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  • ROCHESTER, N.H. -- Tech. Sgt. Richard Wallingford rappels down a cliff here while training on high angle and low angle evacuation, June 2, 2013 as Tech. Sgt. Darrell T. Jeffers looks on. Wallingford is assigned to the 157th Civil Engineering Squadron, as a member of the Pease Urban Search and Rescue Team. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Curtis J. Lenz/RELEASED)

    Search and rescue training

    The Pease Urban Search and Rescue team took part in high-angle and low-angle rescue training here June 2. The training was supported by the Rochester Fire Department and conducted on land owned by Waste Management Inc.The fifteen-member Urban Search and Rescue Team were selected by Senior Master Sgt. William Hardekopf, 157th Civil Engineering

  • What's with these Guard guys!???

    A farewell article to the patriots of the Air National Guard from Lt Col Ryan Samuelson, 64 ARS/CC:-----Team, I recently wrote an article as a farewell address for the 157th Ops Group's monthly newsletter as I prepare to leave command. Surprising to me, many people asked me to forward to the greater Wing community here at Pease ANGB. It is simply a
  • N.H. Army National Guard Capt. Jose Mendez (right) coordinates search and extraction training information for members of the 157th Air Refueling Wing and the Salvadoran military, San Salvador, El Salvador, June 26, 2012. Mendez is the N.H. National Guard Bi-Lateral Affairs Officer for the N.H. State Partnership Program. (Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Mark E. Wyatt/Released)

    N.H. National Guard's Bilateral Affairs Officer Building Lasting Relationships in El Salvador

    Over the past two years Capt. Jose Mendez, has been building lasting relationships with the Salvadoran people as the Bilateral Affairs Officer for the New Hampshire National Guard.The BAO is the link in the chain that makes up New Hampshire's State Partnership Program with El Salvador. The partnership, in affect since 2000, has produced subject
  • Two soldiers of the Salvadoran Army practice striking with the extendable baton as members of the 157 Security Forces Squadron look on. San Salvador, El Salvador, March 13 2013. (U.S. Air National Guard photo courtesy MSgt. Dale Snowdon)

    Security Forces instruct less than lethal tactics in El Salvador

    Security forces personnel from the 157th Air Refueling Wing participated in an exchange of security skills with Salvadoran military and police forces March 12 through 16 here.The specific skills the two groups demonstrated and practiced together were less than lethal tactics for handling suspects. These tactics include open hand techniques, use of
  • Staff Sgt. Autumn Clark gives step-by-step instructions to a member of the Salvadoran Air Force on the techniques to subdue and restrain a suspect, played here by a fellow classmate from the Salvadoran army. This instruction was part of a week long exchange of expertise in security and law enforcement between female members of the New Hampshire National Guard's security forces squadron and female members of the Salvadoran police and military from February 4th through 8th, 2013, at the Center for Military Education and Doctrine, San Salvador, El Salvador. (National Guard photo by 1st Lt. Alec Vargus/released)

    Females from the New Hampshire National Guard and Salvadoran military exchange security expertise

    Females from the New Hampshire Air National Guard's Security Forces Squadron met with an all-female class of Salvadoran military and police for a week long exchange of security forces expertise from February 4th through 8th here.This is the second subject matter expert exchange put together specifically for females here, who make up a small
  • Offiicial photo of Ambassador Mari Carmen Aponte. (Image courtesy of U.S. Embassy San Salvador)

    American Ambassador to El Salvador comments on New Hampshire’s State Partnership Program.

    The U.S. ambassador to El Salvador expressed appreciation to the New Hampshire National Guard for their contribution to the State Partnership Program during a recent trip made by guardsmen here. Ambassador Mari Carmen Aponte explains that building connections with the Salvadoran community has been an important factor of the State Partnership
  • Lt. Col. Paul Kell (left), Loren Selig, Gabi Selig, Zoe Selig, and Col. Peter Sullivan pose for a photo after a ceremony where Zoe read and presented Sullivan with a letter of support for Pease Air National Guard Base to receive the new Boeing KC-46A air refueling tanker, Feb 20, 2013. The letter was signed by 59 of the girls' friends at Moharimet Elementary School in Madbury, N.H. (National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Aaron Vezeau/Released)

    Local children show support for KC-46

    Two local Madbury children visited Pease Air National Guard Base to read a letter of support for basing the KC-46A refueling tanker here on February 20, 2013.Zoe Selig, a second grade student at Moharimet Elementary School from Durham, N.H, read the letter of support to Col. Peter Sullivan, 157th Air Refueling Wing Vice Commander, along with her
  • Senior Airman Rachel Marsan pumps fuel into a generator, Pease Air National Guard Base, N.H., February 3, 2013. (National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Curtis J. Lenz/Released)

    Airmen working

  • U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Beverly Cole assists a Salvadoran child wearing an aircrew flight helmet and vest at the 2013 Ilopango Air Show in Ilopango, El Salvador as part of a community relations event for the State Partnership Program January 26, 2013. (N.H. National Guard photo by 1st Lt. Aaron McCarthy/RELEASED)

    NHANG Participates in Ilopango Airshow in El Salvador

    Airmen from the New Hampshire Air National Guard joined personnel from various United States federal agencies at the Ilopango Air Show here January 26th and 27th.Participating in the weekend's events were New Hampshire Air National Guard air traffic controllers, aircrew flight equipment, and public affairs personnel as well as Army personnel from

  • Wing commander's call recognizes best of 2012

    The 157th Air Refueling Wing recognized five outstanding performers earlier this month in front of wing personnel and their families at the annual commander's call.Airman of the YearAirman 1st Class Joy Dewitt, an aircrew flight equipment journeyman with the 157th Operations Support Flight was recognized as the Airman of the Year. In addition to
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