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171st ARW ability to survive and operate training evolves
July 9, 2021 — Training in the Air Force is robust and encompasses a wide range of inherent capabilities and mission sets. Over the past 20 years, the Air Force has focused on sustained training and has set its sights on implementing new training to continue the legacy of being the strongest, fastest and most superior air power in the world... MORE

Pennsylvania Air National Guardsman, Staff Sgt. Kyle Brooks, assigned to the 171st Air Refueling Wing, poses for an image during an ability to survive and operate exercise, May 2, 2021. (Pennsylvania Air National Guard illustration by Tech. Sgt. Bryan Hoover)

193rd SOW Airman returns to Civil Air Patrol roots
July 7, 2021 — To say Airman 1st Class Matthias Krauter was excited to meet with Civil Air Patrol cadets participating in their annual encampment at Fort Indiantown Gap last month is an understatement... MORE

Airman 1st Class Matthias Krauter, right, a materiel management apprentice with the 193rd Special Operations Wing, addresses a group of Civil Air Patrol cadets participating in their annual encampment at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, on June 23, 2021. Krauter spent years as a Civil Air Patrol cadet and credits the organization with introducing him to the military and preparing him for challenges that are part of the military lifestyle. (Photo by Maj. Nicole Reigelman)

Pa. National Guard vaccination mission ends
July 1, 2021 — After over three months and more than 80,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses administered, the Pennsylvania National Guard’s public vaccination mission has come to an end... MORE

Spc. Christopher Valencia, combat medical specialist with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 112 Infantry Regiment administers a COVID-19 vaccine to Romero Sergio at the Esperanza Community Vaccination Center in Philadelphia ON May 17, 2021. The Pennsylvania National Guard has been supporting COVID-19 vaccine sites across the Commonwealth since mid-March. PA Guard members have supported the administration of more than 500,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses. (Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Ross Alexander Whitley / 111th Attack Wing)

Annual encampment bolsters partnership between Pa. National Guard, Civil Air Patrol
June 30, 2021 — Following a year hiatus due to COVID-19, more than 80 cadets from six states descended on Fort Indiantown Gap (FTIG) last week for the Civil Air Patrol – Pennsylvania Wing’s annual encampment... MORE

Maj. Gen. Mark McCormack, right , commander of the 28th Infantry Division, presents the General Carl A. Spaatz Award to Civil Air Patrol Cadet Col. Colin Phipps, at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, June 24, 2021. (Courtesy Photo, Seth Parker Civil Air Patrol – Pennsylvania Wing)

Longest serving Pa. National Guard member to retire
June 28, 2021 — The longest serving member of the Pennsylvania National Guard will soon retire after 45 years of continuous service... MORE

Sgt. 1st Class Michael Moy (third from left), a UH-60 helicopter repairer and crew chief with 1st Battalion, 224th Aviation Regiment, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, 28th Infantry Division, poses with his fellow crew members following his final flight at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., on June 18, 2021. Moy, the longest serving member of the Pennsylvania National Guard with 45 years of continuous service, will retire June 30, 2021. He joined the Pa. Guard March 21, 1976, and became a military technician in 1999. (U.S. Army National Guard courtesy photo)

Biddle ANG base sees future with fresh eyes, new vice commander
June 24, 2021 — A recent Department of Defense study cited that women make up only 20% of officers in the Air National Guard. And of that number, a mere 10% rise to the rank of colonel... MORE

U.S. Air National Guard Col. Rebecca A. Gray, 111th Attack Wing Vice Commander, addresses her wingmen during an assumption of command ceremony June 13, 2021 to welcome U.S. Air National Guard Col. Deane. E. Thomey, the new commander of 111th Attack Wing at Biddle Air National Guard Base in Horsham, Pennsylvania. Gray, a former member of the Georgia National Guard, most recently served as the first-ever director of equity and inclusion for the Pennsylvania Air National Guard. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Ted Nichols)

111th Civil Engineer Squadron Re-Activates
June 24, 2021 — The 111th Civil Engineer Squadron was reactivated after at 13-year hiatus during a ceremony at Biddle Air National Guard Base in Horsham on June 12... MORE

Pennsylvania Air National Guard, Lt. Col. Lydia Stefanik, Commander 111th Civil Engineer Squadron, assumes command of the 111th Civil Engineer Squadron from Pennsylvania Air National Guard, Col. Cristine Munch, Commander 111th Mission Support Group, during the 111th Civil Engineer Squadron Re-Activation Ceremony at the 111th Attack Wing, Biddle Air National Guard Base, June 12, 2021. The 111th Civil Engineer Squadron re-activated after a 13-year hiatus. (Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Ross Alexander Whitley)

Aviation Soldiers from Iowa, Virginia and West Virginia National Guards train at FTIG
June 17, 2021 — Approximately 145 aviation maintenance Soldiers from the Iowa, Virginia and West Virginia National Guards honed their skills repairing helicopters at Muir Army Airfield here June 1 to 15... MORE

Approximately 145 aviation maintenance Soldiers with B Co., 248th Aviation Support Battalion, 29th Combat Aviation Brigade, 29th Infantry Division, Iowa, Virginia, and West Virginia National Guards, honed their skills repairing helicopters at Muir Army Airfield June 1 to 15 at Fort Indiantown Gap. (U.S. Army National Guard courtesy photo)

1-104th Cav. Soldiers depart for Middle East deployment
June 17, 2021 — PHILADELPHIA -- More than 200 Soldiers from the 1st Squadron, 104th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat team, 28th Infantry Division, departed June 15 for a deployment to the Middle East... MORE

Soldiers from 1st Squadron, 104th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, stand at attention during a deployment ceremony on June 14, 2021, at Southampton Armory, Philadelphia. More than 200 Soldiers are set to deploy to the middle east to support U.S. Central Command. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Keeler)

Spanish Soldiers graduate from Chinook repairer course at Fort Indiantown Gap
June 11, 2021 — Two Soldiers from the Spanish Army recently completed the Chinook Repairer course at the Eastern Army National Guard Aviation Training Site at Fort Indiantown Gap... MORE

(Left to right) Spanish Army Sgt. 1st Class Javier Navarro-Blasco, CH-47 helicopter repairer; U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class David Boyles, Aircraft Maintenance Instructor with the Eastern Army National Guard Aviation Training Site; and Spanish Army Sgt. 1st Class Lorena Monge Prieto, CH-47 helicopter repairer, pose for a photo in front of a CH-47F Chinook at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa.