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Florida Air National Guard

Florida Air National Guard
Shield of the Florida Air National Guard
Active9 February 1947 - present
Country United States of America
Allegiance United States of America
 Florida
Branch United States Air Force
Role"To meet state and federal mission responsibilities."
Part of Air National Guard
Florida National Guard
Garrison/HQFlorida Air National Guard, St. Francis Barracks, 82 Marine Street Street, St. Augustine, Florida 32088
Motto(s)"Guarding America, Defending Freedom"
Commanders
Civilian leadershipPresident Joe Biden
(Commander-in-Chief)
Frank Kendall III
(Secretary of the Air Force)
Ron DeSantis
(Governor of Florida)
State military leadershipBrig Gen Michael A. Valle (Commander)
Brig Gen James T. Demarest
(Chief of Staff)
CCM Tracey D. Canady
(Command Chief)
Aircraft flown
FighterF-15C/D Eagle, F-35A Lightning II
ReconnaissanceRC-26B Metroliner
TransportCV-22B Osprey

The Florida Air National Guard (FL ANG) is the aerial militia of the State of Florida. It is, along with the Florida Army National Guard (FL ARNG), an element of the Florida National Guard. It is also an element of the Air National Guard (ANG) at the national level, falling in with the Army National Guard (ARNG) as part of the greater United States National Guard under the National Guard Bureau (NGB).

As a U.S. Air Force (USAF) organization, the Florida Air National Guard is also part of the USAF's Air Reserve Component (ARC), a position it shares with its "federal" ARC partner, the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC).

As state militia units, the units in the Florida Air National Guard are not in the normal United States Air Force chain of command. FL ANG units remain under the jurisdiction of the Governor of Florida through the office of the Florida Adjutant General, also known as the "TAG," unless they are federalized by order of the President of the United States. This jurisdictional model of answering to state, commonwealth or territorial governors applies to all Air National Guard units in all fifty states, Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands, with the sole exception being the District of Columbia Air National Guard, which is under the direct jurisdiction of the President of the United States through the office of the Commanding General, District of Columbia National Guard.

The Florida Air National Guard is headquartered at St. Francis Barracks (also known as the State Arsenal), in St. Augustine, and its commander is Brigadier General Michael A. Valle.[1]

  1. ^ "Assistant Adjutant General - Air". Fl.ng.mil. Retrieved 1 May 2022.