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  • Pennsylvania Guard's 171st ARW refuels Navy E-2D aircraft

    CORAOPOLIS, Pa. – The Pennsylvania Air National Guard's 171st Air Refueling Wing completed a groundbreaking mission, refueling U.S. Navy E-2D Advanced Hawkeyes.While this is not the first time these Navy planes have been refueled midair by the U.S. Air Force, the operation is relatively new, with

  • Tuskegee ties to PA Air Guard bind Black history, military

    HORSHAM, Pa. – Tuskegee Airmen, the legendary first Black U.S. military aviators, are renowned for their remarkable contribution to the country’s successes in World War II – work that led to desegregating the armed forces and strengthening the Pennsylvania Air National Guard.Expected to fail during

  • 193rd SOW Airmen head to Capitol region to support inauguration

    MIDDLETOWN, Pa. – Airmen from the 193rd Special Operations Wing joined about 25,000 Air and Army National Guard troops in the Capitol region recently, as the nation prepares for the 59th Presidential Inauguration later this week.Members of the wing's 271st Combat Communications Squadron are

  • Andersen KC-135 crew locates missing mariners on lone Pacific island

    Guardsmen from the 203rd Air Refueling Squadron, Hawaii Air National Guard (ANG) and the 171st Air Refueling Wing, Pennsylvania ANG deployed here, were the first to locate three missing mariners during a search and rescue mission in the Federated States of Micronesia southwest of Guam, Aug. 2, 2020

  • Pa. Air National Guardsmen aid in search and rescue mission at sea

    Pennsylvania Air National Guardsmen from the 171st Air Refueling Wing in Pittsburgh were at the tip of the spear during a search and rescue mission in the Western Pacific Ocean when a fishing boat with seven fisherman on board capsized about 900 miles southwest of Guam, Nov. 21, 2017.