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  • 105th Defenders Train in Arctic Conditions

    STEWART AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.Y. - Two Defenders from the 105th Base Defense Squadron recently completed the Air National Guard’s 16-day Cold Weather Operations Course, a program designed to prepare Airmen for operations in subzero environments.Hosted at Minnesota's Camp Ripley Training Center,

  • Wyoming Airman Earns National Aeromedical Evacuation Award

    CHEYENNE, Wyo. — What began as a step into the unknown has led Senior Airman Kaylee Hess to national recognition.Hess, an aeromedical evacuation technician with the 187th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, 153rd Airlift Wing, Wyoming Air National Guard, was named the 2025 Outstanding Aeromedical

  • New York Air National Guardsman Completes Arctic Warfare Training

    CAMP RIPLEY, Minn. - A New York Air National Guardsman from the 224th Security Forces Squadron recently completed the demanding Cold Weather Operations Course (CWOC) at Camp Ripley, Minnesota.Staff Sgt. David Blovat attended the two-week training program in January, during the height of the harsh

  • Masters of Metal - Pease modernizes

    PEASE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.H. - The 157th Air Refueling Wing aircraft metals technology shop accepted a delivery of two Haas VF4 CNC milling machines.For decades, metals technology specialists assigned to the wing and 64th Air Refueling squadron manually milled parts on a single Bridgeport

  • VNG Soldiers, Airmen support Karelian Stone in Finland

    VALKEALA, Finland - Virginia National Guard Soldiers and Airmen conducted a chemical, biological, radioactive and nuclear defense exchange with Finnish forces Feb. 23 - March 7, 2026, in Finland. The exchange was conducted in support of the Department of Defense’s State Partnership Program, in which

  • New York Guard Completes 38th Year of Operation Deep Freeze

    SCOTIA, N.Y. – The New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing concluded its 38th year supporting American scientific research in Antarctica during the 2025–2026 Operation Deep Freeze season, March 11.The 109th Airlift Wing deployed about 200 Airmen throughout the season in support of Operation