LATHAM, N.Y. - September 15, 2015 - The New York Army National Guard is sending one of its two UH-72 Lakota light utility helicopters and a four-member aircrew to the Arizona/Mexico border today. The aircraft and crew will deploy to Marana, Arizona, in support of the United States Department of Homeland Security’s Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2015
Building Friendships, Partnerships in the Pacific
Sept. 15, 2015 - WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Gen. Lori Robinson, the Pacific Air Forces commander, emphasized the importance of multinational partnerships throughout the Pacific region as the key to stabilization and continuing progress during a speech she made at the 2015 Air Force Association Air and Space Conference and Technology Exposition Sept. 14. “We have great friends … [Read more...]
Ten-Miler Shadow Run, D.C. Race Include Husband, Wife Teams Racing Together
BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan (Sept. 15, 2015) -- From the Boston Marathon to Alaska's Mount McKinley and Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro, this husband and wife team, in more ways than one, has never let distance stand in their way. And even though their next adventure separates them by thousands of miles, they said they're still in it together. On Sunday, Col. Marc Hoffmeister … [Read more...]
American Osprey Lands on Spanish Ship
JUAN CARLOS I - Sept. 15, 2015, At sea -- Maj. Bret Knickerbocker has made hundreds of landings in the MV-22B Osprey, but last week, something was different. It was his first opportunity to land on a Spanish amphibious assault ship, just off the coast of Spain, Sept. 9, 2015. “The goal of practicing landing the MV-22B Osprey on Juan Carlos I is to maintain our … [Read more...]
Retired General Rehabs at Hospital He Once Commanded
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas (Sept. 15, 2015) -- A retired major general has high praise for the health care provider he oversaw more than two decades ago. "The care has been truly phenomenal," said Maj. Gen. William L. Moore Jr., who served as Brooke Army Medical Center's, or BAMC's, commander from 1988-1991. "But this doesn't surprise me; the quality of … [Read more...]