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  • From rubble to runway: Rapid repair training takes flight

    Active-duty and Air National Guard Airmen, along with foreign partners, recently began constructing a new range tower and mock airfield here as part of a deployment-for-training project for the Pennsylvania National Guard. This project is designed to keep military forces ready and equipped to

  • Airpower on display

    Airmen from the 193rd Special Operations Wing interact with patrons during an air show at Harrisburg International Airport in Middletown, Pennsylvania, May 24, 2025. The air show provided an opportunity for 193rd SOW Airmen to showcase their mission, connect with the community and bolster recruiting

  • Lethality, precision on display at Bollen Air-to-Ground Range

    FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – In a mountain valley of central Pennsylvania, two A-10 Thunderbolt II take to the skies. “Cleared hot!” transmits over the radio. Then comes the unmistakable sound of freedom – brrrt – echoing across the landscape. The operations director for Bollen Range Air-to-Ground

  • Best in SOLRS: 193rd earns activity of the year for sixth time

    The 193rd Special Operations Logistics Readiness Squadron here was recently awarded the Air Reserve Component Base Logistics Activity of the Year. This marks the sixth time the unit has earned this award, which recognizes one base logistics unit’s accomplishment throughout the past year over the

  • 193rd Regional Support Group welcomes new commander

    Col. Marvin Laing took command of the 193rd Regional Support Group during a ceremony at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, on April 12, 2025, continuing a 34-year career with the 193rd Special Operations Wing that began at age 18 as an airman basic. Promoted to colonel during the event, Laing

  • 193rd RSG commander retires after 37 years of service

    Col. Robert Noren (left), 193rd Special Operations Wing commander, presents Col. Susan Garrett, 193rd Regional Support Group commander, with the Pennsylvania Distinguished Service Medal during her retirement ceremony held March 15, 2025. Garrett started her 37-year military career in the 193rd

  • 271st trains to maintain comms superiority

    Airman 1st Class Benjamin Stalnecker, radio frequency transmission systems specialist with the 271st Combat Communications Squadron, assembles an AV2040 high-gain ultra high frequency satellite communications antenna connected to an AN/PRC-117G multiband networking radio, which enables secure voice

  • 193rd SOW Special Ops Surgical Team Demonstrates Capabilities

    Airmen from the 193rd Special Operations Wing participate in a Special Operations Surgical Team (SOST) demonstration in Middletown, Pa., Jan. 10, 2025. The demo simulated taking patients in a Pennsylvania Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter from a forward-deployed location to an established