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  • New York Air National Guard's 106th Rescue Wing goes solar for lighting

    WESTHAMPTON BEACH, N.Y. -Even after the sun sets, it continues to brighten the night at the 106th Rescue Wing, here, with newly installed solar-powered lights in and around F.S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base.The 106th Rescue Wing Civil Engineering Squadron (CE) took on a do-it-yourself project

  • 106th Rescue Wing Alumni Association Gives Scholarship Awards

    WESTHAMPTON BEACH, NEW YORK- The 106th Rescue Wing Alumni Association presented two awardees with the "CMSgt William A. Shiffer Memorial College Scholarship" for their academic achievements and community involvement on August 2, 2015.Senior Airman Francisco Vierapereira, of the 106th Civil

  • Memorial Day "A Decoration Day"

    Calverton, NY - 106th Rescue Wing members and more than 6,700 people decorated gravestones with small American flags at Calverton National Cemetery on Memorial Day weekend, May 23rd 2015.More than 6,700 people decorated gravestones with small American flags at Calverton National Cemetery in

  • Members of the 106th Rescue Wing attend 7th Annual Fishing Tournament

    SMITHTOWN, NEW YORK -Staff Sgt. Chris Arrigo, a member of the 106th Rescue Wing, helped land  the winning fish at the annual Soldiers on the Sound Fishing Tournament held at the Smithtown Bay Yacht Club June 13.Arrigo and boat captain Tony Voelker helped 16-year old Jake DeLeo land the biggest fluke

  • 106th Rescue Wing Member Rescues Fellow Veteran

    WESTHAMPTON BEACH-- A routine drive to work turned into the opportunity to save a life for Tech Sgt. Matthew Davidson, a member of the 106th Rescue Wing, on Friday March 27.It was just after 5:45 a.m. as Davidson was driving to work on Route 27 when he thought he saw somebody by the side of the

  • South African general visits the New York Air National Guard

    STEWART AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Newburgh, N.Y. - One of the South African Air Force's top commanders got a close up look at how two of the New York Air National Guard's five wings do business during a four-day visit, March 1-4.Maj. Gen. Wiseman Mbambo, chief of air staff operations for the South

  • 106th Rescue Wing Helping to Protect New York

    NEW YORK, NY - New Yorkers greeting 2015 were protected by New York National Guard members--including airman from the 106th Rescue Wing -- on duty in train stations and airports as part of Joint Task Force Empire Shield.Army and Air Guard members have been on duty in New York City since the

  • Airmen and Soldiers Work Together for Empire Shield

     New Yorkers greeting 2015 were protected New York National Guard members--including 20 members of the 106th Rescue Wing-- on duty in train stations and airports as part of Joint Task Force Empire Shield.Army and Air Guard members have been on duty in New York City since the terrorist attacks of

  • 106th Rescue Wing Fire Department Conducts Live Fire Training

    Members of the 106th Rescue Wing Fire Department honed their firefighting skills this week at the Suffolk County Fire Academy in Yaphank (SCFA), N.Y., with live fire training exercises on May 12th, 2014.The SCFA facility provides firefighters with training and experience suppressing fires involving