History
The National Security Act of 1947 created the United states Air Force (USAF) as a separate military service and established the Air National Guard as reserve component of the USAF.
Specialties
At Moffett Air Natioanl Guard Base, we focus on Search and Rescue, a mission whose critical wartime and peacetime responsibilities include search and rescue, combat search and rescue, and recovery support for NASA. Additional missions include Air Mobility, Airborne Firefighting, Special Operations Aircraft, Homeland Defense, In-Flight Refueling and Pararescue.