Story by John Oldham | Arkansas National Guard Public Affairs Office | 10.05.2025
Nearly 120 Arkansas National Guardsmen and four UH-72 Lakota aircraft from 1st Battalion,114th Security and Support Aviation Regiment, 77th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, departed Oct. 5 for a 13-month Title 10 federal active duty deployment to the nation’s southern border in Texas to support U.S. Customs and Border Patrol....
Story by Jonathan Bass | Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division | 01.12.2023
The U.S. Naval Test Pilot School (USNTPS) changed command during a ceremony at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Jan. 12....
Story by Katherine Belcher | U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command | 03.23.2022
It’s often said that U.S. Army aviation begins at Fort Rucker, Alabama. To be more specific, it begins at Cairns Army Airfield on Fort Rucker and takes place in a pure fleet of UH-72 Lakota helicopters....
Story by Master Sgt. Michael Leslie | Texas Joint Counterdrug Task Force | 10.28.2020
The Texas National Guard Joint Counterdrug Task Force is continuing to provide substance use awareness and prevention efforts to youth throughout the year, but during the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Red Ribbon Week, they raise the bar, literally....
Story by Chuck Cannon | Fort Polk Public Affairs Office | 07.10.2020
FORT POLK, La. — On July 9 at 1 p.m., eight pilots with the 1st Battalion, 5th Aviation Regiment, flew OH-58C Kiowa helicopters in a double “V” formation over the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk for the aircrafts’ final flight at JRTC and Fort Polk. The Kiowas have been replaced by the UH-72 Lakota. Capt. Tyler Smith, commander, Bravo Company “Gators,” 1st Bn, 5th......
Story by Capt. Jean Kratzer | New York National Guard | 05.29.2019
LATHAM, N.Y. – New York Army National Guard Sgt. Maj. Joseph Marino, a federal technician specializing in helicopter maintenance for 33 years, expected the usual retirement lunch and jokes when he showed up for work at the Latham flight facility on Wednesday, May 28. It was his last official day in his full-time job as a maintenance supervisor and he expected a cake and was ready to act......
Story by Capt. Travis Mueller | 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade | 04.28.2019
Soldiers and rescue technicians received heroism awards during a ceremony at the Sheraton Harrisburg Hershey Hotel, April 27, 2019....
Story by Maj. Geoff Legler | Oklahoma National Guard | 04.10.2018
Members of the Oklahoma Army National Guard participated in water rescue training last week over the waters of the Oklahoma River as part of a newly formed rescue task force....
