Photo by Staff Sgt. Angela Parady | 121st Public Affairs Detachment | 08.09.2017
Sgt. Levi Swan, a crew chief with Company G, 3rd Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment, Maine Army National Guard performs maintenance checks on one of the unit’s UH-60 Blackhawks that will be used for any real –life medevac missions during Northern Strike, a National Guard Bureau- sponsored exercise in Michigan. The preflight check is one of the most important parts of the morning routine.......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Angela Parady | 121st Public Affairs Detachment | 08.09.2017
Sgt. Levi Swan, a crew chief with Company G, 3rd Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment, Maine Army National Guard performs maintenance checks on one of the unit’s UH-60 Blackhawks that will be used for any real –life medevac missions during Northern Strike, a National Guard Bureau- sponsored exercise in Michigan. The preflight check is one of the most important parts of the morning routine.......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Angela Parady | 121st Public Affairs Detachment | 08.09.2017
Members of Company G, 3rd Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment, Maine Army National Guard, spent the last two weeks taking part in Northern Strike, a National Guard Bureau-sponsored exercise uniting about 5,000 servicemembers from 13 states and five coalition countries at Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center in northern Michigan. This time, the Soldiers from Company G played a different......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Angela Parady | 121st Public Affairs Detachment | 08.08.2017
Sgt. Tatiana Ramos, the noncommissioned officer in charge of training for Company G, 3rd Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment, Maine Army National Guard brings her medical bag out to the UH-60 Blackhawk that will be used for any real-life medevac missions during Northern Strike, a National Guard Bureau-sponsored exercise in Michigan. The medevac team works in three shifts, and each time they......
Photo by Sgt. Angela Parady | 121st Public Affairs Detachment | 07.24.2014
Maine soldiers with 3rd Battalion, 142nd Aviation Regiment recently completed their annual training in Fort Drum, New York. One of the annual requirements for the aviation unit is qualifying at an aerial gunnery range. The two closest locations that have ranges to support that are Fort Drum, and Gagetown, Canada. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Angela Parady.)...
Photo by Sgt. Angela Parady | 121st Public Affairs Detachment | 07.24.2014
Maine and New York National Guard Soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 142nd Aviation Regiment are training together in Fort Drum, New York. Working with units that specialize in infantry, field artillery and the military police the soldiers are spending their annual training enhancing their readiness capabilities by conducting sling load operations, instruments flying, and weapons qualifications.......
Courtesy Photo | 121st Public Affairs Detachment | 07.22.2014
A Maine Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk flies over the New York City skyline. While in Fort Drum for annual training, Maine aviators from 3rd Battalion, 142nd Aviation Regiment were afforded an up-close, bird’s eye view of the city. For the pilots, it was an exceptional exercise in flying in a high air traffic location, and being able to hear and see what that feels like. For the crew......
