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Hawaii Guard, Philippine Air Force Expand Aviation Partnership
August 6, 2026 — HILO, Hawaii - The Hawaii National Guard began an aviation engagement with its Philippine partners July 31 when a Hickam-based C-17 Globemaster III carrying a Black Hawk helicopter departed Hilo for...

Pennsylvania Guard Aviation Site Trains Pilots Annually
June 3, 2026 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. - The Pennsylvania National Guard’s Eastern Army National Guard Aviation Training Site, or EAATS, is where pilots from across the country and partner nations learn to fly the...

Colorado National Guard Aircrew Breaks Record for Hoist Rescue
July 25, 2025 — GYPSUM, Colo. – Members of a Colorado Army National Guard Black Hawk aircrew tested their skill and pushed their helicopter’s performance to its limits during a dangerous nighttime rescue that set the...

Alaska Army Guard Black Hawk Crew Touches Down on Train
March 4, 2025 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - Alaska Army National Guard aviators assigned to Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 211th General Support Aviation Battalion, landed an HH-60M Black Hawk helicopter...

South Carolina Guardsman Realizes Dream to Fly Helicopters
December 11, 2024 — COLUMBIA, S.C. - Seeing a military aircraft flying through the sky can make you feel a sense of awe. But for some, like Warrant Officer Alante Snell, it sparks something deeper — a calling.Snell grew...

Virginia Guard Avionics Team Tackles High-flying Challenges
April 30, 2024 — RICHMOND, Va. - Tucked behind a blue door at the Virginia Army National Guard’s Army Aviation Support Facility is the organization’s avionics section, where a small group of full-time Soldiers work to...

Wisconsin Guard Conducts Black Hawk Training Operations
September 25, 2023 — FORT MCCOY, Wis. - Aircrews with the Wisconsin National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 147th Aviation Regiment, operated UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters Sept. 14 for a training operation at Fort McCoy.Unit...

Washington National Guard Pilot Fulfills Dream to Fly
March 30, 2023 — CAMP MURRAY, Wash. - Catherine Trujillo had always dreamed of flying helicopters. At the age of 35, she thought she had missed her chance.“Along the way in life, I put my family ahead of my career...

Washington National Guard Aircrew Rescues Injured Hiker
October 21, 2022 — LEAVENWORTH, Wash. – A Washington Army National Guard medical flight crew from 1st Battalion, 168th General Support Aviation, hoisted an injured hiker out of a heavily wooded area near Leavenworth...

Connecticut Guard completes Black Hawk fleet conversion
May 2, 2022 — WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. – Soldiers from the Connecticut National Guard’s Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 142nd Aviation Regiment, retrieved a new UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter from Joint Base...

West Virginia Guard unit receives 1st new medevac Black Hawk
April 13, 2022 — WILLIAMSTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia National Guard’s Company C, 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion, Aeromedical Evacuation Company, received its first of six new HH-60M “Mike” model Black...

Tennessee Guard, firefighters practice water hoist rescue
December 15, 2021 — NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Rescue personnel from the Tennessee National Guard’s 1-230th Assault Helicopter Battalion and the Nashville Fire Department held a joint exercise Dec. 14 to practice hoist...

Alaska Army National Guard pilots get Red Card certification
June 11, 2021 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, – The Alaska Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, dropped water from buckets over rural areas of the installation June 9 as part of annual Red...

Oklahoma Army Guard trains response to aviation accident
May 13, 2021 — TULSA, Okla. – Fire trucks and ambulances swarmed the Oklahoma Army National Guard’s Aviation Support Facility 2 in a training exercise May 12. The first responders from multiple Tulsa area agencies...

Alaska Army National Guard rescues four stranded boaters
May 11, 2021 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - A UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter aircrew with the Alaska Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, rescued four people and a dog May 10...

Alaska Army National Guard rescues two near Knik Glacier
May 11, 2021 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Aircrew from the Alaska Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, rescued a father and his daughter near Knik Glacier after their off-road...

Alaska Army Guard deploys Black Hawk for spring flood season
April 27, 2021 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – The Alaska National Guard is sending a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter to Bethel as part of the state’s effort to prepare for disaster response during the 2021...

Command chief’s plan to support Airmen takes flight
October 29, 2020 — NEW CASTLE, Del. – Citizen-Airmen with the Delaware National Guard's 166th Airlift Wing enjoyed an incentive flight on a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter Oct. 21 as a reward for their hard work and...

Tennessee National Guard aircrew rescues injured hiker
October 29, 2020 — KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – A Tennessee Army National Guard flight crew rescued an injured hiker in the Pisgah National Forest area in North Carolina early on Oct. 28. At approximately 11:50 p.m. on Oct. 27,...

Marines repair Harrier jet engine at Virginia Guard facility
October 23, 2020 — RICHMOND, Va. — The Virginia National Guard’s Army Aviation Support Facility (AASF) hosted a few unusual guests this fall when 14 Marines from Marine Attack Squadron 223 in Cherry Point, North...

Chief of National Guard Bureau visits Purdue to discuss national security, military education

Alaska Guard Rescues Injured Mountain Biker

Massachusetts Guard Welcomes Fifth‑Generation Fighter

Alabama Guard Helps De-Escalate Metro Station Confrontation

Alaska Guard Rescues Pilots From Two Plane Crashes