An F-22 Raptor from the 1st Fighter Wing, 27th Fighter Squadron prepare to take-off during a deployment to Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, from Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia. The F-22's deployed to Qatar for the first time in order to defend American forces and interests in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech Sgt. Carlin Leslie)

The 185th Cyberspace Operation Squadron hosts an assumption of command ceremony on June 1, 2019, in Hampton, Virginia. Lt. Col. Brock E. Lange took command of the squadron. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Bryan Myhr)

The 149th Fighter Squadron welcomed Lt. Col. Gregory Ebert, former 149th FS Director of Operations, as the new 149th Fighter Squadron commander during a change of command ceremony May 4, 2019, at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia. Ebert took command of the unit from Lt. Col. Michael Schaner, who had served as their commander since Jan. 20, 2018. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Bryan Myhr)

Jeffrey L. Ryan is promoted to brigadier general Feb. 15, 2019, at the Virginia National Guard Sergeant Bob Slaughter Headquarters at Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia. (U.S. National Guard photo by Cotton Puryear)

Virginia National Guard senior leaders conduct a ribbon-cutting ceremony to formally open a new administrative building for the Virginia Air National Guard's 200th Weather Flight Jan. 4, 2019, in Sandston, Virginia. The 200th Weather Flight provides trained and ready weather experts for both state and federal missions including weather forecasting for Army National Guard aviation and hazardous weather domestic response operations. The new 4,900 square foot building provide administrative space for the unit's 20 assigned Airmen and storage for their field equipment.

Airman 1st Class Kara Walker, Aerospace medical services technician, 192nd Medical Group, rappels down a four-story tower Nov. 2, 2018, at the Harry E. Diezel Virginia Beach Fire Department Training Center in Virginia Beach. The training prepared the Airmen for some of the challenging of tasks they could be called to do as part of their domestic mission. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Bryan Myhr)