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  • National Guard MQ-9 Reapers Join Indo-Pacific Exercise

    ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam – Exercise Valiant Shield 2022 included MQ-9 aircraft in exercise operations for the first time May 25-June 20. The 119th Wing, North Dakota Air National Guard and the 174th Attack Wing, New York Air National Guard, launched, flew and recovered MQ-9 Reaper aircraft to

  • New York Air Guardsmen Recognized for Dramatic Rescue

    WESTHAMPTON BEACH, N.Y. – On April 24, 2017, seven Airmen from the New York Air National Guard’s 106th Rescue Wing jumped into the night sky over the Atlantic, 1,700 miles from Long Island.Their mission was to provide emergency care for two sailors on the Slovenian bulk carrier Tamar who had been

  • New York Air National Guard hosts SPP partner Brazil

    ROME, N.Y. - The New York Air National Guard hosted the commander of Brazil’s Aerospace Operations Command, part of a nine-person Brazilian Air Force delegation, during a week-long engagement focused on space operations, remotely piloted aircraft and cybersecurity.Gen. Heraldo Luiz Rodrigues and his

  • NY, Minnesota Airmen Hone Ice Runway Construction Skills

    STRATTON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.Y. – Ten Airmen assigned to the 109th Airlift Wing deployed to Greenland to support Exercise Polar Reach May 11-27.The exercise, a joint international training event conducted by the 109th with the Canadian Royal Air Force, allowed the 109th to test the

  • Idaho Air National Guard Airmen Begin Agile Rage Exercise

    ALPENA, Mich. – Airmen from the 124th Fighter Wing, Boise, Idaho, and eight A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft from the 190th Fighter Squadron arrived at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center to participate in Agile Rage ’22.The National Guard Bureau-led exercise, held June 6-19, provides realistic

  • New York Air Guard conducts mid-ocean medical supply drop

    F.S. GABRESKI AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.Y. – New York Air National Guard’s 106th Rescue Wing flew 1,200 miles east over the North Atlantic May 20, found a 32-foot sailboat heading toward the Azores, and dropped vital medical supplies to the three-person crew.“I can’t find my sprinkler heads in the

  • 106th Medical Group gets hands-on training in Alaska

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, ALASKA - Thirty-four New York Air National Guard Airmen from the 106th Rescue Wing Medical Group trained in Alaska alongside their Active Air Force counterparts May 1-15.The Airmen traveled from F.S. Gabreski Air National Guard base in Westhampton Beach, New York, to

  • Reaper Smoke 2022 exercise, crowning ‘best of the best’ MQ-9 aircrew

    CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. (AFNS) -- Nearly 45 MQ-9 Reaper crews from across the United States entered Creech Air Force Base’s flight simulators April 6-7: only one crew emerged on top.Testing remotely piloted aircraft pilots and sensor operators, exercise Reaper Smoke 2022 pitted dozens of

  • 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