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Answering the Call to Serve: Air National Guard Swears-in New Members at the Great New York State Fair
Seven members of the Central New York community will raise their right hands to join the Air Force and Air National Guard for all to see during Armed Forces Appreciation Day at the Great New York State Fair on Thursday, August 31, 2023. New York Air N...
Aug 29, 2023, 2:19pm EDT
NY Army Guard Lt. Col. Paul Bailie, a Cohoes resident, takes command of helicopter battalion
New York Army National Guard Lt. Col. Paul Bailie, a Cohoes resident, assumed command of the 3rd Battalion, 142nd Aviation Regiment, during a ceremony on Long Island on August 20, 2023. The battalion flies the UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter and has elem...
Aug 25, 2023, 3:00pm EDT
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New York Air Guard Staff Sgt. Casey Clemente, a Bronx resident, graduates from Army Air Assault School at West Point
New York Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Casey Clemente, a Bronx resident, graduated from the demanding Air Assault Course taught at the United States Military Academy at West Point on August 6, 2023. Clemente, a member of the 105th Airlift Wing's Base ...
Aug 22, 2023, 2:46pm EDT
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NY Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Cristian Marulanda, a North Bergen resident, completes Army Air Assault School at West Point
New York Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Cristian Marulanda, a North Bergen, New Jersey resident, graduated from the demanding Air Assault Course taught at the United States Military Academy at West Point on August 6, 2023. Marulanda, a member of the 10...
Aug 22, 2023, 1:55pm EDT
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NY Air Guard Senior Airman Nixon Castro, a Roselle resident, graduates from Army Air Assault School at West Point
New York Air National Guard Senior Airman Nixon Castro, a Roselle resident, graduated from the demanding Air Assault Course taught at the United States Military Academy at West Point on August 6, 2023. Castro, a member of the 105th Airlift Wing's Base...
Aug 22, 2023, 12:57pm EDT
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NY Air Guard Senior Airman Christopher Navarro, a Yonkers resident, completes Army Air Assault School at West Point
New York Air National Guard Senior Airman Christopher Navarro, a Yonkers resident, graduated from the demanding Air Assault Course taught at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Navarro, a member of the 105th Airlift Wing's Base Defense S...
Aug 22, 2023, 12:34pm EDT
NY Air Guard Col Steven Hefferon, a Wilson resident, named deputy commander of Niagara Falls-based 107th Attack Wing
New York Air National Guard Colonel Steven Hefferon, a Wilson resident, has been named deputy commander of the 107th Attack Wing, which is based at Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station. Hefferon replaces Col. John O'Connor, who left the position to assum...
Aug 22, 2023, 12:26pm EDT
Two Capital Region residents receive top Air Guard awards for air battle management skills
Two Capital Region residents assigned to the New York Air National Guard's Syracuse-based 152nd Air Operations Group have been recognized by the 107,000-member Air National Guard for their skills in air battle management. Master Sgt. Mark Weekes, a Sc...
Aug 17, 2023, 3:09pm EDT
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Air Guard's 106th Rescue Wing opens base and planes to Guardmen's employers during "Boss Lift"
The New York Air National Guard 106th Rescue Wing opened its doors, and cockpits, on August 5th to civilian employers of wing members for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Forty-eight civilian employers of Guardsmen toured F.S. ...
Aug 17, 2023, 12:41pm EDT
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Hudson Valley National Guard unit heading for Texas and then Kuwait
Three hundred and forty New York Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 101st Expeditionary Signal Battalion, which has units in Yonkers, Peekskill and Orangeburg, departed Stewart Air National Guard Base, in Newburgh, New York, on Tuesday, Aug...
Aug 16, 2023, 11:05am EDT
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