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Nov. 2, 2017
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.
Oct. 19, 2017
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.
Sept. 2, 2017
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.
Aug. 22, 2017
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
Aug. 22, 2017
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.
Aug. 22, 2017
Wings join up for Polar Training

KANGERLUSSUAQ, Greenland --Pararescuemen of the 106th Rescue Wing (106 RQW), here, traded the summertime windswept dunes and beaches of Long Island for the icy caps of Greenland last month, as they conducted a site survey for future training opportunities in what could become a new frontier in
Aug. 16, 2017
Tamar Vessel Rescue

Wind rushed into the cabin as the ramp of the HC-130 King aircraft opened to darkness. The plane, loaded with Airmen from the New York Air National Guard’s 106th Rescue Wing, was 1,500 miles away from Long Island over the Atlantic Ocean on April 24th.
Aug. 6, 2017
106th SFS train to maintain proficiency, readiness

Members of the New York Air National Guard’s 106th Rescue Wing Security Forces Squadron participated in combatives, baton, and use of force training, here, August 5 and 6.
April 13, 2017
New York Air Guard Pararescuemen test Orion spacecraft rescue support equipment in Hawaii

When NASA’s Orion spacecraft returns from its missions beyond the moon, the crew module will splash down in the ocean just like the Apollo capsules that took men to the moon and back in the 1970s. The space agency needs to make sure the rescue support equipment for the Orion crew module is
April 11, 2017
Indonesian Air Force visits the 106th Rescue Wing

GABRESKI AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Westhampton Beach, N.Y.--The New York Air National Guard's 106th Rescue Wing played host to six Indonesian Air Force general officers who were briefed on the wing's mission and got a look at the wing’s aircraft and equipment, March 8.

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