For the next week and a half, Fresno's 144th Fighter Wing is hosting a training exercise called "Valley Thunder." It's a chance for fighter pilots to gain valuable experience conducting complex ...

F RESNO, Calif. – Ukrainian Air Force Pilot Oleksii Mes, who died defending his country earlier this week, had received training in Fresno with the 144th Fighter Wing before the conflict between ...

FRESNO, CA (KFSN) — It’s been a difficult few years for the 144th Fighter Wing of the California Air National Guard. In 2018, Lieutenant Colonel Seth Nehring died during a flight in Ukraine.

the pilots fly the F-15 Eagle. The 144th Fighter Wing expressed gratitude to the cities of Fresno and Clovis for their support over the decades. "Thank you to the cities of Fresno and Clovis for ...

Service members welcomed home in Fresno after 90-day deployment Service members of Fresno's 144th Fighter Wing reunited with loved ones after a three-month deployment through the holidays.

The American pilot aboard a Ukrainian Air Force fighter jet killed when the aircraft crashed during a training exercise in Ukraine on Tuesday now has been identified as hailing from California ...

The pilot who died in a jet crash in Ukraine was from the Fresno-based 144th Fighter Wing of the California Air National Guard, authorities confirmed Wednesday. He was identified by the base in ...

He was a fighter pilot with the California Air National Guard’s 144th Fighter Wing group, based in Fresno. “We are a close-knit family and when a tragedy like this occurs, every member of the ...

President Obama was aboard his Marine One helicopter flying to a celebrity-studded fundraiser in Holmby Hills last February when a single-engine plane, flying radio silent, breached a no-fly zone ...

two fighter pilots from the California Air National Guard 144th Fighter Wing intercepted a Bay Area-bound jetliner. They had orders from NORAD to bring the plane down if they needed to.

FRESNO, CA (KFSN) — It’s been a difficult few years for the 144th Fighter Wing of the California Air National Guard. In 2018, Lieutenant Colonel Seth Nehring died during a flight in Ukraine.