Pentagon Announces Nominees for 3 Combatant Commands
WASHINGTON — The White House announced Saturday a slate of nominees to lead a trio of U.S. combatant commands — including two women whose nominations were previously held up over concerns they would not be approved by then-President Donald Trump. Air Force Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, who took over Air Mobility Command in August, has been nominated to take over U.S. Transportation Command. Army Lt. Gen. Laura Richardson, currently the head of U.S. Army North, is nominated for a fourth star and to lead U.S. Southern Command. Navy Adm. John Aquilino, the head of U.S. Pacific Fleet, has been nominated...
Learn More101CAB Joint Training
U.S. Army AH-64E Apache and UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters assigned to 1st Battalion, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) participate in Eddie’s Odyssey, a first-time joint exercise with U.S. and Greek aviation and special operation forces in the Aegean Sea in Greece, Jan. 14, 2021. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Renee Seruntine) Greece / Photo by Sgt. Renee Seruntine
Learn MoreTXNG Responds to Einter Storm URI to Bring Relief to Texans
Soldiers of Charlie Company, 2-149th General Aviation Support Battalion, Texas Army National Guard load water into a UH-60 in response to Winter Storm Uri Feb 19.2021, at the San Antonio Army Aviation Support Facility, Martindale, Texas. Roughly 32 Soldiers from the unit reported to duty at the facility and performed maintenance checks and pre-flight planning in order to deliver food and water to Texas communities. San Antonio, TX / Photo by Capt. Nadine Wiley De Moura
Learn MoreAZNG State Firefighting Training
Soldiers with the Arizona Army National Guard’s 2-285th Assault Helicopter Battalion and 2-149th General Support Aviation Battalion Medical Evacuation Detachment 1 prepare for a two-day firefighting exercise at Picacho Stagefield Heliport in Picacho, Ariz., Feb. 20, 2021. Approximately 50 AZARNG crews trained with “Bambi” helicopter buckets during a joint aerial firefighting exercise partnered with the Casa Grande, Avra Valley and Queen Valley Fire Departments, as well as the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management. “We try to treat this like a regular fire assignment. We do this exercise every year to train and certify them. We do this exercise...
Learn MoreNeff’s Canyon Fire
Crew members of the 211th Aviation Regiment conduct air support over the Neffs Canyon fire from a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter in Salt Lake City, Utah, 20 September 2020. The Blackhawk can drop 600 gallons of water over a wildfire each drop. (U.S. National Guard Photo by Spc. Jacob Jesperson)
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A Double-rotor CH-47 Chinook from B Co “Big Windy,” 1-214th General Support Aviation Battalion spins up for an evening training flight under a double rainbow just after the storm clears on Oct. 6 at Katterbach Army Airfield. (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Robert Fellingham)
Learn MoreAirforce-ARNG Joint Fast-Rope Training
U.S. Air Force Special Warfare Airmen with the New Jersey Air National Guard’s 227th Air Support Operations Squadron recover after fast roping from a U.S. Army UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter with the 1-150th Assault Helicopter Battalion during training on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Oct. 14, 2020. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Matt Hecht)
Learn MoreFirst NYANG “Street to Seat” Aviator
Lars Olson, from Chatham, N.Y., recites the enlistment oath at the headquarters of 3rd Battalion, 142nd Aviation at Army Aviation Support Facility #3, as he prepares to go through what the Army calls “street to seat” for helicopter pilots, Latham, N.Y., Oct. 16, 2020. Olson is the first member of the N.Y. Army National Guard to enlist in such a way where he will go to Warrant Officer Candidate School and then Initial Entry Rotary Wing Training, rather than serving for a while before becoming a pilot. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Ryan Campbell)
Learn More28th ECAB Refueling Operations at Fort Hood During Mobilization
U.S. Army Spc. Dinetzy Rosado, left, and Spc. Tatianna Arce, both with Alpha Company, 628th Aviation Support Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade control fuel flow speeds on a pump while fueling a helicopter at the 28th ECAB’s mobilization station. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Kayla Harley)
Learn More3RD CAB Returns from 9 Month Rotation in Europe
Soldiers assigned to the 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, prepare aircrafts for flight after being unloaded from a ship during port operation Aug. 18 in Savannah. The brigade completed a nine-month rotation in Europe supporting Atlantic Resolve. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Andrew McNeil / 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division)
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