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  • 106th Rescue Wing, North Country Veterans recall crash of 40 years ago

    KEESEVILLE, N.Y., (June 14, 2018) - On June 13, 1978, an HH-3E “Jolly Green Giant” rescue helicopter assigned to the 106th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Group crashed into Trembleau Mountain outside of Keeseville, N.Y., killing seven Airmen.

  • 106th Rescue Wing Chief Promotions

    GABRESKI AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Westhampton Beach, N.Y. (May 5, 2018) – Three members of New York Air National Guard’s 106th Rescue Wing, Senior Master Sgt. Joseph Perno, Senior Master Sgt. Matt Morgan, and Senior Master Sgt. Joseph Spadavecchia, reached the pinnacle of the enlisted rank structure of Chief Master Sergeants, here, on May 5, 2018.

  • Fallen Airmen of Jolly51

    Four New York Air National Guard members assigned to the 106th Rescue Wing, stationed at F.S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base in Westhampton Beach, died in Iraq on Thursday, March 15, the Department of Defense announced today.

  • Pararescuemen of 106th Rescue Wing meet U.S. Ambassador over

    GABRESKI AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Westhampton Beach, N.Y. (Feb. 13, 2018) – Members of the 103rd Rescue Squadron of the 106th Rescue Wing met with the U.S. Ambassador to Slovenia Feb. 7, 2018, in Koper, Slovenia.
  • U.S Air Force Staff. Sgt. Alejandra Cepeda, a fire fighter with the 106th Civil Engineer Squadron of the 106th Rescue Wing assigned to the New York Air National Guard, poses with a halligan bar at the 106th Rescue Wing in Westhampton Beach, New York November 2, 2017.

    106th Airmen to be featured in Futures Magazine

    GABRESKI AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Westhampton Beach, NY – Futures Magazine, an annual Department of Defense publication which highlights the lives of military service members, shadowed two Airman from the 106th Rescue Wing assigned to the New York Air National Guard, Westhampton Beach, NY, on and off-duty from October 31 to November 2, 2017. The
  • Members of the 106th Rescue Wing stand with the Borinqueneers for a group photo during the Hispanic Heritage Month celebration at New York Air National Guard’s 106th Rescue Wing in Westhampton Beach, New York on October 15, 2017. The event honored the Borinqueneers, the U.S. Army’s 65th Infantry Regiment made up by the U.S. Territory of Puerto Rico, who served during both World Wars and the Korean War. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Daniel H. Farrell)

    106th Rescue Wing welcomes the Borinqueneers in Hispanic Heritage Month celebration

    GABRESKI AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Westhampton Beach N.Y.– New York Air National Guard’s 106th Rescue Wing welcomed the Borinqueneers to the Hispanic Heritage Month celebration at the 106th Rescue Wing in Westhampton Beach, here, October 15, 2017.
  • U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Wendy Crow, a medical technician in the New York Air National Guard's 106th Rescue Wing, takes the temperature of a patient at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii Aug. 29, 2017. 106th Rescue Wing Medical Group members went on a 13-day deployment for training opportunity, which wrapped up in September, came about for 106th Rescue Wing medical personnel after scoring in the top five of 90 medical units evaluated in the nation.

    Hawaii ‘leis’ on real-world training

    Like the fronds of a palm leaf, 106th Rescue Wing Medical Group members, here, fanned out recently at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii to accomplish real-world training at premier medical facility, Tripler Army Medical Center (TAMC) and the 15th Medical Group.
  • U.S. Air Force Senior Airman James M. Zambik, a pararescueman with the 103rd Rescue Squadron of the 106th Rescue Wing assigned to the New York Air National Guard, exits the HH-60 Pavehawk helicopter at Fort Hood, Texas, August 28, 2017. The efforts of Zambik and the Airmen of 106th helped save 255 people and two dogs during today’s mission. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Daniel H. Farrell

    106th Rescue Wing Supports Hurricane Harvey Victims

    FORT HOOD, Texas--Some members of the New York National Guard’s 106th Rescue Wing are active guard reserve, full-time technicians and government contractors, however many are not.
  • Group photo of the 106th Rescue Wing Civil Engineering members assigned to the New York Air National Guard at Crow Agency, Montana June 16, 2017. 32 members from the New York Air National Guard’s 106th Rescue Wing’s Civil Engineer Squadron and five members from the 106th Force Support Squadron, here, deployed for training June 4 to June 17, 2017, at Crow Agency, Montana, in an effort to build and renovate homes for military service veterans from the Native American tribe Crow Nation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Vincent Naimo)

    106th Rescue Wing’s Civil Engineer Squadron renovates homes for service veterans from the Native American tribe Crow Nation

    32 members from the New York Air National Guard’s 106th Rescue Wing’s Civil Engineer Squadron and five members from the 106th Force Support Squadron here deployed for training June 4 to June 17, 2017, at Crow Agency, Montana, in an effort to build and renovate homes for military service veterans from the Native American tribe Crow Nation.

  • DoD to move military from High-3 to Blended Retirement System Jan 1

    GABRESKI AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Westhampton Beach, NY. – The Department of Defense is scheduled to change from the High-3 retirement system to the Blended Retirement System starting January 1, 2018.
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