GAANG Honors Fallen Servicemen on Memorial Day
A flight of Georgia Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters of the Marietta-based 171st Aviation Regiment passes over the National Cemetery in Canton, Ga. May 25, 2020 as part of a fly over tribute to fallen service members on Memorial Day./ Photo by Maj. William Carraway YOUR CAPTION HERE
Learn More11th ECAB Flight Surgeon Joins the Fight Against COVID-19
Maj. Theresa R. Simard, a flight surgeon with the 11th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade out of Fort Carson, Colorado, takes a break to pose for the camera inside the Javits Convention Center, now known as the Javits New York Medical Station, in New York City, April 21, 2020. Simard is one of over 1,200 medical professionals who received the call to mobilize with the Urban Augmentation Medical Task Forces to support the coronavirus relief efforts and curb the spread of the disease./ Photo by Stg. Alexander Morgan
Learn MoreCH-47 With Skis Conducting Airborne OPS
An Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter operated by Army aviators with the 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment, approaches Geronimo Drop Zone at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 28, 2020. Battlefield Airmen with the 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron, Army pathfinders with the 4th Quartermaster Company, 17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, and supported by Army aviators, conducted airborne training to maintain operational readiness. The focus on readiness demonstrates the installation’s resiliency and posture for the future throughout the COVID-19 pandemic./ U.S. Air Force photo by Alejandro Peña
Learn MoreUS Army AH-64s Involved in Joint Operations in the Arabian Gulf
The repetitive whoosh of helicopter blades is heard as two AH-64E Apache attack helicopters land on board the deck of the Navy Expeditionary Landing Base ship USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB-3). U.S. forces from both the Army and Navy are together for a special mission, combined flight operations at sea. Lieutenant Colonel Margaret Stick, the commander of the Multi-Functional Aviation Task Force stands with Captain Scott Hattaway, the Captain of the USS Puller on April 15-16, 2020 in the Persian Gulf. Stick representing the U.S. Army Aviation and Hattaway representing the U.S. Navy worked together to conduct a joint at...
Learn More1st CAB and Operations in the COVID-19 Environment
Fort Riley, KS – When the nation faces a global scale pandemic, preventing the spread of a virus and protecting the health of citizens becomes a top priority. The 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division is no different, yet like the rest of America’s armed forces, the Brigade must remain ready to ensure the defense of the United States of America. 1ID Aviators Prevent, Protect and Preserve / Photo By Sgt. Patrick Jubrey As American citizens are practicing social distancing and preventative health measures, the Combat Aviation Brigade finds new ways to fly and train while adhering to these...
Learn MoreNew CH-47 Engine Test Program
FORT EUSTIS, Va. (April 15, 2020) – A team from Boeing, GE Aviation and the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center completed another successful ground test in late March, furthering the demonstration of higher-power T408-GE-400 engines on an H-47 Chinook. A team from Boeing, GE Aviation and the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center is celebrating another successful ground test in late March furthering the demonstration of higher-power T408-GE-400 engines on an H-47 Chinook. Courtesy photo On March 26 the team successfully progressed to dual-engine flight idle and opened the full rotor...
Learn MoreNJ Guard Pre-flight
U.S. Army 1st Lt. Larissa Fluegel goes over pre-flight procedures at the Army Aviation Support Facility on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., March 5, 2020. Fluegel is a UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter pilot with the New Jersey National Guard’s 1-150th Assault Helicopter Battalion. / U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Matt Hecht
Learn MoreSTEM at Redstone
From her father’s viewpoint, there were four careers open to females: housewife, nurse, teacher or secretary. She had no aspirations for teaching and didn’t want to get married right away. Not interested in the blood and grittiness of nursing, that left her only one choice, but she opted to aim high, aspiring to be an executive secretary. If not for her high school counselor, who saw a strength in math and science and encouraged her to consider engineering, Dr. Juanita M. Christensen may not be where she is today – the equivalent of a two-star general and the U.S. Army Combat...
Learn MoreArctic Exercise
JOINT BASE ELEMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Staring out the window of an Alaska Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter onto a endless sheet of ice, Staff Sgt. Jeremy Maddox finds himself in unfamiliar territory, over the frozen Beaufort Sea, 3,000 miles north of his hometown of Baker City, Oregon. U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jeremy Maddox assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment, looks out of the window on a CH-47 Chinook on Feb. 25, 2020, near Deadhorse, Alaska. The Alaska National Guard is hosting Exercise Arctic Eagle 2020, a joint-training exercise, Feb. 20 to March 6, 2020, throughout Alaska, including...
Learn MorePANG Can Pay for Your Family’s College Education!
By CW4 Teresa R. Watkins: Pennsylvania is one of the largest National Guard states in the United States of America. Our organization is proud to announce, the first-in-nation Military Family Education Program (MFEP). The PANG is all about family, and we want to acknowledge our families’ service and sacrifice. The spouses and children make many sacrifices to support their loved ones in uniform. Many times it is during a lengthy deployment, sometimes it is drill weekend, other times it is a last minute call to support a natural disaster or emergency; regardless of the call of duty, our servicemen and...
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