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  • New York Air Guard, Police Department Sharpen Rescue Skills in Exercise

    FLOYD BENNETT FIELD, N.Y. — Airmen of the New York Air National Guard's 103rd Rescue Squadron, a part of the 106th Rescue Wing, recently partnered with the New York Police Department's Emergency Services Unit for two days of simulated hostage rescue training at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn.The

  • New York Air Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing Ends Successful Greenland Season

    STRATTON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.Y. – The New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing has wrapped up its 2025 support season for National Science Foundation research in Greenland.The season began in April and concluded at the end of August, with the 109th conducting essential airlift

  • New York Airman's journey to becoming a Phoenix Raven

    STEWART AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.Y. - It was coming time to answer the age-old question: “What am I going to do after high school?” With the help of her family, high school senior Alexa Reeves decided her answer would be joining the New York Air National Guard. Little did she know then that choice

  • Meet the NYANG’s record-setting recruiter, TSgt Franklin Angel

    One recruiter at the New York Air National Guard’s 105th Airlift Wing is standing out from his peers, having recruited more Airmen in 2024 than any other recruiter in the Air Force, and making history in the process.Tech. Sgt. Franklin Angel, 105th production recruiter, was named the top producing

  • New York Air Guard Launches Greenland Support Mission

    STRATTON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.Y. — The New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing has started its annual deployment to Greenland to provide logistical support for the National Science Foundation’s research stations there.The wing, based at Stratton Air National Guard Base in Scotia,

  • New York Air Wing Concludes Antarctic Science Support Season

    SCOTIA, N.Y. - The New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing moved 1,076 passengers, 900 tons of cargo and 120,000 gallons of fuel during its annual support for science in Antarctica from October to February.The 109th executed 79 missions using its ski-equipped LC-130 Hercules aircraft,

  • 109th Airlift Wing Lands LC-130 Hercules on Fresh Water Ice

    INUVIK, Canada - Airmen from the New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing have landed an LC-130 Hercules on freshwater ice for the first time in the wing’s history during Operation Nanook-Nunalivut March 5.Maj. Joseph Shanahan, the ski landing control officer,  and a team searched over

  • NY Air Guard Members Receive Space Force Association Award

    ORLANDO, Fla. - The Space Force Association recognized two New York National Guard Airmen as enlisted service members of the year for 2024 during the organization’s annual conference Dec. 10-12.Staff Sgt. Jason Capostagno was named National Guard Enlisted Airman of the Year in the Space Operations

  • Oregon Air Guardsman Completes Commander Tour in Antarctica

    PORTLAND, Ore. - Col. Christopher Lantagne, Oregon Air National Guard director of staff,  completed a six-week tour as the commander of the 13th Air Expeditionary Group at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. The 13th AEG supports the National Science Foundation, the lead agency at McMurdo.“I’ve done a lot