Missouri Air National Guard | |
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![]() A B-2 Spirit operated by the 110th Bomb Squadron at Whiteman AFB, Knob Noster. The 110th BS is the oldest unit in the Missouri Air National Guard, having over 80 years of service to the state and nation. | |
Active | 23 June 1923 - present |
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Role | "To meet state and federal mission responsibilities." |
Part of | Missouri National Guard United States National Guard Bureau |
Garrison/HQ | Missouri Air National Guard, Rosecrans Air National Guard Base, St. Joseph, Missouri, 60543 |
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Ceremonial chief | Major General Levon Cumpton (Adjutant General of Missouri) Major General Levon Cumpton (Commander Missouri Air National Guard) |
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Bomber | B-2 Spirit |
Transport | C-130H2 Hercules |
The Missouri Air National Guard (MO ANG) is the aerial militia of the State of Missouri, United States of America. It is, along with the Missouri Army National Guard, an element of the Missouri National Guard.
As state militia units, the units in the Missouri Air National Guard are not in the normal United States Air Force chain of command. They are under the jurisdiction of the Governor of Missouri through the office of the Missouri Adjutant General unless they are federalized by order of the President of the United States. The Missouri Air National Guard is headquartered at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base, St. Joseph, and its commander is currently[update] Major General Levon E. Cumpton. [1]