CALVERATON NATIONAL CEMETERY-- Members of the 106th Rescue Wing New York Air National Guard salute as Base Honor Guard Airmen from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst New Jersey render honors for Tech. Sgt. Dashan Briggs a special missions aviation specialist assigned to the 106th RQW during a funeral service at Calverton National Cemetery N.Y. March 29 2018. Briggs was killed when the HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter he was flying in crashed near the city of Al-Qaim Iraq.
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Times Union -- Mon, 12 Jan 2026 Duty Calls: National Guard teams conduct 6,166 military funeral honors A total of 125 highly trained New York Army National Guard and Air National Guard honor guard members performed 6,166 gravesite military funerals last year, according to Eric Durr, a spokesman... (more)
Olean Times Herald -- Sat, 10 Jan 2026 New York Air Guard, the largest in the US, gets new commander LATHAM An Air Guard major general, who started as an enlisted airman and served in the Persian Gulf War, Iraq and Afghanistan, assumed command of the New York Air National Guard in a ceremony... (more)
Olean Times Herald -- Thu, 08 Jan 2026 NY Air Guard honors Millard Filmore in wreath-laying ceremony BUFFALO The New York Air National Guards 107th Attack Wing honored Millard Fillmore, the nations 13th president, on Wednesday as the wings Mission Support Group deputy commander laid a wreath... (more)