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  • New York Guard Airmen Honor President Martin Van Buren

    KINDERHOOK, N.Y. — New York Guard Airmen saluted the nation’s eighth president on Thursday, Dec. 5, as Brigadier General Gary Charlton, the assistant adjutant general, Air, placed a wreath from President Joseph Biden at the grave of President Martin Van Buren.Fifty residents gathered at the

  • Cyber operations takes stage at CRUZEX 2024

    NATAL, BRAZIL -- For the first time in the history of CRUZEX, cyber operations played a pivotal role. CRUZEX 2024 introduced "CRUZEX CYBER," a simulated cyber exercise designed to integrate cyber defense with traditional air operations, marking a new frontier in military training.CRUZEX, one of the

  • New York Air Guard Wing Welcomes New, High-Tech Helicopters

    WESTHAMPTON BEACH, N.Y. - The New York National Guard’s 106th Rescue Wing officially marked the arrival of its new HH-60W Jolly Green II search and rescue fleet during a ceremony Oct. 25 at Francis S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base.The aircraft will replace the HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters

  • New York Air Guard Ends Greenland Science Support Season

    STRATTON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.Y. - The New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing wrapped up its 2024 support for National Science Foundation research in Greenland at the end of August.Throughout the season, which began in April, the 109th Airlift Wing’s Airmen conducted essential

  • New York Air Guard NCO Sings for Thousands at Yankee Stadium

    NEW YORK - New York Air National Guard Senior Master Sgt. Mayra Winnie belted out “God Bless America” in front of 41,996 people.Winnie, the personal and development superintendent for the New York Air National Guard’s headquarters detachment, performed as part of the New York Yankees Military

  • New York Airmen Deploy to Train with Portuguese Counterparts

    LAJES FIELD AIR BASE, Portugal - Sixty-four New York Air National Guardsmen from the 105th Airlift Wing traveled to the Azores, a cluster of Atlantic islands that belong to Portugal, to train with their Portuguese counterparts for two weeks. The deployment for training from July 28 to Aug. 10

  • 106th Rescue Wing’s 1st HH-60W Jolly Green II Takes Flight

    FRANCIS S. GABRESKI AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.Y. - The 106th Rescue Wing’s first HH-60W Jolly Green II search and rescue helicopter made its inaugural flight from Francis S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base Aug. 4.Lt. Col. James Liston, the first 106th pilot to qualify on the new helicopter, said

  • 106th Rescue Wing Receives New Search and Rescue Helicopter

    WESTHAMPTON BEACH, N.Y. - The 106th Rescue Wing’s first HH-60W Jolly Green II search and rescue helicopter touched down at Francis S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base June 20.Col. Shawn Fitzgerald, the 106th Rescue Wing commander, said the arrival of the new helicopter marks the beginning of a new