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Download full resolution image New York Guard helos battle blaze

New York Guard helos battle blaze

JENNINGS CREEK-- The view from a New York Army National Guard UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter conducting fire fighting operations on Monday, Nov. 11, 2024 at the 5,000 acre Jennings Creek/Sterling Forest State Park fire on the New York/ New Jersey border in Orange County, illustrates the challenges facing fire fighters traying to contain the blaze on the area's hillsides. The New York Army National Guard launched two Black Hawks on Nov. 11 and on Nov. 12 to support Department of Environmental Conservation firefighting efforts. Over the course of two days the Army Guard aircraft dropped over 117,000 gallons of water on the flames.

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WarHistoryNetwork -- Wed, 17 Dec 2025 William Wild Bill Donovan: Americas Spymaster in WWII War The behind-the-scenes story of how a World War I hero helped to strengthen U.S.-British ties and forged the beginnings of todays CIA. This article appears in: Winter 2013 On July 14, 1940,... (more)

Morning-Times -- Tue, 16 Dec 2025 Towanda graduate promoted to Lt. Colonel in NY Army National Guard LATHAM, N.Y. Former Bradford County resident Charles Ackley was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel in the New York Army National Guard during a Dec. 12 ceremony at New York Army National... (more)

Rome Sentinel -- Tue, 16 Dec 2025 ACHIEVEMENT: Boonville resident top enlisted leader for Buffalo-based brigade 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 Brigade... (more)

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