Maine Air National Guard

A shipyard worker walks to his car at the end of the workday at Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. With President Trump demanding more ships, the Navy is proposing the biggest shipbuilding boom since the end of the Cold War to meet potential threats from Russia and China.

Business and Economy

Federal defense spending rises in Maine, topping $4 billion in fiscal year 2023

Ari Snider

Contracts for Bath Iron Works accounted for about half of the spending.

Independent Sen. Angus King endorses Republican Sen. Susan Collins in her bid for a fourth term, Friday, May 16, 2014, at the Margaret Chase Smith Library in Skowhegan, Maine.(AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Maine

Bangor Air National Guard base under consideration for new refueling tankers

Kevin Miller

The Air Force could decide by next summer which of seven National Guard bases will have their aging fleet of KC-135 tankers replaced with Boeing's latest refueling aircraft.

Brigadier Gen. (Ret.) Diane Dunn was nominated by Gov. Janet Mills to serve as adjutant general of the Maine National Guard.

Politics

Maine Senate confirms state's first woman to lead National Guard

Kevin Miller

Brig. Gen. Diane Dunn is expected to take over the National Guard and the Maine Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management next month.

Environment and Outdoors

Officials are testing soil and groundwater to determine extent of PFAS contamination at Bangor base

Carol Bousquet

The Department of Defense said it has evidence of PFAS contamination in the groundwater and soil of the Maine Air National Guard Base in Bangor. The likely source is Aqueous Film Forming Foam, a fire retardant the Air National Guard started using at the base in the 1970s.

Nation

Maine Air Guard Unit Headed To The US Virgin Islands

Associated Press

PORTLAND, Maine - An Air National Guard unit from Maine is deploying to the U.S. Virgin Islands to provide critical communications to support the recovery…

Maine

Guard Aviation Center Opens in Bangor

Jennifer Mitchell

BANGOR, Maine_ The new $14.5 million Aviation Readiness Center, completed at the end of the summer, was officially opened Saturday in Bangor, with a…