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Today, the New York Air National Guard is the largest and most diverse ANG organization of the National Guard Bureau. After the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, elements of every Air National Guard unit in New York has been activated in support of the Global War on Terrorism.
The wartime 303d Fighter Squadron was reconstituted and redesignated as the 139th Fighter Squadron, and was allotted to the New York Air National Guard, on 24 May 1946. It was organized at Schenectady County Airport , Schenectady, New York, and was extended federal recognition on 18 October 1948 by the National Guard Bureau .
The 109th Airlift Wing (109 AW) is a unit of the New York Air National Guard, stationed at Stratton Air National Guard Base, Schenectady, New York.If activated to federal service, the Wing is gained by the United States Air Force Air Mobility Command.
The 174th Attack Wing (174 ATKW) is a unit of the New York Air National Guard, stationed at Hancock Field Air National Guard Base, Syracuse, New York. The 174th is equipped with the MQ-9 Reaper. If activated to federal service, the Wing is gained by the United States Air Force Air Combat Command.
New York Air National Guardsmen walk out to an HH-60 Pave Hawk prior to a training mission, April 20, 2009 New York Air National Guardsmen performing a hurricane rescue in 2017 The Constitution of the United States specifically charges the "Militia of the Several States," now embodied as the National Guard , with dual federal and state missions.
New York Air National Guard - The NY Air Guard had jets deployed over NYC after the attacks and Air Guard airmen were already staffing at the North East Air Defense Sector. [29] [30] New York National Guard - helped secure the scene after the attack, with the Guard manning cordons and assisting at 'the Pile'.
In 1956, Lt. Col. Norma Parsons made military and National Guard history when she became the first woman member of the National Guard, the first woman member of the Air National Guard, and the first woman to be commissioned in the Air National Guard. [6] The State of New York was notified by HQ United States Air Force on 26 September 1957 that ...
The New York Air National Guard 174th Fighter Wing was formed at Hancock Field on October 28, 1947 as the 138th Fighter Squadron. The squadron was a re-designation of the World War II 505th Fighter Squadron, a component of the VIII Fighter Command 339th Fighter Group that had fought in the European Theater of Operations.