Vermont Air National Guard members return home after extended deployment

Vermont National Guard Sgt. Taylor Steele of Port Jervis, New York hugs his three-year-old son Jace at the end of a deployment ceremony at the Ethan Allen Firing Range in Jericho on Friday, May 29, 2026. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerVermont Air National Guard members returned home Sunday after a roughly eight-month deployment. Guard members from Vermont’s 158th Fighter Wing were deployed this winter on back to back missions to the Caribbean and the Middle East, though details of th