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  • Senior Master Sgt. Christopher Tymula is chased by students as he volunteers his time to spend with students at Yates Elementary School in Schenectady. (U.S. Air Foce photo by Master Sgt. Christine Wood)

    Guardsmen spend lunch with elementary students

    Students are lined up outside the cafeteria, and you can feel their excitement. Maybe it's because today is pizza day. It could also be because they know summer vacation is right around the corner. But it's probably because they know there are some visitors waiting to spend lunchtime with them. More than 40 men and women here have taken time out of
  • Rep. Michael McNulty was honored by the 109th Airlift Wing and the community during a breakfast ceremony here May 29. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Willie Gizara)

    McNulty honored at base

    Rep. Michael McNulty, D-21st Congressional District, was honored during a visit here May 29 during a breakfast hosted by the Schenectady Chamber and the Schenectady Military Affairs Council. About 70 community and military leaders attended the event at the base dining facility. The congressman has been in public service for nearly 40 years and was
  • Kids wait patiently as Tech. Sgt. Michael Spiak (left) and Master Sgt. Pete Latniak grill some hamburgers during a community day 109th Airlift Wing members organized for the Greenland school. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Christine Wood)

    Wing, community extend reach to Greenland school

    Reaching out to the community is nothing new for the men and women of the 109th Airlift Wing. They have always stepped up to the plate in more ways than one in providing community support over the years. So it should be no surprise that these good deeds would extend and reach all the way to Greenland. On June 2, Maj. Matt LeClair, of the 139th
  • Airmen carry their gear after going through the mobility line during an exercise in May. The base was evaluated on how well it responded to a deployment tasking.

    Airmen participate in base mobility exercise

    The Deployment Control Center (DCC) was activated and more than 160 Airmen and 21 short tons of cargo were tasked to deploy during the May Unit Training Assembly. Airmen and cargo were tasked to deploy to three locations: Southwest Asia, Greenland and New York City. In the dining facility, Airmen worked their way through the mobility line, got
  • Master Sgt. James Welch immunizes a girl as Albanian nurses provide assistance in February in Albania. Sergeant Welch, along with four other 109th Airlift Wing medics from the Stratton Air National Guard Base in New York, administered 1,000 Hepatitis A shots during a humanitarian mission with the New Jersey National Guard. (Courtesy photo)

    Medics support Albanian humanitarian mission

    In February, the New Jersey National Guard turned to the 109th Airlift Wing for some help. They were going to Albania to administer the Hepatitis A vaccine to 1,000 children and needed Air National Guard support. Five medics here jumped at the chance to support this humanitarian mission. Through New Jersey's State Partnership Agreement Program
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