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Airman crosses finish line holding hands with competitor.

Sept. 26, 2022

New Hampshire Airman Wins Ultramarathon in Africa

PEASE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.H. — Senior Master Sgt. Jeff Delorey, the superintendent of health services with the 157th Medical Group, won the For Rangers Ultramarathon Sept. 18, 2022, in Kenya, Africa. Delorey finished first out of 60 competitors during the 140-mile, five-day race.

The Spirit of Portsmouth, a KC-46A Pegasus assigned to the 157th Air Refueling Wing, sits in the evening sunlight on the ramp at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, on June 30, 2022.

Sept. 26, 2022

Your NH Guard Podcast - 21: Towering KC-46A Tail Art

CONCORD, N.H. — This installment of Your NH Guard tells the story of how the "Spirit of Portsmouth," a Pease Air National Guard Base KC-46A aerial refueler, acquired colossal art to its towering tail.

New Hampshire Adjutant Gen. David Mikolaities meets with town officials and residents alongside a NHARNG Black Hawk helicopter during a Berlin Regional Airport open house Sept. 16, 2022, in Milan, New Hampshire.

Sept. 21, 2022

North Country airport hosts NHARNG Black Hawk helicopter, crew, for open house

MILAN, N.H. — Berlin Regional Airport, a spartan airstrip nestled near the White Mountains, hosted an open house for the New Hampshire Army National Guard and area residents last Friday.

Nikki Gamman and K-9 Gunner of New England K-9 Search and Rescue conduct noise acclimation with a NHARNG aviation crew during annual search and rescue training held by Fish and Game at Cannon Mountain in Franconia on Sept. 10, 2022.

Sept. 15, 2022

For The Love Of New Hampshire

FRANCONIA, N.H. — More than 150 volunteers from search and rescue teams across the state, including eight from the New Hampshire National Guard, gathered at Cannon Mountain on Sept. 10 for an annual familiarization day hosted by Fish and Game, State Police and NHARNG aviation.

Airman Granfield stands on the flight line in front of a KC-46.

Sept. 12, 2022

New Hampshire Airman Saves Life in Boating Accident

PEASE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.H. — Senior Airman Amy Granfield rendered lifesaving first aid to a boating accident victim on Long Pond in Pelham, New Hampshire, on July 24.

Staff Sgt. Nathan Proulx, Tech. Sgt. Alan Dwyer (left), and Master Sgt. Robert Bell, of the 157th Communications Flight, prepare to brief the Salvadoran military's cyber security team during a four-day, cyber exchange under the NHNG-El Salvador State Partnership Program at the Centro de Etrenamiento Tactico in San Salvador, El Salvador on Aug. 24, 2022. Photo by Staff Sgt. Victoria Nelson, 157th ARW PA.

Sept. 9, 2022

A Palpable, High-Speed Connection

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Inside the Salvadoran military's tactical training center, known as Centro de Etrenamiento Tactico, a cyber team from the New Hampshire Air National Guard shared new ideas with the country's growing cyber security unit.

The 2022 summer issue of New Hampshire Guardsman features a patriotic paint job for the "Spirit of Portsmouth" KC-46A Pegasus in Alaska; Innovative Readiness Training mission in Cherokee Nation; Cabo Verdean minister of defense's New Hampshire visit; state military reservation's Heritage Room dedication ceremony in memory of Medal of Honor recipient, Capt. Harl Pease Jr.; NHNG leadership trip to El Salvador; Officer Candidate School training in Center Strafford; search and rescue training in Pembroke; chief of National Guard Bureau's visit to Pease ANG Base; Brig. Gen. John Pogorek and Col. Nelson Perron promotions; Ranger assessments; and Winston P. Wilson national marksmanship matches in Arkansas.

Sept. 7, 2022

New Hampshire Guardsman Magazine - Summer 2022

CONCORD, N.H. — The 2022 summer issue of New Hampshire Guardsman has arrived.

State congressional staffers gather in front of the Spirit of Portsmouth, KC-46A Pegasus on Aug. 23 at Pease Air National Guard Base in Newington.

Aug. 25, 2022

Better Than An Actual Refueling

PEASE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.H. — A KC-46A Pegasus crew from the 157th Air Refueling Wing had to declare in-flight emergency during a New Hampshire National Guard orientation flight for state congressional staffers Aug. 23, after the aircraft’s boom failed to retract.

Tech. Sgt. Natalie Belongie, a boom operator with 133rd Air Refueling Squadron, 157th Air Refueling Wing, and her wingman "Pack" pose at Pease Air National Guard Base in Newington, N.H., Aug. 10, 2022.

Aug. 12, 2022

Your NH Guard Podcast - 20: Jet Packed

PEASE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Newington — This podcast episode of Your NH Guard features Tech. Sgt. Natalie Belongie, a boom operator with 133rd Air Refueling Squadron, and "Pack," her wingman and Pease ANG Base's official mascot.

KC-135 refuels a KC-46.

Aug. 12, 2022

New Hampshire Air Guard Performs KC-46 Endurance Flight

PEASE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.H. — Airmen from the 157th Air Refueling Wing took off from Pease Air National Guard Base, New Hampshire and flew more than 22-hours, in one of the longest KC-46 flights in history with one hundred percent mission system capability.

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