Montana Air National Guard Airmen from the 120th Airlift Wing return from a deployment on the Montana Air National Guard Base, Great Falls, Mont., Sept. 6, 2025. The Airmen were assigned to the 406th Air Expiditionary Wing and assisted and performed tactical airlift operations.
(U.S. Air National Guard video by Master Sgt. Joe Davis, Tech. Sgt Nicholas Scott, A1C Caleb McDonald, Amn Carter Roerick)
The Montana Army National Guard (MTARNG) recently completed a high-altitude Search and Rescue (SAR) mission to recover a missing 71-year-old hiker in the Stillwater Plateau region of the Beartooth Mountains.
A HH60M Blackhawk medical evacuation helicopter of the Montana Army National Guard’s 1-189th General Support Aviation Battalion rescued three hikers from the Princess Lake area of the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness on August 17, safely transporting them to receive medical attention.
