Three members of North Carolina Air National Guard’s 145th Airlift Wing Security Forces travelled to Botswana, Africa, in late June 2018, to work side-by-side with their Botswana Defense Air Force (BDF) counterparts. The mornings consisted of classroom sessions and then security teams would move to the airfield to execute what was discussed in class. The Botswana Defense Force and the NC National Guard have been state partners for 10 years conducting over 70 Army and Air Force engagements in Botswana and in North Carolina. The NC Guard has two state partnerships; Botswana and Moldova. Moldov


Three members of North Carolina Air National Guard’s 145th Airlift Wing Security Forces travelled to Botswana, Africa, in late June 2018, to work side-by-side with their Botswana Defense Air Force (BDF) counterparts. The mornings consisted of classroom sessions and then security teams would move to the airfield to execute what was discussed in class. The Botswana Defense Force and the NC National Guard have been state partners for 10 years conducting over 70 Army and Air Force engagements in Botswana and in North Carolina. The NC Guard has two state partnerships; Botswana and Moldova. Moldova is a small eastern European country between Ukraine and Romania and has been partners with the NC National Guard for 22 years.


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