Story by Master Sgt. Patrick Espeut | 105th Airlift Wing | 08.18.2023
Seven Defenders assigned to the 105th Base Defense Squadron celebrated completion of Air Assault School during a graduation ceremony held at West Point, New York August 6, 2023. Air Assault School is often called “the 10 toughest days in the Army” as it is both extremely physically and mentally demanding....
Story by Eric Durr | New York National Guard | 10.06.2017
STEWART AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, NEWBURGH N.Y.- Thirty Airmen assigned to the New York Air National Guard's 105th Airlift Wing departed for St. Croix in the United States Virgin Islands from Stewart Air National Guard Base on Friday, Oct. 6....
Story by Staff Sgt. Julio Olivencia Jr | 105th Airlift Wing | 03.06.2017
Air Guardsmen assigned to the 105th Base Defense Squadron flew to Avon Park Range, Florida March 3 to test their combat capabilities at a Mission Readiness Exercise with their active duty counterparts in the 822th Base Defense Squadron....
Story by Staff Sgt. Julio Olivencia Jr | New York National Guard | 02.02.2016
Two Airmen from the New York Air National Guard’s 105th Airlift Wing have been posthumously awarded the Bronze Star Medal with “V” device for saving the lives of other Airmen at the cost of their own. Tech. Sgt. Joseph Lemm, Staff Sgt. Louis Bonacasa and four other Airmen were killed in action in Afghanistan on Dec. 21, 2015, when a suicide bomber on an explosive-laden motorcycle......
Courtesy Story | New York National Guard | 12.16.2013
Twenty-three members of the New York Air National Guard's 105th Base Defense Squadron returned home to Stewart Air National Guard Base early this morning following a six-month deployment in Afghanistan....
