Story by Master Sgt. Tamara Dabney | 103rd Airlift Wing, Bradley Air National Guard Base | 07.11.2023
U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Michael A. Loh, Director of the Air National Guard, and his spouse, Dianne, visited Bradley Air National Guard Base, Connecticut, home of the 103rd Airlift Wing, on May 18, 2023. During the visit, Loh held a meeting with the wing’s senior leaders and spoke with members of the wing during a town hall style meeting to discuss his priorities and how the Air National......
Story by Master Sgt. Tamara Dabney | 103rd Airlift Wing, Bradley Air National Guard Base | 03.01.2023
Air Force Tech. Sgt. Petra Chesanek serves as an aeromedical technician with the 103rd Medical Group and a firefighter with the New Britain Fire Department. She made history alongside fire fighter Lauren Burns when they became the department’s first female firefighters promoted to the rank of lieutenant....
Story by Master Sgt. Tamara Dabney | 103rd Airlift Wing, Bradley Air National Guard Base | 02.24.2023
Air Force Staff Sgt. Carlos Hernandez-Garcia was driving in East Hartford, Connecticut when he noticed a vehicle stopped. Hernandez-Garcia pulled over to assist the vehicle operator, who was experiencing a drug overdose....
Story by Master Sgt. Tamara Dabney | 103rd Airlift Wing, Bradley Air National Guard Base | 01.31.2023
The 103rd showcased various strengths and strategic posturing throughout the year. Exercises Swift Response and Cyber Yankee, as well as multiple community outreach events, were some of the high points of what Gwinn deemed to be an exemplary effort put forth by members of the 103rd in 2022. The year culminated with the wing’s deployment of an aviation package comprised of four aircraft and......
Story by Tech. Sgt. Tamara Dabney | 103rd Airlift Wing, Bradley Air National Guard Base | 05.21.2020
Nick Frederico’s journey, from earning his pilot’s license at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University to earning a medical degree from UCONN, to now training to become an aerospace medicine specialist in the Guard, is a path less trodden....
Story by Tech. Sgt. Tamara Dabney | 103rd Airlift Wing, Bradley Air National Guard Base | 04.01.2020
The National Guard has a dual mission: to serve the nation during federal activations anywhere in the world and to serve the state during state-side emergencies. So, when the COVID-19 virus pandemic began to spread throughout the state of Connecticut, members of the Connecticut National Guard expected to be called to duty in response to the crisis. Capt. Nathan Ferrance, Bravo Company......
Story by Tech. Sgt. Tamara Dabney | 103rd Airlift Wing, Bradley Air National Guard Base | 03.04.2020
Members of the Air Force, across the active duty, Guard and Reserve, have been tasked with developing initiatives to support mental fitness and increase resilience. The Connecticut Air National Guard recently hosted a Mental Health First Aid Certification Course in coordination with the Healthy Minds Alliance of Health360, Inc. Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is a public education program that......
Story by Tech. Sgt. Tamara Dabney | 103rd Airlift Wing, Bradley Air National Guard Base | 03.03.2020
East Granby residents are familiar with the sight and sound of the two-ship C-130H formations that fly in and out of Bradley Air National Guard Base. However, they may have noticed something slightly different about one of the formations that flew recently....