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  • New York National Guard, Danish Military Plan Joint Training

    LATHAM, N.Y. - The New York National Guard and the Danish military command responsible for patrolling Greenland plan to conduct joint training, key leader discussions and exchanges in 2024 and 2025.The immediate goal for the partnership, initialed during a meeting at New York National Guard

  • New York Air Guard Begins ’23 Support for Greenland Research

    STRATTON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.Y. - Three LC-130 “Skibirds” and 75 Airmen from the New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing are supporting National Science Foundation research in Greenland.The 109th flies the largest ski-equipped aircraft in the world, capable of landing on snow and

  • New York’s 109th Airlift Wing preps for Greenland missions

    STRATTON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.Y. – Three LC-130 “Skibirds” and around 75 Airmen from the New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing will be heading for Greenland at the end of April to support National Science Foundation research.The 109th flies the aircraft, the largest in the world

  • NY Air Guard supports Danish forces in Greenland training

    KASSERLUSSEQUA, Greenland – Thirty-four, New York National Guard Airmen from the 109th Airlift Wing and the 106th Rescue Wing teamed up with Denmark’s Joint Arctic Command during a search and rescue exercise in Greenland from Nov. 3 -9.The 109th Airlift Wing, based at Stratton Air National Guard

  • Secretary of state, Greenland premier tour NYNG LC-130

    KANGERLUSSUAQ, Greenland – The New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing gave Greenland Premier Múte Bourup Egede and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken a close-up look at one of the wing’s LC-130s, which are critical to conducting climate research on the Greenland Ice Cap.Blinken was in

  • 103rd, 109th back science foundation mission in Greenland

    SCOTIA, N.Y. and EAST GRANBY, Conn. – The New York National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing and the Connecticut National Guard's 103rd Airlift Wing transported National Science Foundation personnel and equipment from Stratton Air National Guard Base in Scotia, New York, to Kangerlussuaq, Greenland.The

  • Wings join up for Polar Training

    Pararescuemen of the 106th Rescue Wing (106 RQW), here, traded the summertime windswept dunes and beaches of Long Island for the icy caps of Greenland last month, as they conducted a site survey for future training opportunities in what could become a new frontier in mission capabilities.