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Francis S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base is an air defense military installation located at civilian public-use Francis S. Gabreski Airport, located just north of Westhampton Beach, New York. It is currently the home base of the New York Air National Guard's 106th Rescue Wing. [3]
New York: New York Air National Guard: 106th Rescue Wing: Airfield shared with Francis S. Gabreski Airport. The 106th Rescue Wing operates the HC-130J Combat King II and HH-60G Pave Hawk in the combat search and rescue role. [105]
105th Airlift Wing: Stewart ANGB, Newburgh, New York: AMC: C-17 Globemaster III: 106th Rescue Wing: Francis S. Gabreski ANGB, Westhampton Beach, New York: ACC: HH-60G Pave Hawk. HC-130J Combat King II. 107th Attack Wing: Niagara Falls ARS, Niagara Falls, New York: ACC: MQ-9 Reaper: 108th Wing: JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey: AMC: KC-46 ...
The wing operated a Manual Air Direction Center (MDC) at Roslyn AFS, New York. It was redesignated as the New York Air Defense Sector (NYADS) on 1 October. The sector's mission was to train and maintain tactical flying units in state of readiness in order to defend Northeast United States while initially continuing to operate the MDC.
Located in the Town of Newburgh, New York, the 105th Airlift Wing's mission is to provide peacetime and wartime inter-theater airlift operations using the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III. Newburgh is approximately 60 miles (97 km) north of New York City, NY and 100 miles (160 km) due south of Albany, the capital of New York State.
In 1955, Howard Hughes split the helicopter production unit from the Hughes Aircraft Company, and reconstituted it with Hughes Tool Company, calling it Hughes Tool Company's Aircraft Division. The Aircraft Division had a focus on the production of light helicopters, mainly the Hughes 269 / 300 and the OH-6 Cayuse / Hughes 500 .
The 105th Airlift Wing (105 AW) is a unit of the New York Air National Guard, stationed at Stewart Air National Guard Base in Newburgh, New York. If activated to federal service, the 105th Airlift Wing will be brought under the command of the United States Air Force Air Mobility Command .
A 2007 plan envisioned changing Stewart's image over the next 20 years: major renovations such as a new terminal, a train station next to the new terminal connecting the airport to Metro North via a new spur from the Port Jervis Line, a 2,000-foot (610 m) extension of runway 16–34, new taxiways, and a major expansion of the cargo facilities.