Citizen Airmen from the 166th Airlift Wing's 142nd Airlift Squadron, 166th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron showed their incredible coordination and skills as they launched FIVE C-130s simultaneously during a training sortie on April 14, 2024, at the Delaware Air National Guard Base, New Castle, Del.
This epic display, known as an "elephant walk," isn't just impressive to watch—it's vital training for wartime operations and ensures crewmembers are ready for any mission, launching fully armed aircraft in one powerful event.
The 166th Airlift Wing (AW) Civil Engineer Squadron (CES) has increased its functionality drastically with the addition of two new Multi Terrain Loaders. Each with the ability to scoop, grip and lift debris off the road. Subsequently this will allow the 166th AW CES to offer more services to the state of Delaware during times of crisis. Clearing roads that are obstructed can reduce the time other emergency services spend in transit and give...
Guard, Active and Reserve component service members concluded medical care services provided by Central Delaware Partnership for Hope 2021 Innovative Readiness Training program Aug. 9, 2021.
Aside from the IRT mission, bilingual service members now fill in as translators for the community in order to overcome the language barriers between them and their patients. Among the joint-force of service members participating, Spanish, Creole, Russion, French, and Laos are among the languages spoken.
Nearly 250 service members from multiple states deployed to Central Delaware, July 29, 2021, to provide no-cost health care to the medically underserved community in the area.