24-Oct-2024Source: New York Air National Guard
The New York Air National Guard’s 106th Rescue Wing made history on Sept. 12, receiving the Air National Guard’s first-ever brand-new HH-60W Jolly Green II search and rescue helicopter. Sikorsky pilots flew the aircraft directly from the company’s production facility in Stratford, Connecticut to F.S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base. This event marks the beginning... Read more
31-May-2024Source: US National Guard
Leaders of the New York Air National Guard’s 106th Rescue Wing got a first-hand look at a new rescue helicopter being built for the wing at the Sikorsky Aircraft plant in Stratford, Connecticut on May 15. Col. Shawn Fitzgerald, the 106th’s commander, led the delegations that got a chance to sign their names inside an... Read more
15-Feb-2024Source: US Air Force
The 101st Rescue Squadron, assigned to the 106th Rescue Wing of the New York Air National Guard, won the Top Squadron award at a competition for combat search and rescue, also known as CSAR, at Avon Park Air Force Range, Florida, November 2023. The 101st Rescue Squadron competed against six other squadrons from across the... Read more
22-Nov-2023Source: US National Guard
Thirty local, state, and federal law enforcement personnel learned firsthand about the state and federal missions conducted by the New York Air National Guard’s 106th Rescue Wing during a Nov. 2 visit to F.S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base. The day’s orientation focused on the wing’s role in combat and peacetime search and rescue missions... Read more
