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Air National Guard ‘rodeo’ takes on Peconic Bay Tuesday
KATHARINE SCHROEDER PHOTO | Divers worked in Greenport Harbor by Claudio’s Restaurant Monday setting up for Tuesday’s unusual Air National Guard ‘rodeo.’ Seven teams of Air National Guard rescue squad...
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Photos: Pararescue teams compete in ‘rodeo’ on the Peconic
BARBARAELLEN KOCH PHOTO | A U.S. pararescue team competes in a rodeo on the Peconic Bay Tuesday. The threat of high winds and rain didn’t stop the Air National Guard from hosting its rescue rodeo in...
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Cutchogue airman awarded high honors
COURTESY PHOTO | Staff Sgt. Rudolph Lonk of Cutchogue training Afghan soldiers during his deployment. When Air National Guard Tech. Sgt. Rudolf Lonk returned to his Cutchogue home this summer after a...
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When the levees broke, the 106th came to the rescue
As Hurricane Katrina pummeled the Gulf Coast in late August 2005, Chief Master Sgt. Michael Kurtz and fellow National Guardsmen in the 106th Air Rescue Wing waited for the inevitable call. By Aug. 30,...
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Twenty years later, remembering TWA Flight 800
A large flash of light filled the night sky south of East Moriches just after 8:30 p.m. on July 17, 1996. In seconds, 212 passengers and 18 crew members aboard TWA Flight 800, an international flight...
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Family of fallen airman follows through on posthumous surprise
As a surprise for when his son returned home from his final combat tour, John Raguso purchased a new outboard engine for his son’s EdgeWater boat. Master Sgt. Christopher Raguso, a member of the Air...
View ArticleCol. Shawn Fitzgerald of Cutchogue to become new commander of 106th Rescue Wing
New York Air National Guard Col. Shawn Fitzgerald will become the next commander of the 106th Rescue Wing based in Westhampton Beach, the Air Force announced last week. Col. Fitzgerald, who lives in...
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