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  • NY Guard trains on frozen lake to prep for polar missions

    GREAT SACANDAGA LAKE, N.Y. – Twenty Airmen assigned to the New York National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing are honing their skills as members of the Polar Camp Ski-way Team (PCST) on the Great Sacandaga Lake at the southern edge of Adirondack Park Feb. 15-17.These Airmen are trained in remote polar

  • NY National Guard Airmen begin returning from Antarctic mission

    SCOTIA, NEW YORK – Seventy-three Airmen and three LC-130 "Skibirds" assigned to the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing are expected to begin returning from Antarctica to Stratton Air National Guard Base outside Schenectady, New York Feb 10-13.This marks the 34th season the 109th