MAY 19, 2026 — Eighty New York Army National Guard Soldiers spent their annual training working alongside Swedish soldiers in Sweden’s sprawling forests. Instead of spending their two weeks of annual training at Fort Drum, New York, the New York Soldiers were in Sweden as part of New York’s State Partnership Program relationship with the Swedish military. The two-week … [Read more...]
Guard Plans Indy 500 Military Flyover
MAY 19, 2026 – A schedule locked down to the millisecond. Millions of dollars of live television airtime on the line. Months of anticipation and precision coordination behind the scenes. It is all part of what makes the annual running of the Indianapolis 500 and its surrounding festivities possible – the iconic race itself widely recognized as the largest single-day sporting … [Read more...]
Navy’s MQ-25A Stingray Approved for Production
MAY 19, 2026 - Following a successful first flight in April, Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao announced today that the MQ-25A Stingray received Milestone C approval to move into Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP). The milestone marks a major step forward in the Navy’s commitment to unmanned carrier aviation. An LRIP Lot 1 contract for three aircraft is expected to be … [Read more...]
Field Artillery Creates Bonds Between Soldiers
MAY 19, 2026 - To most people outside the Army, field artillery is noise, firepower and destruction. The thunder of a howitzer firing can shake the ground beneath a soldier's feet, while the speed and precision required on the gunline can seem almost mechanical. For soldiers like Army Spc. Joshua Baizer, assigned to 1st Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd … [Read more...]
B-17 Pilot’s Story Silences the Room
MAY 19, 2026 — The hangar fell quiet. For nearly 30 minutes on Armed Forces Day, Capt. Richard "Dick" Nelms stood before a crowd at the B-17 Alliance Museum & Restoration Hangar at Salem McNary Airfield and described, in precise and unhurried detail, what it felt like to fly a B-17 Flying Fortress over Nazi-occupied Europe at 25,000 feet with flak tearing through the … [Read more...]