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Wisconsin National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk crews hold May 2023 training at Fort McCoy
FORT MCCOY, WI, UNITED STATES 05.31.2023 Courtesy Story Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office Aircrews with the Wisconsin National Guard at Madison operated several UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters May 4-5 at Fort McCoy, Wis., as part of annual training at the post. Members of the unit regularly complete training operations at Fort McCoy and the unit also supports numerous training events at the installation each year. According to the Fort McCoy Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security, Black Hawk crews were supporting aerial gunnery training on May 4 and on May 5 they were supporting a medical training exercise on...
Learn MoreNATO Implements Exercise Dacian Strike 2023
SMARDAN, ROMANIA 06.22.2023 Story by Troy Darr U.S. Army NATO Brigade Executing precise live-fire missions combining air, land and intelligence support forces from five NATO countries was the goal of Dacian Strike held near where the Danube River spills into the Black Sea on NATO’s southeastern flank. The Headquarters of NATO Multinational Division-Southeast conducted the exercise at the Smardan Secondary Combat Training Center June 12-16. The exercise included forces from Bulgaria, France, Italy, Romania, and the United States. “What we’re trying to create here at MND-Southeast is tactical air C2 (command and control) in a land echelon below the corps...
Learn MoreU.S. Army Unit Conducts Rescue on Mount Adams
Soldiers assigned to the United States Army Air Ambulance Detachment- Yakima (USAAAD), 2-158 Assault Helicopter Battalion, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade performed an aeromedical evacuation of a civilian on Mount Adams, Wash. on Jun. 14, 2023. The mission started when a climber was injured, and her partner sent a distress message to the Yakima County Sheriff’s Office. After determining that ground rescue would not be possible over the terrain the patient was located at, federal support was requested through the Washington State Emergency Operations Center for a high-powered helicopter with hoist capability to recover the stranded civilian. At 8:53 p.m., a...
Learn MoreUSAAAD-YTC Conducts Life-Saving Rescue at Aasgard Pass
Soldiers assigned to the United States Army Air Ambulance Detachment- Yakima (USAAAD), 2-158th Assault Helicopter Battalion, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade performed an aeromedical evacuation of a civilian near Aasgard Pass, Wash. on Jun 8, 2023. The mission started when a hiker fell 150 feet and sent a distress message to the Chelan County Sheriff’s Office. After determining that ground rescue would take over four hours and may not be possible over the terrain the patient was located at, federal support was requested through the Washington State Emergency Operations Center for a high-powered helicopter with hoist capability to recover the stranded...
Learn MoreThe 185th ECAB deploys to the US CENTCOM area of responsibility
CAMP BUEHRING, KUWAIT 05.10.2023 Story by Sgt. 1st Class Shane Hamann 185th Aviation Brigade The 185th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, headquartered in the Mississippi Army National Guard, mobilized in February at Fort Cavasos, Texas (formerly Fort Hood, Texas) to support Operations Inherent Resolve, Spartan Shield, and New Normal in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. Deployed as Task Force Talon, the 185th consists of units from 11 states’ Army National Guard, including California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, and Vermont, organized into three battalions along with the brigade headquarters. The 3rd General Support...
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