TXNG 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)
Learn MoreAfter the Storm
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)
Learn MoreWANG Support to Western US Firefighting
Soldiers with 96th Aviation Troop Command prepare a Bambi Bucket for fire support prior to taking off for the Palmer Fire near Omak, Wash. on August 19, 2020. The Washington National Guard is providing aviation support to the Washington Department of Natural Resources. (U.S. National Guard photo by Joseph Siemandel)
Learn More101st Arrives in France
Helicopters from the 101st Airborne Division Combat Aviation Brigade, from Fort Campbell, Kentucky, began arriving in La Rochelle, France on July 7, 2020 for the sixth rotation of Atlantic Resolve. Overseeing the discharge of the CAB’s equipment from the vessel, ARC Endurance, is the 598th Transportation Brigade, Surface Deployment and Distribution Command. Onward movement of the CAB’s aircraft and equipment will be overseen by the 21st Theater Sustainment Command and French military partners. This is the first time a U.S. Army operation of this scale has been conducted in La Rochelle since the 1960’s. The CAB’s arrival and movement through...
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