LATHAM, N.Y. - Mr. Jim King, Director of Business Development for National Guard and Reserve Forces hands New York State Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Patrick Murphy the keys to two Latkotas that arrived on June 29 to the Latham-based Army Aviation Support Facility.
The ceremony took place Monday, July 2, to welcome the UH-72A Light Utility Helicopters to the fleet of rotary wing aircraft operated by Detachment 1, Company A, 1-224th Aviation Service and Support Battalion. The new helicopters were purchased specifically to be used in domestic operations in aid of law enforcement or during state emergencies.
DMNA Press Releases
Loading Press Releases...NY National Guard In the News
Hospitality Net -- Mon, 03 Nov 2025 Correctional Crisis Spurs Hotel Boom in Upstate New York Corrections-Officer Strike & National Guard Response On February 17, 2025, thousands of corrections officers at more than 25 prisons across Upstate New York went on strike over staffing... (more)
Times Union -- Mon, 03 Nov 2025 Duty Calls, Delmar soldier earns second Meritorious Service Medal Army National Guard Lt. Col. Nick Suhr, a Delmar resident and Iraq War veteran, received the award on Oct. 17 Army National Guard Lt. Col. Nick Suhr, a Delmar resident and Iraq War veteran,... (more)
Times Union -- Wed, 29 Oct 2025 Duty Calls : Iraq veterans reunite One hundred New York Army National Guard soldiers who deployed to Iraq with the 42nd Infantry Division in 2005 reunited at the Hilton Hotel in Saratoga Springs. The gathering, organized... (more)