Virginia National Guard provides parade marshaling, music, artillery salute, lead marching element and F-22 flyover for Governor’s Inauguration - Jan. 15, 2022

More than 200 Virginia National Guard and Virginia Defense Force personnel were on duty Jan. 15, 2022, in Richmond, Virginia, supporting the inauguration of Glenn Youngkin as the 74th Governor of Virginia. VNG Soldiers, Airmen and VDF members conducted a variety of missions including marshaling the inaugural parade elements, playing ceremonial music, firing a 19-gun artillery salute with blank ammunition and performing a flyover with F-22 fighter jets. A formation of Virginia National Guard Soldiers and Airmen led the inaugural parade, and the Adjutant General of Virginia presented a casing from the artillery salute to the new governor. Read more at ngpa.us/17796.