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  • Connecticut Flying Yankee volunteer makes a difference

    Reduce, reuse, recycle! That's the motto of this environmentally-friendly generation, but at one point, the Flying Yankees were not doing all they could to both help others and the environment. This was until Master Sgt. Nicola Nardi, fuel distribution specialist with the 103rd Logistics Readiness

  • Connecticut students explore National Guard careers

    The colorful crowd exploring the military aircraft on the flight line at Bradley Air National Guard Base is a reminder of the first days of basic military training.  The young faces are quietly curious and the wardrobe includes every color in the rainbow.  In those first days of basic training prior

  • LCLA--Another first for the Flying Yankees

    For the first time in Flying Yankee history, the 103rd Airlift Wing conducted a local low-cost low-altitude air drop (LCLA) training exercise. C-130 Hercules aircraft belonging to the Connecticut Air National Guard, in coordination with the 439th Westover Air Reserve Base, successfully dropped

  • The fix is in! ...for IGEMS

    The Inspector General Evaluation Management System has been fully integrated into day-to-day operations for the Airmen of the 103rd Airlift Wing despite occasional programmatic glitches that one Senior Non-Commissioned Officer is working to improve upon as part of a team of IGEMS experts during an

  • UPAR course teaches how to tell the story

    Although the Connecticut National Guard has a full-time staff dedicated to public affairs, it is not nearly enough to provide coverage of all the outstanding achievements and events happening every month.Once a year, the Public Affairs staff members teach a two-day course to train Unit Public

  • CTANG civil engineers get it done overseas

    HATZOR AIR BASE, Israel--Connecticut Air National Guard civil engineers embarked on a Deployment for Training (DFT) over 6,000 miles away to Hatzor Air Base, Israel, in support of Operation JUNIPER COBRA. Over a 19-day deployment in the Mediterranean heat of July, 103rd Prime BEEF engineers worked

  • Flying Yankee Cops place 10th in Annual CT SWAT Challenge

    Members of the 103rd Security Forces Squadron banded up to compete in the CT SWAT Challenge once again. Set up began at the State Police Metacon Range in Simsbury Sept. 17, 2015, and concluded at the MDC Reservoir in West Hartford by Sept. 21, 2015.The team of 11 included Senior Master Sgt. James

  • Reconnecting with the past--Flying Yankees host Vietnam 50th Commemoration

    On the weekend of July 10, 2015, the gates at Bradley Air National Guard Base, East Granby, Connecticut, were opened for the public to celebrate and welcome home Veterans from the Vietnam War era. As part of the Vietnam 50th Celebration, the base was one of two sites offering historical displays and