arizona aid groups prepare to welcome Afghan families

It's been almost a week since Gov. Doug Ducey announced the first group of Afghan evacuees had arrived in the state.
An A-10 makes a pass over the runway at Tucson's Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. July 2021.

Davis-Monthan big part of A-10 future

The Tucson base is working to keep the aging warplane flying.
An A-10 jet at the boneyard at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. July 2021.

With uncertainty around A-10’s future, a look back at its history at Davis-Monthan

Training and refurbishment are part of the plane's history in Tucson.
An A-10 from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base fires its gun at the Goldwater Range during the Hawgsmoke competiton. June 2016

Air Force announces changes to A-10s at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base

Nearly half of the A-10s will be retired to make space for new squadrons.
Since late June 2019, Tucson Water has been recharging treated wastewater into the dry channel of the Santa Cruz River, creating a riparian oasis.

State pays to restart PFA treatment

Water will be recharged in the Santa Cruz riverbed.
An A-10 Thunderbolt II from the 74th Fighter Squadron at Moody Air Force Base in Georgia flies over Afghanistan in this 2011 photo. The Pentagon plans to retire 44 A-10s in fiscal 2021, which has put some Arizona lawmakers on alert.

Delegation members oppose partial retirement of A-10 jets

Many of the attack jets are based at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson
A group of F-16s at AMARG is ready to go back into service as drones to help test new weapons. April 2021

The Boneyard spends 75 years adding to history books

The planes at AMARG are a history of U.S. air power.
A U.S. flag on the uniform of a member of the National Guard.

Arizona National Guard gets new commander

Brig. General Kerry Muehlenbeck is the first woman to lead the Arizona National Guard.
Photograph of Navajo Indian Code Talkers Henry Bake and George Kirk, 1943.

Governor establishes Navajo Code Talker holiday

Now every August 14, the state of Arizona will recognize the Navajo U.S Marines in World War II who created an unbreakable code.
Lt. Col. Robert Ashby - Tuskeegee Airman

Robert Ashby, 1 of 3 surviving Tuskegee Airmen in Arizona dies at 95

Lt. Col. Ashby retired in 1965 and went on to be an airline pilot and flight instructor.
Maj. Gen Michael McGuire, adjutant general and director of the Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs, speaks to reporters during a new conference.

Arizona National Guard adjutant general to retire in April

Maj. Gen.. Michael McGuire became the state’s top military officer in 2013
A member of the Arizona National Guard speaks to a COVID-19 vaccine recipient at a vaccination event at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park on the Gila River Indian Reservation on Feb. 20, 2021.

Gila River Indian Community works with AZ National Guard to vaccinate members

The tribe has administered about 10,000 doses of the vaccine to eligible community members.
Members of the Arizona National Guard converse near a row of shopping carts at a food bank in Sahuarita on Feb. 18, 2021.

Sahuarita breaks ground on new food bank

With the need for assistance growing during the pandemic, the town has received assistance from the Arizona National Guard.

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