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RED HORSE Ready! 111th squadron always set to ‘saddle up’
September 7, 2021 — With the shift in mission at the 111th Attack Wing from A-10 Thunderbolt II to the remotely-piloted MQ-9 Reaper, there are those in the community who are sometimes surprised that the Biddle Air National Guard Base in Horsham, Pennsylvania, is still open for business... MORE

Members of the 201st Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineer (RED HORSE) Detachment 1 assist with constructing a KSPAN on Biddle Air National Guard Base in Horsham, Pennsylvania, July 27, 2021. IN addition to supporting state and federal missions, the 201st RED HORSE sometimes assists the base civil engineering with maintenance and upgrades to its infrastructure. (U.S. Air National Guard Photo by Senior Airman Wilfredo Acosta)

111th ATKW FRG leader lives the American dream
September 3, 2021 — Anna Richar believes in the American dream because long before she was an award-winning woman in charge of family readiness, or a small business owner, she was a little girl whose family left the “old country” for New York City in search of a better life... MORE

Anna Richar, 111th Attack Wing’s Airman & Family Readiness Group program manager, assists Lt. Col. Angela McDonough of the 111th Medical Group during the Backpack Brigade, an annual school supply collection and distribution campaign, held at Biddle Air National Guard Base in Horsham, Pennsylvania, August 8, 2021. 111th ATKW’s Family Readiness Group has distributed more than 300 backpacks to military children to offset the cost of school expenses for military families. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Tyrone G Mitchell)

Pa. National Guard Airmen activated for Operation Allies Welcome
September 1, 2021 — More than 40 Pennsylvania Air National Guard members have been activated to support Afghan ally refuge efforts in the United States... MORE

Pa. National Guard activated for Tropical Storm Ida
August 31, 2021 — About 120 Pennsylvania National Guard members have been placed on state active duty and are on stand-by as Tropical Storm Ida bears down on Pennsylvania... MORE

Spc. Justin Love, a utilities equipment repairer and Sgt. Joshua Watkins, a construction equipment repairer, both with the 3622nd Support Maintenance Company, 728th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 213th Regional Support Group, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, check the lights on one of the eight high-clearance vehicles their unit has readied to respond to Tropical Storm Ida Sept. 1 at Fort Indiantown Gap. About 120 Pennsylvania National Guard members total with approximately 35 vehicles have been placed on state active duty and are on stand-by as Ida bears down on Pennsylvania. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Zane Craig)

Pa. National Guard Soldier breaks two national shooting records
August 25, 2021 — A Pennsylvania National Guard Soldier recently broke two national shooting records at a marksmanship competition in Ohio... MORE

U.S. Army Sgt. Amanda Elsenboss prepares to fire her M16 during the 53rd Annual Interservice Rifle Championship hosted by Weapons Training Battalion, Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., July 7, 2014. This was the 45th match held since the competition was disrupted in 1968 and 1969 due to a shortage of personnel. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Daniel Benedict/Released)

Eastern Army National Guard Aviation Training Site holds change of command ceremony
August 19, 2021 — Col. Keith Graham, outgoing commander of the Eastern Army National Guard Aviation Training Site, performed a change of command with Lt. Col. Randy L. Lutz, the incoming commander of EAATS, on August 12, 2021, at Fort Indiantown Gap... MORE

(Left to Right) Lt. Col. Randy Lutz, incoming commander of the Eastern Army National Guard Aviation Training Site, receives the colors of EAATS from Brig. Gen. Edwards S. Little, Jr., assistant Adjutant General for the Pennsylvania National Guard, during the change of command ceremony at Fort Indiantown Gap, on August 12, 2021. The ceremony represented the passing of the command of EAATS from Col. Keith Graham, the outgoing commander, to Lutz (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Keeler).

Pa. Air National Guard helps fight West Coast fires
August 13, 2021 — Members of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard are serving as imagery experts, providing live aerial video streaming to fire bosses working on the front lines of the devastating fires... MORE

Members of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard are serving as imagery experts, providing live aerial video streaming to fire bosses working on the front lines of the devastating fires. Here they gather fire perimeter information from the RC26 on the DIXIE FIRE in Chester, Calif. July 25. Shown are: Senior Airman Julius Reed, Pennsylvania Air National Guard (front seated); Staff Sgt. William Gray, Pennsylvania Air National Guard (rear seated), Senior Airman Jesse Mauricio Oklahoma Air National Guard (standing by railing) and Mr. Joel Kerley (standing right), National Interagency Fire Center.

Pa. Air Guardsmen serve nearly 5,000 meals during community service project
August 13, 2021 — Napoleon is credited with observing that “An Army marches on its stomach” – underscoring the important role that suitable provisions like food have played in executing military operations for centuries... MORE

Pennsylvania Air National Guard (PAANG) commander, Brig. Gen. Michael Regan, tours an Innovative Readiness Training (IRT) site in Dover, Delaware, with officer-in-charge Army Capt. Nicholas Mollica on Aug. 2, 2021.

Pa. Air Guard leaders tour renowned Lehigh Valley Ranger School
August 11, 2021 — Tucked in the mountains a half hour outside of Allentown, Pa., the Civil Air Patrol’s Hawk Mountain Ranger School has been training cadets in search-and-rescue tactics, techniques and procedures for over 60 years... MORE

Pennsylvania Air National Guard state command chief, Chief Master Sgt. Paul Frisco, speaks with a cadet about the most challenging and rewarding parts of the weeklong field exercise at Civil Air Patrol’s Hawk Mountain Ranger School in Kempton, Pa., on July 16, 2021. (Photo by Maj. Nicole Reigelman)

Pa. National Guard Soldier named Ms. Pennsylvania World Universal
August 10, 2021 — A Pennsylvania National Guard Soldier was recently named Ms. Pennsylvania World Universal 2021... MORE

Warrant Officer 1 Amanda Taylor of the Pennsylvania National Guard's Joint Force Headquarters was named Ms. Pennsylvania World Universal 2021 following a pageant on June 4 in Washington, D.C.