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June 21, 2024
106th Rescue Wing Receives First New HH-60W Jolly Green II Search and Rescue Helicopter

Francis S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base, Westhampton Beach, N.Y. – The 106th Rescue Wing’s first HH-60W Jolly Green II search and rescue helicopter touched down at Francis S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base, on Thursday, June 20.
June 9, 2024
106th Airmen & Families Benefit from New York Army National Guard Virtual Yellow Ribbon

Francis S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base, N.Y. – Members of the 106th Rescue Wing participated in a virtual Yellow Ribbon event hosted by the New York Army National Guard on May 4 and 5.
June 9, 2024
106th Rescue Wing Prepares to Modernize Fleet With Latest Helicopters

Francis S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base, N.Y. – Aircraft maintainers and helicopter aircrews of the 106th Rescue Wing, New York Air National Guard, prepare to replace their aging fleet of HH-60G Pave Hawk search and rescue helicopters with the first two of six, HH-60W “Whiskey” Jolly Green II
June 7, 2024
Bayport/Blue Point Resident Assumes Command of Air National Guard's Oldest Flying Squadron

Francis S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base, N.Y. – Bayport/Blue Point resident Lt. Col. Kyle Hruz, an HC-130J Combat King II search and rescue aircraft pilot with the New York Air National Guard’s 106th Rescue Wing, has been appointed to take command of the 102nd Rescue Squadron in a ceremony held
May 4, 2024
106th Rescue Wing Conducts Comprehensive Rescue Training

Francis S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base, N.Y. – New York Air National Guard members assigned to the 106th Rescue Wing, took part in a combat search and rescue exercise at Francis S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base, May 4, 2024.
March 7, 2024
106th Rescue Wing Airmen hone search and rescue skills during Agile Rage 2024

Savannah Air National Guard Base, Ga. – Two hundred Airmen assigned to the New York Air National Guard's 106th Rescue Wing, honed their combat search and rescue skills, during Agile Rage 2024, from February 28 to March 4 at the Savannah Combat Readiness Training Center in Savannah Ga., Feb. 26 -
March 4, 2024
Command Chief Master Sgt. Edward Rittberg, a Mattituck resident appointed as regional representative to the Air National Guard’s Enlisted Field Advisory Council

Francis S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base, N.Y., --New York Air National Guard Command Chief Master Sgt. Edward Rittberg, the top enlisted Airman in the 106th Rescue Wing and a Mattituck resident, has been appointed to the Air National Guard’s Field Advisory Council. The advisory council’s role is
March 4, 2024
Senior Master Sgt. Roland Cooper named top Air National Guard first sergeant in northeast

Francis S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base, N.Y. -- New York Air National Guard Senior Master Sergeant Roland Cooper, a member of the 106th Rescue Wing, and a resident of Levittown has been selected as the top first sergeant in the New York Air National Guard and the northeast for 2023.Cooper, who
March 4, 2024
Senior Airman Adam Spinner is Airman of the Year for New York Air Guard and northeast region

Francis S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base, N.Y. — New York Air National Guard Senior Airman Adam Spinner, a member of the 106th Rescue Wing and a resident of Westhampton Beach, has been selected as the top Airman of the year for 2023 for the New York Air National Guard and the northeast.Spinner is
March 2, 2024
NY Air Guard Senior Airman Sarah McKernan is named New Videographer of the Year for the Air National Guard

Francis S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base, N.Y — New York Air National Guard Senior Airmen Sarah McKernan, a member of the 106th Rescue Wing and a Stamford, Connecticut resident, has been selected as the New Videographer of the Year for the Air National Guard for 2023.McKernan, a public affairs

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