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  • U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Dylan Sweigart (left) a structures craftsman, and Airman 1st Class Christopher Lambert, a structures journeyman, both assigned to the 201st Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers, Pennsylvania Air National Guard, fabricate exterior siding at Redwood National and State Parks near Orick, California, July 14, 2026. U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Dylan Sweigart (left) a structures craftsman, and Airman 1st Class Christopher Lambert, a structures journeyman, both assigned to the 201st Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers, Pennsylvania Air National Guard, fabricate exterior siding at Redwood National and State Parks near Orick, California, July 14, 2026.
    Beyond the Beauty: 201st RED HORSE Partners with the National Park Service to Preserve America’s Redwoods While Building Readiness

    Airman 1st Class Austin Stern
  • U.S. Air Force Airman, assigned to the 201st Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers, Pennsylvania Air National Guard, install reinforcement plates on roof trusses at Redwood National and State Parks near Orick, California, July 14, 2026. U.S. Air Force Airman, assigned to the 201st Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers, Pennsylvania Air National Guard, install reinforcement plates on roof trusses at Redwood National and State Parks near Orick, California, July 14, 2026.
    Beyond the Beauty: 201st RED HORSE Partners with the National Park Service to Preserve America’s Redwoods While Building Readiness

    Airman 1st Class Austin Stern
  • U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Daniel Hart, the structures senior noncommissioned officer in charge of the 201st Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers, Pennsylvania Air National Guard project, installs reinforcement plates on roof trusses at Redwood National and State Parks near Orick, California, July 14, 2026. U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Daniel Hart, the structures senior noncommissioned officer in charge of the 201st Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers, Pennsylvania Air National Guard project, installs reinforcement plates on roof trusses at Redwood National and State Parks near Orick, California, July 14, 2026.
    Beyond the Beauty: 201st RED HORSE Partners with the National Park Service to Preserve America’s Redwoods While Building Readiness

    Airman 1st Class Austin Stern
  • U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. John Grumell, assigned to the 201st Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers, Pennsylvania Air National Guard, excavates a trench for a culvert at Redwood National and State Parks near Orick, California, July 15, 2026. U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. John Grumell, assigned to the 201st Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers, Pennsylvania Air National Guard, excavates a trench for a culvert at Redwood National and State Parks near Orick, California, July 15, 2026.
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    Airman 1st Class Austin Stern
  • Official portrait of Command Chief Master Sergeant Patrick W. Judy, Command Chief of the 193rd Special Operations Wing Official portrait of Command Chief Master Sergeant Patrick W. Judy, Command Chief of the 193rd Special Operations Wing
    Official portrait of Command Chief Master Sergeant Patrick W. Judy

    Airman Austin Stern
  • Official portrait of Col. Steven W. Fulfer, Deputy Commander of the 193rd Special Operations Wing. Official portrait of Col. Steven W. Fulfer, Deputy Commander of the 193rd Special Operations Wing.
    Col. Steven W. Fulfer

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

    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. 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

    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. 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

    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. 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

    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. 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

    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. 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

    Airman Austin Stern

WING NEWS

  • U.S. Air Force Airman, assigned to the 201st Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers, Pennsylvania Air National Guard, install reinforcement plates on roof trusses at Redwood National and State Parks near Orick, California, July 14, 2026.

    201st RED HORSE partners with National Park Service to preserve Redwoods while building readiness
  • 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

  • Lwanga was selected as ANG biomedical specialist officer of the year, and Bower-Jones was named ANG privileged advanced practice nurse of the year.

    123rd Medical Group and Kentucky Guard Airmen honored for national excellence
  • Cyber Shield 2026 is the largest annual Department of War cyber training event, bringing together over 1,000 participants from 44 states and territories and 23 countries to collaborate and strengthen cyber capabilities on a global scale.

    Illinois National Guard collaborates with new state partner during Cyber Shield 2026
  • Medical personnel from the Colorado National Guard’s Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Enhanced Response Force Package pose for a photo alongside their counterparts from the Slovenian Medical Forces at the Vigorous Warrior Exercise, Tapa, Estonia, June 18, 2026. VW is NATO’s multinational medical exercise that trains military medical support with a strong focus on interoperability, medical readiness, and cooperation between civilian and military medical systems. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by 2nd Lt. Stephanie Zimmerman)

    Colorado National Guard and Slovenian partners strengthen alliance at NATO’s Vigorous Warrior exercise
  • Ceremony of Headquarters Hawaii Air National Guard Recruiting and Retention Flight

    Hawaii Air Guard establishes dedicated Recruiting and Retention Flight
  • Personnel assigned to the 184th Wing's Point Defense Battle Lab (PDBL) fly small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) to replicate realistic adversary tactics during a Point Defense Assessment at the 190th Air Refueling Wing, Topeka, Kansas, July 13-16, 2026. The PDBL serves as Air Combat Command’s designated "aggress and assess" organization, helping installations evaluate and refine their defensive tactics, techniques, and procedures under realistic conditions. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Meagan Gardner)

    Kansas Air National Guard Marks Major Milestone in Countering UAS Threats

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