Pennsylvania National Guard

Teen joins PA Guard as helicopter pilot

Teen joins PA Guard as helicopter pilot

21-Mar-2024Source: US National Guard

Isaac Bell knows the path to becoming a helicopter pilot as a 19-year-old will be hard, but he is embracing the challenge ahead of him. Bell took the oath of enlistment March 15, 2024, during a ceremony at Muir Army Heliport here, surrounded by loved ones and Pennsylvania National Guard leaders, including Maj. Gen. Michael... Read more

Retired pilots recall iconic photo 20 years later

Retired pilots recall iconic photo 20 years later

10-Nov-2023Source: Pennsylvania National Guard

On Nov. 10, 2003, Chief Warrant Officer 3 Larry Murphy and Chief Warrant Officer 3 Paul Barnes were piloting a CH-47 Chinook helicopter in northeastern Afghanistan when they received a call to assist U.S. Soldiers who were operating on the ground. The two pilots, members of the Pennsylvania National Guard’s Company G, 104th Aviation Regiment,... Read more

Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve held Bosslift event

Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve held Bosslift event

18-May-2023Source: Pennsylvania National Guard

Pennsylvania’s chapter of the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve held a Bosslift event for approximately 20 civilian employers of Pennsylvania National Guard members here May 9 and 10. The Bosslift serves as a thank you to the employers for supporting what their employees are doing for their community, commonwealth and nation. Seeing the... Read more

First Lithuanian pilots graduate from US Army UH-60M course

First Lithuanian pilots graduate from US Army UH-60M course

17-Apr-2023Source: US Navy

Lithuania air force Capt. Matas Leckas and Capt. Valius Urbonas became the first Lithuanian pilots to graduate from the UH-60M Aviator Qualification Course at the U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence during a ceremony at Fort Novosel, Alabama, then known as Fort Rucker, April 4, 2023. The Pennsylvania National Guard has been partners with Lithuania... Read more

Helipad at Fort Indiantown Gap dedicated to two fallen Guardsmen

Helipad at Fort Indiantown Gap dedicated to two fallen Guardsmen

22-Sep-2022Source: Pennsylvania National Guard

  A new helicopter training landing pad at Muir Army Airfield was dedicated to Chief Warrant Officer 3 Matthew Ruffner and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jarett Yoder during a ceremony here, Sept. 17, 2022. The two pilots were killed April 9, 2013 when the AH-64 Apache helicopter they were flying crashed during a flight mission... Read more

US Army unveils new Black Hawk variant UH-60V at Fort Indiantown Gap

US Army unveils new Black Hawk variant UH-60V at Fort Indiantown Gap

11-Oct-2021Source: US Army

The U.S. Army unveiled the newest variant of the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, the UH-60V, during a ceremony Wednesday at the Pennsylvania National Guard’s Eastern Army National Guard Aviation Training Site. EAATS received six UH-60Vs from the Utility Helicopter Program Office in late July, and since then, the school’s instructor pilots have been training on... Read more

Northrop Grumman’s Open Architecture UH-60V Avionics Suite Enters Service

Northrop Grumman’s Open Architecture UH-60V Avionics Suite Enters Service

16-Aug-2021Source: Northrop Grumman

The UH-60V Black Hawk helicopter, enabled by the Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) integrated avionics suite, has entered service with the Pennsylvania National Guard’s unit at Fort Indiantown Gap. This First Unit Equipped milestone marks the entry into service of the Army’s first helicopter with a modular, open architecture systems design, Northrop Grumman’s OpenLift. The... Read more

Pennsylvania National Guard receives first new UH-60Vs

Pennsylvania National Guard receives first new UH-60Vs

30-Jul-2021Source: Pennsylvania National Guard

The Pennsylvania National Guard’s Eastern Army National Guard Aviation Training Site (EAATS) received the first fielding of UH-60V Black Hawks from the Utility Helicopter Program Office (UHPO) on Tuesday, July 27. The UH-60V helicopter was developed with a focus to overhaul the aging UH-60A/L fleet. The “V” model includes an upgraded digital glass cockpit, certified... Read more

Eastern Army National Guard Aviation Training Site expands

Eastern Army National Guard Aviation Training Site expands

3-Oct-2017Source: DVIDS

The Eastern Army National Guard Aviation Training Site celebrated its acquisition of a UH-60M, the newest model of Black Hawk helicopter, and a Black Hawk Aircrew Trainer (BAT) Device 5 simulator September 28 in a ceremony here. With these acquisitions, EAATS, administered by the Pennsylvania National Guard, will be the only site outside Fort Rucker,... Read more

Pennsylvania National Guard addresses noise concerns

Pennsylvania National Guard addresses noise concerns

6-May-2011Source: WPMT Fox 43

Some people on the West Shore have been complaining about noise from military helicopters operating from the Capital City Airport.  Pa. National Guard officers came to Wednesday night’s New Cumberland Borough Council meeting to talk about the noise-reduction plans.... Read more

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