GEN Daniel Hokanson '86 Speaks to Senior Aviation Leaders and Junior Guard Aviation Students

Army General Daniel Hokanson '86, the 29th Chief of the National Guard Bureau, spoke to senior aviation leaders and junior Guard aviation students in separate engagements at the home of Army aviation – which celebrates its 40th year as a branch this year. “Our nation has changed in the past 40 years,” Hokanson said to the Army Senior Aviation Leader Forum. “As much as our Army has changed, as much as aviation has changed, the National Guard has changed so much. It has really transformed.” The Army Guard has aviation assets, capabilities, and facilities in all 50 states, three territories and the District of Columbia, and is equipped with more than 1,400 rotary-wing aircraft across 10 airframes with another 57 fixed-wing aircraft. “National Guard Army Aviation is big,” Hokanson told the forum. “It’s widespread. It’s capable. And, considering the National Guard is 20% of the Joint Force, it’s indispensable to the National Defense Strategy. The Joint Force cannot succeed without the National Guard.” Read more.