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NY Air Guardsmen Move Cargo, Fuel, People to Greenland Camp
September 12, 2023
Aircrew from the 109th Airlift Wing fly an LC-130 Hercules over the Baffin Bay in Greenland, May 12, 2023.
New York Guard Participates in Exercise Guerrier Nordique
March 28, 2023
Soldiers from the Canadian Armed Forces board a C-17 Globemaster III from the 105th Airlift Wing during exercise Guerrier Nordique at Resolute Bay, Nunavut, Canada March 18, 2023
Secretary of state, Greenland premier tour NYNG LC-130
May 28, 2021
New York Air National Guard Maj. Shay Price, an LC-130 navigator, briefs Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Greenland Premier Múte Bourup Egede, and other officials, about the LC-130s used by the wing to support climate science research on Greenland's Ice Cap at the Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, airport May 20, 2021. The 109th Airlift Wing operates from the airport when supporting National Science Foundation research in Greenland.
103rd, 109th back science foundation mission in Greenland
March 12, 2021
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Josh Panis, 118th Airlift Squadron assistant director of operations and mission aircraft commander, flies a C-130H Hercules over Greenland Feb. 10, 2021. The 103rd Airlift Wing transported 12 National Science Foundation personnel and their equipment from Stratton Air National Guard Base in Scotia, New York, to Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, for the beginning of their annual climate research mission at Greenland’s ice cap.
109th Airlift Wing wraps up Antarctic research support
March 3, 2021
A New York Air National Guard Airman on duty in Antarctica on Feb. 5, 2021, during a mission conducted in support of the National Science Foundation by the 109th Airlift Wing. The 109th Airlift Wing deployed three LC-130 "Skibird" aircraft and 50 Airmen to Christchurch, New Zealand, to run missions as required to Antarctica as part of the Department of Defense's Operation Deep Freeze.
N.Y. Senior Airman graduates from jungle warfare school
November 19, 2020
New York Air National Guard Senior Airman Caleb Lapinel trains on tactical swimming in a Brazilian river in October 2020 while attending the international course conducted annually by the Brazil Jungle Warfare Center, known as CIGS for its Portugese initials. Lapinel was the only American in the class of 10.
NY Guard's 109th firefighters ready for fast-water rescues
August 18, 2020
Airmen from the 109th Airlift Wing Fire Department are part of the Flood Incident Response Strike Team, Task Force 2, New York.
109th Airlift Wing team builds ski landing area in Arctic
July 29, 2020
Airmen with the 109th Airlift Wing Skiway construction team employ barren land survival techniques as they erect the first shelter at Camp Rockwell during Air National Guard Exercise Arctic Eagle.
NY Guard logistics Soldiers hone airdrop resupply skills
July 29, 2020
A C-130J Hercules transport aircraft piloted by Airmen from the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing airdrops pallets of supplies during a container delivery system training exercise, July 23, 2020.
NY Airmen mounting critical resupply mission in Greenland
July 24, 2020
An LC-130 assigned to the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing, based at Stratton Air National Guard Base in Scotia, N.Y. offloads cargo in Greenland on April 26, 2019.
NY Air Guard helps resupply northernmost Canadian outpost
October 9, 2019
New York Air National Guard Airmen from the 109th Airlift Wing and Royal Canadian Air Force Airmen from 8 Wing in Trenton, Ontario, teamed up to resupply Canadian Forces Station Alert as part of Operation Boxtop. they are shown in front of a New York Air National Guard C-130 at Thule Air Base, Greenland, Oct. 3, 2019.
New York Guard honors 21st president Chester A. Arthur
October 5, 2018
New York Air National Guard Brig. Gen. Timothy J. LaBarge, the NewYork National Guard director of Joint Staff, and Command Chief Master Sgt. Maureen Dooley, the senior ranking noncommissioned officer for the New York Air National Guard, present a wreath from President Donald Trump at the gravesite of President Chester A. Arthur in Albany Rural Cemetery in Menands, N.Y., on Oct. 5, 2018.