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Sept. 12, 2023
NY Air Guardsmen move 1,200 tons of cargo, 86,000 gallons of fuel, 1,300 people to Greenland science camps

The New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing wrapped up its annual support to the National Science Foundation in Greenland when Airmen and LC-130 “Skibirds” returned to Stratton Air National Guard Base on August 23, 2023.
Aug. 30, 2023
109 Aircrew completes water survival and emergency parachute training

Thirty-eight New York National Guard Airmen from the 109th Airlift Wing got their feet and their parachute harnesses wet during water survival and parachute landing training at New York’s Great Sacandaga Lake on August 5 and 6.
Aug. 30, 2023
Missouri and New York Air National Guard team up for Maintenance University

Maintenance Airmen assigned to the New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing spent the first week of August training in Gulfport, Mississippi where they teamed up with the Missouri Air National Guard’s 139th Airlift Wing for some intensive training, dubbed maintenance university.
Aug. 30, 2023
109AW welcomes new command chief

Command Chief Master Sgt. Karolyn De Vito, a Cohoes resident, took over as the senior enlisted leader for the New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing during an August 5, 2023, ceremony at Stratton Air National Guard base in Scotia.
Aug. 30, 2023
New York Air Guard medical personnel get hands on training at California health clinic

Seventeen Air National Guard Airmen from New York’s 109th Airlift Wing, spent June 12 to 25 providing no-cost health care and veterinary services at the Round Valley Indian Health Clinic in Covelo California.
April 19, 2023
109AW Intel Airmen participate in Arctic exercise

Before Canadian Army reservists, and American National Guard Soldiers headed to the Arctic for Exercise Guerrier Nordique 2023 in March, they got briefed on the importance of the training by two New York National Guard Airmen assigned to the 109th Airlift Wing’s intelligence section.
April 13, 2023
109AW accomplishes historic troop movement in Arctic

In a first-ever joint reserve component exercise, Airmen from the New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing landed 37-fully equipped Canadian reserve and American Vermont Army National Guard infantrymen on the frozen Arctic Ocean near Little Cornwallis Island in Canada’s Nunavut territory on
April 13, 2023
109th Airlift Wing begins 2023 support season for Greenland

Three LC-130 “Skibirds”, and 75 Airmen from the New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing left for Greenland earlier this month to support National Science Foundation science research there.
April 4, 2023
109th recruiter illustrates a children's book

Tech. Sgt. Stephanie Lambert, a recruiter assigned to the New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing, is illustrating a children’s book written by a local author. Since September, Lambert has been working with Richard Crowley, the author, to produce sketches and illustrations that closely
March 29, 2023
New York Air National Guard Supports Antarctic Research

The New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing flew more than 180 missions from October to March to support National Science Foundation research in Antarctica.

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