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  • 107th Attack Wing engages in unit-wide training operation

    NIAGARA FALLS AIR RESERVE STATION, N.Y. – More than 100 Airmen participated in a readiness exercise and training operation April 6 to demonstrate the 107th Attack Wing’s capability to generate and quickly deploy personnel and cargo under contested and limited conditions.“This exercise is the start

  • 139 Air Evacuation Squadron attends Arctic Eagle-Patriot 22

    STRATTON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.Y. – The New York Air National Guard’s 139th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, part of the 109th Airlift Wing, trained with the Alaska National Guard during Arctic Eagle-Patriot 22 at Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson, Alaska.The exercise focused on homeland security

  • 109th Airlift Wing security forces conduct training exercise

    SCOTIA, N.Y. – Security forces from the 109th Airlift Wing trained March 5 on how and when to use force, facilitated by instructors who controlled the scenarios and ensured safety was the top priority.The purpose was to put the security forces in a situation where they had to use each level on the

  • 109th Airlift Wing builds 3.5 engine for LC130 Hercules

    SCHENECTADY, N.Y. – LC-130 Hercules aircraft will have a smoother takeoff from Antarctica and Greenland thanks to the 109th Maintenance Squadron.Propulsion specialists with the 109th assembled the first Air National Guard-built T56 3.5 turbo engine. The 3.5 modification is part of an Air Force

  • 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

  • New York Air Guardsmen tracking Santa as part of NORAD

    ROME, N.Y. – The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) will celebrate its 66th year of tracking Santa Claus Christmas Eve with the help of the New York Air National Guard and Royal Canadian Air Force at the Eastern Air Defense Sector (EADS).“We’re delighted to support NORAD’s Santa

  • NY Air Guard crews from Long Island train in Greenland

    KANGERLUSSUAQ, Greenland – New York Air National Guard Airmen from the 106th Rescue Wing participated in a Danish military search and rescue exercise in Greenland Nov. 5-9.Conducted by Denmark’s Joint Arctic Command, Arctic Light 2021 tested the ability of units to activate and deploy in the

  • 105th Airlift Wing recognized with Meritorious Unit Award

    STEWART AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, NEWBURGH, N.Y. – Over 1,300 men and women of the New York Air National Guard’s 105th Airlift Wing has been awarded the Air Force’s Meritorious Unit Award for their accomplishments during 2020.The award recognizes Air Force units for accomplishments in combat as well

  • National Guard COVID-19 survivor recounts fight for his life

    ARLINGTON, Va. - It felt like a cold. Normal enough, it seemed. After all, it was cold season, and it was something to get over quickly and be forgotten about just as quickly, thought Air Force Lt. Col. Paul Jancsy, an air liaison officer with the National Guard Bureau, when he started feeling sick