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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
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    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
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    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
  • Tech Sgt. William Leinbach, assigned to the 201st RED HORSE, drills concrete at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, June 7, 2025.

    From rubble to runway: Rapid repair training takes flight

  • Airmen from the 193rd Special Operations Wing watch the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels aerial demonstration team perform during an air show at Harrisburg International Airport in Middletown

    Airpower on display
  • Tactical Control Party Airmen from the 148th Air Support Operations Squadron complete a field training exercise during a drill weekend at Fort Indiantown Gap, Annville, Pennsylvania, on May 17, 2025.

    Lethality, precision on display at Bollen Air-to-Ground Range
  • Members of the 193rd Special Operations Logistics Readiness Squadron particpate in routine duty tasks in Middletown, Pennsylvania, May 18, 2025. This squadron has just won the Air Reserve Component Base Logistics Activity of the Year for the sixth time. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Bela Vaszlavik)

    Best in SOLRS: 193rd earns activity of the year for sixth time
  • Col. Marvin Laing receives the guidon from Col. Robert Noren, 193rd Special Operations Wing commander, during an assumption of command ceremony for the 193rd Regional Support Group at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, April 12, 2025.

    193rd Regional Support Group welcomes new commander

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. Army Lt. Col. Taihei Hongo, chief of staff, 10th Homeland Response Force and deputy Command and Control, conducts the Combined Forces Land Component Commanders Update Brief with Thai and Singaporean service members during Exercise Cobra Gold 2026 at Camp Red Horse, Rayong province, Thailand, March 2, 2026.

    Exercise Cobra Gold Ends for US, Thailand Partners
  • U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Daniel Pau, an information technology specialist assigned to the 1st Battalion, 297th Infantry Regiment, Alaska Army National Guard, operates a high-frequency radio while participating in exercise Arctic Connect at the Alaska National Guard’s Joint Operations Center on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 3, 2026.

    Exercise Arctic Connect Validates Communication Across Alaska
  • In June 2021, an MQ-9 participated in the concept-to-theory Establish Fury Exercise at the 188th Wing, in Fort Smith, Arkansas.

    Arkansas Airmen Sharpen Information Warfare Skills During Exercise
  • U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Waylon Dashiell, 141st Civil Engineers, Washington Air National Guard, cuts a concrete wall alongside the Bangkok Fire and Rescue Department during the humanitarian assistance disaster relief demonstration, part of Exercise Cobra Gold 2026 at the Disaster Relief Training Centre, Phanom Sarakham District, Chachoengsao, Thailand, Feb. 27, 2026.

    Washington Guard, Thailand Partners Train Through Cobra Gold 2026
  • U.S. Air Force Col. Jack Johnson, 252nd Cyber Operations Group commander, Washington Air National Guard, speaks during the Cyber Protection Team Conference 2026 at the Pierce County Readiness Center, Camp Murray, Washington, Feb. 23, 2026.

    Washington Air Guard Hosts Cyber Protection Team Conference

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