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  • Lt. Col. Michael Hackman speaks during a change of command ceremony for the 193rd Special Operations Maintenance Group in Middletown, Pa., Dec. 5, 2025. 193rd Maintenance Group welcomes new commander
    193rd Maintenance Group welcomes new commander

    Airman Kyan Stockman
  • Lt. Col. Michael Hackman (right) receives the guidon from Col. Robert Noren, 193rd Special Operations Wing commander, during a change of command ceremony for the 193rd Special Operations Maintenance Group in Middletown, Pa., Dec. 5, 2025. 193rd Maintenance Group welcomes new commander
    193rd Maintenance Group welcomes new commander

    Airman Kyan Stockman
  • MIDDLETOWN, Pa – Lt Col. Lee Dewald (right) receives the guidon from Col. Robert Noren, 193rd Special Operations Wing commander, during a change of command ceremony for the 193rd Special Operations Mission Support Group in Middletown, Pa., Dec. 5, 2025. 193rd Mission Support Group welcomes new commander
    193rd Mission Support Group welcomes new commander

    Airman Kyan Stockman
  • MIDDLETOWN, Pa – Lt Col. Lee Dewald (right) receives the guidon from Col. Robert Noren, 193rd Special Operations Wing commander, during a change of command ceremony for the 193rd Special Operations Mission Support Group in Middletown, Pa., Dec. 5, 2025. 193rd Mission Support Group welcomes new commander
    193rd Mission Support Group welcomes new commander

    Airman Kyan Stockman
  • Chief Master Sgt. Patrick Judy (right), 193rd Special Operations Wing command chief, accepts the wing guidon from Col. Robert Noren, 193rd SOW commander, during an assumption of responsibility ceremony at the 193rd SOW in Middletown, Pennsylvania, Dec. 6, 2025. New Command Chief at 193rd SOW
    New Command Chief at 193rd SOW

    Airman Austin Stern
  • Col. Kevin Dellicker (right) assumed command of the 193rd Air Operations Group after receiving the guidon from Col. Robert Noren, commander of the 193rd Special Operations Wing, during a ceremony at the 193rd AOG in State College, Pennsylvania, on Nov. 15, 2025. 193rd AOG welcomes new commander
    193rd AOG welcomes new commander

    Airman Austin Stern
  • Col. Kevin Dellicker (right) assumed command of the 193rd Air Operations Group after receiving the guidon from Col. Robert Noren, commander of the 193rd Special Operations Wing, during a ceremony at the 193rd AOG in State College, Pennsylvania, on Nov. 15, 2025. 193rd AOG welcomes new commander
    193rd AOG welcomes new commander

    Airman Austin Stern
  • Col. Kevin Dellicker (right) assumed command of the 193rd Air Operations Group after receiving the guidon from Col. Robert Noren, commander of the 193rd Special Operations Wing, during a ceremony at the 193rd AOG in State College, Pennsylvania, on Nov. 15, 2025. 193rd AOG welcomes new commander
    193rd AOG welcomes new commander

    Airman Austin Stern
  • The 193rd Special Operations Wing conducts a six-aircraft training flight to honor the memory of the nearly 3,000 innocent victims who died in the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and the first responders who risked their own lives to save others. 193rd SOW force generation flight
    193rd SOW force generation flight

    Airman Austin Stern
  • U.S. Airmen with the 193rd Special Operations Wing conducted routine Launch the Fleet training from Harrisburg International Airport in Middletown, Pennsylvania, September 11, 2025, timed to commemorate Patriot Day. 250911-Z-PU354-1004
    250911-Z-PU354-1004

    Sgt. 1st Class Zane Craig
  • The 193rd Special Operations Wing conducts a six-aircraft training flight to honor the memory of the nearly 3,000 innocent victims who died in the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and the first responders who risked their own lives to save others. 193rd SOW force generation flight
    193rd SOW force generation flight

    Airman Austin Stern
  • A special operations Airman here rolls out a hose during a Forward Arming and Refueling Point tryout at the 193rd Special Operations Wing June 17, 2025. 250617-Z-EP527-1146
    250617-Z-EP527-1146

    Airman Austin Stern

WING NEWS

  • MIDDLETOWN, Pa – Lt Col. Lee Dewald (right) receives the guidon from Col. Robert Noren, 193rd Special Operations Wing commander, during a change of command ceremony for the 193rd Special Operations Mission Support Group in Middletown, Pa., Dec. 5, 2025.

    193rd Mission Support Group welcomes new commander
  • Lt. Col. Michael Hackman (right) receives the guidon from Col. Robert Noren, 193rd Special Operations Wing commander, during a change of command ceremony for the 193rd Special Operations Maintenance Group in Middletown, Pa., Dec. 5, 2025.

    193rd Maintenance Group welcomes new commander
  • A special operations Airman here rolls out a hose during a Forward Arming and Refueling Point tryout at the 193rd Special Operations Wing June 17, 2025.

    High-octane refueler: 193rd SOW Airman tries out for specialized FARP team
  • Col. Kevin Dellicker (right) assumed command of the 193rd Air Operations Group after receiving the guidon from Col. Robert Noren, commander of the 193rd Special Operations Wing, during a ceremony at the 193rd AOG in State College, Pennsylvania, on Nov. 15, 2025.

    193rd AOG welcomes new commander
  • The 193rd Special Operations Wing conducts a six-aircraft training flight to honor the memory of the nearly 3,000 innocent victims who died in the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and the first responders who risked their own lives to save others.

    Sept. 11 formation flight remembers the lost, enhances readiness

FEATURE STORIES

  • 93rd Special Operations Security Forces Airmen instruct 193rd Special Operations Maintenance Group Airmen in the principals of shoot, move, communicate tactics Aug. 8, 2024 in Middletown, Pennsylvania.

    Shoot, Move Communicate
  • An Airman assigned to the 193rd Special Operations Maintenance Squadron Aerospace Ground Equipment section performs an annual periodic inspection on an air compressor Aug. 7, 2024 in Middletown, Pennsylvania.

    Aerospace Ground Equipment annual periodic inspection
  • EC-130J and KC-135 aircrews and ground support from the Pennsylvania Air National Guard’s 171st Air Refueling Wing and 193rd Special Operations Wing kept busy with hot ground refuelings/defuelings and hot crew swaps as part of Exercise Iron Keystone 2024 missions bringing them to Fort Drum, N.Y

    Pa. Air National Guard wings enhance ops through Iron Keystone exercise
  • Airmen from the 271st Combat Communications Squadron participate in the leadership reaction course at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, May 21, 2023.

    271st CBCS participate in Leadership Reaction Course
  • German Air Force Capt. Tim Fasel met with 193rd Special Operations Wing leadership and observed an aircraft takeoff June 14, 2023 in Middletown, Pennsylvania.

    German exchange officer builds relationship in Pennsylvania National Guard

AROUND THE ANG

  • U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant Rick Romero, pl-1 area supervisor, 5th Security Force squadron, puts out a fire as a part of burn training during the bivouac exercise at Fargo Air National Guard Base, North Dakota, June 1st, 2026. Air Force burn training consists of specialized live-fire exercises conducted by Fire Protection Specialists to handle aircraft crashes, structural fires, and wildland emergencies.

    Bivouac exercise prepares Minot Airmen for expeditionary operations
  • Photo of ANG Airmen performing their jobs during a military exercise.

    102nd Intelligence Wing tests mission capabilities during combat readiness inspection
  • Nighttime photo of B-2 Spirit

    Mighty Eighth marks 1 year since Operation Midnight Hammer
  • Four-ship flyover.

    Hill AFB, Utah ANG to conduct statewide flyover for 'Freedom 250' celebration
  • U.S. Air Force maintainers with the 123th Airlift Wing, Kentucky Air National Guard, train maintainers with the 139th Airlift Wing on the C-130J Hercules aircraft, at Louisville Air National Guard Base, Kentucky, March 9, 2026.

    Maintainers Master Two Hercules Aircraft Models

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