Secretary of the Air Force International Affairs

Sept. 1, 2022
New York Air Guard-Brazil Tactical Demo Caps Exercise Tapio

CAMPO GRANDE, Brazil – Two weeks of New York Air National Guard joint training with the Brazilian Air Force climaxed with a demonstration mission in front of Brazilian and American leaders Aug. 29.
July 8, 2022
109th Airlift Wing Hosts German Air Force Officer

The New York National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing hosted a German Air Force officer in June as part of the Military Reserve Exchange Program.
June 16, 2022
New York Air National Guard hosts SPP partner Brazil

The New York Air National Guard hosted the commander of Brazil’s Aerospace Operations Command, part of a nine-person Brazilian Air Force delegation, during a week-long engagement focused on space operations, remotely piloted aircraft and cybersecurity.
Dec. 10, 2021
NY Air Guard crews from Long Island train in Greenland

New York Air National Guard Airmen from the 106th Rescue Wing participated in a Danish military search and rescue exercise in Greenland Nov. 5-9.
Sept. 16, 2021
NY Air Guard teams with Brazilian airmen for Exercise Tapio

Eighty New York Air National Guard Airmen participated in a 10-day Brazilian Air Force training operation at Campo Grande Brazil in August as part of the State Partnership Program.
Aug. 11, 2021
New York Air Guard joins NATO search and rescue exercise

Fifteen Airmen from the New York Air National Guard’s 106th Rescue Wing participated in a NATO search and rescue exercise in the Azores led by the Portuguese Air Force July 27-30.
June 1, 2021
Secretary of state, Greenland premier tour NYNG LC-130

The New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing gave Greenland Premier Múte Bourup Egede and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken a close-up look at one of the wing’s LC-130s, which are critical to conducting climate research on the Greenland Ice Cap.
Nov. 19, 2020
N.Y. Senior Airman graduates from jungle warfare school

When Senior Airman Caleb Lapinel showed up at Brazil’s Jungle Warfare Training School in September, he met special forces soldiers from Spain, Egypt and Indonesia; paratroopers from Paraguay; amphibious infantrymen from Nigeria, and a Kaibil special operator from Guatemala whose motto is: “ If I