Louisiana, Florida ANG F-15Cs deploy to Iceland in support of NATO
3:26 PM8/24/2017
Six F-15Cs comprised from the Louisiana and Florida Air National Guard and approximately 280 support Airmen and equipment from the 125th Fighter Wing, Jacksonville Air National Guard Base, Fla., deployed as the 159th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron to Keflavik, Iceland, to conduct an air surveillance mission in support of NATO Alliance commitments. The aircraft arrived in Iceland Aug. 23.
TAPA TRAINING AREA, Estonia– US Army Soldiers of the 3rd General Support Aviation Battalion, 10th Aviation Regiment, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, 10th Mountain Division and the 175th Wing, Maryland Air National Guard trained with NATO Allies during a combined aerial-ground exercise near Jagala, Estonia on August 10, 2017.
A-10’s, MC-130J Deploy to Baltic Region for Multinational Training
5:44 PM8/8/2017
Ten A-10 Thunderbolt IIs, an MC-130J Commando II, and approximately 270 Airmen from bases in the U.S. and Europe will deploy to Amari Air Base, Estonia, Aug. 4-20, to participate in a Forward Training Deployment (FTD) to increase interoperability and relations between Airmen.
Humanitarian-Civic Assistance Project Underway in Latvia
12:07 PM7/29/2016
The Airmen from the Michigan Air National Guard’s 127th Civil Engineer Squadron and Soldiers of the Latvian National Armed Forces are working together on a Humanitarian-Civic Assistance project supported by several organizations. For the Michiganders and the Latvians, the project is the latest in a long-line of cooperative efforts begun when the nation on the Baltic Sea and the state on the Great Lakes became aligned in the State Partnership for Peace program in 1993.
New York Air National Guard Airmen hone cold weather flying skills and support science research in Greenland
12:14 PM7/12/2016
KANGERLUSSUAQ, GREENLAND--Two hundred New York Air National Guard members are rotating into and out of Greenland this summer to support National Science Foundation research on the ice cap here, while also preparing for Antarctic deployments in the fall.