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  • Airmen From 3 States Repair LC-130 Stranded at South Pole

    AMUNDSON-SCOTT SOUTH POLE, Antarctica - National Guard Airmen from New York, Pennsylvania and Kentucky braved subzero temperatures at the bottom of the world to repair an LC-130 “Skibird.”The plane was stranded at Amundson-Scott South Pole Station following a routine supply mission when a cable

  • 171st Air Refueling Wing Keeps B-2 Stealth Bomber Airborne

    CORAOPOLIS, Pa. – A Pennsylvania Air National Guard KC-135 tanker crew from the 171st Air Refueling Wing responded recently to an unexpected request for fuel from a B-2 bomber crew.The three-man crew was performing a preflight checklist on the KC-135, call sign Steel 51, preparing to depart from

  • Pennsylvania Air Guard Joins Operation Noble Defender

    CORAOPOLIS, Pa. – The Pennsylvania Air National Guard’s 171st Air Refueling Wing participated in the North American Aerospace Defense Command’s Operation Noble Defender off the U.S. northeast coast Oct. 25-27. NORAD’s continental U.S. region led this iteration of OND, which incorporated U.S. and

  • Joint Exercises Increase Security Force Readiness, Lethality

    MIDDLETOWN, Pa. – The 193rd Special Operations Security Forces Squadron participated in a few firsts this year, increasing the readiness and lethality of the Deployed Aircraft Ground Response Element program.DAGRE team members honed their tactical skills by participating for the first time in the

  • Pennsylvania’s 111th Attack Wing Conducts Readiness Exercise

    BIDDLE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Pa. – Pennsylvania Air National Guard Airmen of the 111th Attack Wing conducted a readiness exercise during an extended drill Sept. 15-17 at Biddle Air National Guard Base to test their ability to support pre-deployment and post-deployment operations. The exercise is

  • 111th Operations Group Participates in Joint Force Training

    HORSHAM, Pa. – The 111th Operations Group joined forces with three other wings for a multifaceted training exercise that included Tactical Air Control Party specialists, a C-17 Globemaster III and MQ-9 Reaper at Fort Indiantown Gap Aug. 24.Airmen from the 111th OG, TACP specialists from the 148th

  • Pennsylvania Guard, SPP Partner Lithuania Join NATO Exercise

    CORAOPOLIS, Pa. – The Pennsylvania Air National Guard’s 258th Air Traffic Control Squadron attended the multinational joint Defender Europe 22 exercise with NATO and other military partners. The exercise in May and June focused on building operational readiness and interoperability between allies

  • Penn. Guard Maintainers Test Experimental Battlefield Concepts

    MIDDLETOWN, Pa. - Members of the 193rd Special Operations Maintenance Squadron conducted a multipurpose training event June 23 at Fort Indiantown Gap, Annville, to increase mission readiness.The exercise was unlike what many of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard participants had encountered before.