Story by Mike Freeman, Idaho Army National Guard Idaho Army National Guard UH-60M Black Hawk aircrews conducted firefighting training alongside Idaho Department of Lands (IDL) personnel May 19 and 20 in preparation for the 2026…
Story by Staff Sgt. Guadalupe Beltrán, Arizona National Guard COCONINO COUNTY, Ariz. – An Arizona Army National Guard UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter aircrew conducted the rescue of a stranded teenager (hiker) from more than 12,000…
Story by Richard Golfenberg, New York National Guard SCHUYLERVILLE, N.Y. — New York Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crews partnered with state Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers to hone their firefighting skills…
Story by Anthony Housey, Minnesota National Guard CAMP RIPLEY, Minn. – Minnesota National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk and CH-47 Chinook helicopter aircrews joined wildfire experts from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and the Camp…
Story by Staff Sgt. Amber Peck, National Guard Bureau EDGEWOOD, Md. — Soldiers with the 29th Combat Aviation Brigade, Maryland Army National Guard conducted rescue hoist training with the Maryland Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team at…
Story by Seth LaCount, Alaska National Guard JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska. – SOFAM 25 is a Special Operations Command North (SOCNORTH) training and validation event for unit medics that regularly conduct exercises and operations in…
Story by Dale Green, 123rd Airlift Wing LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AFNS) — Airmen and Soldiers from the Kentucky National Guard evacuated 296 residents from two housing complexes surrounded by floods in Martin County, Kentucky, Feb. 17, 2025. The service…
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Jan. 29, 2025 – Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, started its first-ever ground runs on a UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter equipped with two GE Aerospace T901 Improved Turbine Engines (ITE). During this…
Story by Pfc. Makenna Tilton, 11th Airborne Division FORT GREELY, AK (Jan. 18, 2025) — In the frigid early morning on the Alaskan frontier, the Army 25th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team,…
Story by Capt. Charles Rivezzo, 39th Air Base Wing U.S. Air Force. — The 39th Air Base Wing was recently awarded the Air and Space Outstanding Unit Award for its meritorious service from Jan. 1,…