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Download full resolution image New Yorkers Back Up Shuttle Launch for 100th Time

New Yorkers Back Up Shuttle Launch for 100th Time

PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Florida -- The crew of "King 2", HC-130 rescue aircraft from the New York Air National Guard's 106th Rescue Wing, gather for a group photograph on Monday, May 11, as they wait for the launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis.
This mission marked the 100th time that Airmen from the Long Island wing provided rescue support to Space Shuttle launches.
Joining the HC-130 crews from Gabreski Field Air National Guard Base at Westhampton Beach, New York, were pararescuemen from the California Air National Guard's 131st Rescue Squadron, based at Moffett Federal Airfield, located near Mountain View, California.
If the shuttle crew had been forced to leave the spacecraft near the Kennedy Space Center these men would have been responsible for pulling the astronauts from the water.

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Times Union -- Tue, 30 Dec 2025 Duty Calls: Memorial Ruck March commemorates fallen airmen More than 250 airmen walk from Stewart Air National Guard Base to Purple Heart Museum in New Windsor More than 250 airmen of the New York Air National Guards 105th Airlift Wing, with heavy... (more)

Boonville Herald -- Mon, 29 Dec 2025 Boonville resident becomes top enlisted leader for Buffalo-based brigade BOONVILLE/BUFFALO New York Army National Guard Command Sgt. Major Morgan Cady, a Boonville resident and Iraq war veteran, became the senior enlisted leader of the Guards 153rd Troop Command... (more)

Kingston Daily Freeman -- Sat, 27 Dec 2025 Military news: Area residents in N.Y. Army National Guard, Air National Guard promoted The following area residents serving in the New York Army National Guard were promoted: * Michael Murashowe of Port Ewen, assigned to Bravo Company, National Guard Recruiting & Retention... (more)

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