Senior Airman Douglas Whigham a civil engineer structures specialist assigned to the 107th Attack Wing Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station New York Air National Guard prepares bags to be filled with sand in response to the New York National Guard activation Gov. Andrew Cuomo initiated on May 6 for the flooding occurring along Lake Ontario at the Department of Transportation Albion N.Y. May 13 2019. Members of the New York National Air National Guard are able to fill around 5000 sandbags a day from Albion which are then taken to vulnerable areas around the Lake Ontario shoreline including homes and businesses.
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Rochester Democrat and Chronicle -- Tue, 26 Jan 2021 Investigation at Mendon helicopter crash site wraps up. What's next? MENDON, NY U.S. Army officials have finished clearing the site of last week's fatal military helicopter crash in Mendon and local NationalGuard members gathered Sunday to honor their friends. A... (more)
WHEC -- Mon, 25 Jan 2021 Cuomo sending 500 more National Guardsmen to D.C., 1.3K returning ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) Gov. Andrew Cuomo is sending 542 more members of the New York National Guard to Washington D.C. Cuomo said members will be heading down to bolster U.S. Capitol security... (more)
WKBW, -- Fri, 22 Jan 2021 New York National Guard identifies 3 soldiers killed in helicopter crash outside Rochester Wednesday ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WKBW) The New York Army National Guard has identified three soldiers killed in a helicopter crash outside of Rochester on Wednesday. Chief Warrant Officer 5 Steven Skoda,... (more)