SATHER AIR BASE, Iraq -- Col. Fred Cheney (left) the 447th Air Expeditionary Group commander, passes the 447th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron's guide on to New York Air National Guardsman Lt. Col. Carey Merritt, the 447 ECES commander, during a change of command ceremony held on May 10. Merritt is deployed from the 174th Mission Support Group, New York Air National Guard, where he commands the 174th's Civil Engineering Squadron.
Sather Air Base, located alongside Baghdad International Airport is named after Staff Sgt. SCott Sather, the first Airman to die during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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NationalGuard.mil -- Thu, 26 Jun 2025 New York Guard Trains for Disaster Response NIAGARA FALLS AIR RESERVE STATION, N.Y. One hundred New York National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from across the state participated in Operation Buffalo Falls, a Homeland Response Force (HRF)... (more)
Times Union -- Tue, 17 Jun 2025 Churchill: We need a greater honor for Albany's Henry Johnson In light of Donald Trump's decision to strip the hero's name from a Louisiana Army base, Assemblyman John McDonald is proposing to rename the Patroon Island Bridge in Johnson's... (more)
27East.com -- Mon, 16 Jun 2025 Malloy Promoted to Chief Master Sergeant in the New York Air National Guard Riverhead resident Timothy Daniel Malloy was promoted to chief master sergeant in the New York Air National Guard, during a ceremony on June 6 at the 106th Rescue Wing firehouse at Francis... (more)