STRATTON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE--New York Air National Guard Master Sgt Kerri Booth, a Loadmaster with the 109th Airlift Wing,explains duties onboard her units LC130 Hercules aircraft to members of a South African National Defence Force Reserves delegation on Sunday, Dec.5. The South Africans toured the base and the unit’s LC130 ski equipped Hercules aircraft. The 109th Airlift Wing supports the National Science Foundation by deploying every year to Antarctica bringing important cargo 11,000 miles to the bottom of the world. Pictured are (from left)
South African Rear Admiral Earnst Penzhorn, Director of Naval Reserves; Booth; South African Major Gen. Roy Andersen, Chief of Defence Force Reserves; Brig. Gen. Isaac Osborne, Deputy Commander of U.S. Army Africa; and Brig. Gen.Gen Susan Molefe,Director of Defence Reserves.
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Oneonta Daily Star -- Tue, 16 Aug 2022 Military News: Aug. 17, 2022 Area members of the New York Army National Guard were promoted in recent months. Isaac Crandall of Oxford, assigned to the 222nd Military Police Company, received a promotion to the rank... (more)
National Guard.mil -- Sat, 13 Aug 2022 Always at the Ready, New York Air Guardsmen Save a Life SYRACUSE, N.Y. - A dozen New York Air National Guard Airmen are credited with helping save a civilians life on Aug. 9 while attending a military conference at Syracuse University. The man... (more)
WAMC -- Fri, 12 Aug 2022 NY National Guard holds groundbreaking ceremony at Latham headquarters ( audio) The New York National Guard held a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday in Latham to launch a $3.7 million renovation of the 36-year-old headquarters. The Joint Force Headquarters complex will... (more)