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Download full resolution image Fallen Pilots Honored by Aviation Brigade

Fallen Pilots Honored by Aviation Brigade

ALBANY-- New York National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 42nd Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, along with the family and friends of Chief Warrant Officers 2 John Grassia III and Casey Frankoski, fill the Empire State Convention Center in Albany during a unit memorial ceremony honoring the two pilots held on April 21, 2024. Grassia and Frankoski were killed when their UH-72 Lakota helicopter crashed during a March 8 mission along the Texas border. A Border Patrol officer on board the helicopter was also killed.

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Military.com -- Thu, 13 Nov 2025 Four in a Row: New York National Guard Tops Nation Again in Recruiting For the fourth year in a row, the New York Army National Guard (NYARNG) is outpacing recruiting numbers compared to more than four dozen of its counterparts. The NYARNG has exerted prowess... (more)

WKBW -- Tue, 11 Nov 2025 Definitely like a blessing to be back': Buffalo-based National Guard members return from deployment (video) CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WKBW) More than 100 New York Army National Guard members returned home to Buffalo on Veterans Day after completing a nine-month deployment in Africa, creating an emotional... (more)

WGRZ -- Tue, 11 Nov 2025 Western New York Soldiers return from Africa on Veterans Day (video) BUFFALO, N.Y. More than 140 Soldiers from the New York Army National Guards Buffalo-based 152nd Engineer Support Company are home after spending the past nine months deployed in the Horn... (more)

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