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  • Washington National Guard Shares Domestic Response Expertise

    RAYONG, Thailand - Members of the Washington National Guard and the Royal Thai Armed Forces participated in multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief training in Rayong Province Feb. 24 to March 3. The training was part of the 42nd iteration of exercise Cobra Gold, a Thai-U.S.

  • New York Air National Guard Supports Antarctic Research

    STRATTON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.Y. - The New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing flew more than 180 missions from October to March to support National Science Foundation research in Antarctica.The wing deployed 420 Airmen and five ski-equipped LC-130 Hercules transport planes to the

  • 149th FW Gunfighter helps during mid-flight medical emergency

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, TX - When the opportunity to demonstrate selfless service arrived, Tech Sgt Courtney Hoberek, a logistics planner at the 149th Fighter Wing, jumped into action. On a routine commercial flight home, TSgt Hoberek first noticed a low murmur and passengers becoming

  • Air Force Chief of Staff to Honor 105th Airlift Wing Airmen

    STEWART AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, NEWBURGH, NEW YORK - Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. will recognize 17 New York Air National Guard Airmen on April 1 for their bravery and teamwork during the August 2021 evacuation of Americans and Afghans from Afghanistan.The members of the 105th

  • Personnel Recovery Airmen test JT-JUMPR during Red Flag

    NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, NV -- New York Air National Guardsmen from the 101st Rescue Squadron and 102nd Rescue Squadron, 106th Rescue Wing, are more prepared to deploy after taking part in Red Flag-Nellis 23-2, March 12-24.The wing brought their HH-60G Pavehawks and HC-130J Combat King IIs to exercise

  • New York Guard Participates in Exercise Guerrier Nordique

    RESOLUTE, Nunavut, Canada  – Members of the 105th Airlift Wing, Stewart Air National Guard Base, Newburgh, New York, supported exercise Guerrier Nordique, from Feb. 22 to March 23, in the harsh High Arctic of Northern CanadaGuerrier Nordique is an annual joint training exercise designed to test

  • Lithuanian Air Force commander visits 193rd Special Operations Wing

    MIDDLETOWN, PA -- Col. Antanas Matutis, Lithuanian Air Force commander, toured the 193rd Special Operations Wing March 21, at locations in Middletown and Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania. The tour was part of a week-long visit for Matutis and a delegation from Lithuania aimed at enhancing the two

  • Service and Friendship – one story of Vietnam

    DULUTH, MN -- Former 148th Fighter Wing Commander, retired Brig. Gen. Kenneth J. Stromquist, has a long, storied military career having served in both the U.S. Air Force and Air National Guard for 31-years. One of his first chapters starts at III Corps, South Vietnam where Stromquist served as an

  • 176th Wing rescues snowmachiners stranded in ravine

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, AK -- Arctic Guardians of the 176th Wing rescued two snowmachiners stranded in a ravine on Bald Mountain near Wasilla March 25.Nearing midnight, the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center received a call from the Alaska State Troopers to assist in rescuing two teenage

  • 148th Fighter Wing Recertifies VPP Star Status

    DULUTH, MN. -- On April 30, 2008, the 148th Fighter Wing became the first unit in the Air Force to receive recognition as an Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) Star Worksite. Recently, the Wing received notification it has been officially