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Making Winter History

Staff Sgt. Chris Parent, an air traffic controller with the 260th Air Traffic Control Squadron and a member of the New Hampshire National Guard Biathlon Team, races at Fort Kent March 14, 2021. Parent placed within the top 20 individual racers in his events and played a key role in setting the NH team apart from the top 30 teams in the country during the relay and patrol events at the 47th Annual Chief of the National Guard Bureau Biathlon at Camp Ethan Allen, Vermont. (Courtesy photo by Fort Kent Outdoor Center)

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From the Basics

Tech. Sgt. Kelsey Hannafin, the unit training manager for the 157th Security Forces Squadron, stands with her former troops at U.S. Air Force Basic Military Training at Joint Base San Antonio- Lackland, Texas. Hannafin was a drill instructor for two years and went on to become a section chief, pushing 16 flights of trainees to graduate as 21st Airmen. (Courtesy photo from Master Sgt. Kelsey Hannafin)

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From the Basics

Tech. Sgt. Kelsey Hannafin, the unit training manager for the 157th Security Forces Squadron, stands with her former troops at U.S. Air Force Basic Military Training at Joint Base San Antonio- Lackland, Texas. Hannafin was a drill instructor for two years and went on to become a section chief, pushing 16 flights of trainees to graduate as 21st Airmen. (Courtesy photo from Master Sgt. Kelsey Hannafin)

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From the Basics

Staff Sgt. Kelsey Hannafin, the unit training manager for the 157th SFS, and Tech. Sgt. Andrew Rothstein, a flight chief with the 157th SFS, served four years as military training instructors and refined the next era of U.S. Air Force Airmen. In total the two NCOs pushed over 30 flights of trainees to graduate as 21st century Airmen. (Courtesy photo from Tech. Sgt. Andrew Rothstein)

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From the Basics

From left, Senior Airmen Matthew Black, Master Sgt. Kelsey Hannafin, Senior Airman Kyle Marsh and Tech. Sgt. Andrew Rothstein, members of the 157th Security Forces Squadron, work together at Pease Air National Guard Base, New Hampshire, Feb. 22, 2023, nearly three years after being in basic military training as trainees and instructors. Hannafin and Rothstein served as military training instructors and section chiefs during their four years at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland and in total pushed more than 30 flights of total-force Airmen. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Victoria Nelson)

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An F-111 Aardvark from the 509th Bombardment Wing, flies over the coast. The 509th BW was assigned to and co-located with the 45th Air Division from 1971 until 1989 while it was equipped with the FB-111 Aardvark at Pease Air Force Base, New Hampshire. (Courtesy photo from Dee Gullickson)

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509th Bomb Wing KC-135 Stratotanker and F-111 Aardvark from Pease Air National Guard Base, New Hampshire are depicted in an illustration by Tony Ayers in 1984. (Courtesy photo from Dee Gullickson)

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Maintenance technicians with the 509th work on the flight line June 10, 1986 at Pease Air National Guard Base, New Hampshire. The maintainers were participating in Exercise Global Shield. (Courtesy photo from Dee Gullickson, 509th Bomb Wing historian)

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Chief Master Sgt. Frederick Balas, the chief enlisted manager with the 157th Communications Flight, uses the computer in the back room of the Fuels building in 1989 at Pease Air National Guard Base. This was Balas' first experience with a computer. (Courtesy photo from Chief Master Sgt. Frederick Balas)

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From left, Chief Master Sgt. Frederick Balas, the chief enlisted manager with the 157th Communications Flight, Master Sgt. Alan Roma, a member of the 157th Civil Engineer Squadron, Ret. Chief Master Sgt. Mark Lebel, Quality Assurance Superintendent with the 157th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Chief Master Sgt. Jeffery Trudeau, the 157th Mission Support Group senior enlisted leader, and Chief Master Sgt. Kimberly Urice, the 157th Medical Group senior enlisted leader pose in front of the flight line Nov. 5, 2022 at Pease Air National Guard Base, New Hampshire. The members served with the 509th Bomb Wing at Pease from 1986-1991. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Victoria Nelson)

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NHNG "Alpha" Squad Shows Off Hardware at U.S. Army Small Arms Championship

From left, Lt. Col. Brooks Hayward, Tech. Sgt. Connor Cunio, Sgt. 1st Class Joseph Wyner, Capt. Patrick Randall and Sgt. 1st Class David Musso gather with their impressive haul of awards from the 2023 U.S. Army Small Arms Championship on March 18 at Fort Benning, Georgia. NHNG's "Alpha" squad placed third out of 54 teams. They were first in pistol and second in rifle. The team accounted for seven individual awards. Courtesy photo.

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Mic Drop

Peter St. James dons standard traveling gear during his 2011 trip to Kuwait to report on the 197th Fires Brigade mission in support of Operation New Dawn. NHNG archive photo.

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Tech. Sgt. Jacob Kelly, a security forces noncommissioned officer with the 157th Security Forces Squadron, New Hampshire Air National Guard, sprints the final turn while Command Sgt. Maj. William Ferland, the state command sergeant major, New Hampshire Army National Guard, and Cpt. Mario Rey, the State Partnership Program director, NHARNG, cheer, at the end of a 13.15-mile ruck march, the final event of the NHARNG Best Warrior Competition, Feb. 12, at the Edward Cross Training Complex in Pembroke, N.H. (Photo by Sgt. Sean Ferry, 114th Public Affairs Detachment)

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Soldiers, Airmen, and partner forces begin the 13.15 mile ruck march, the final event of the New Hampshire Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition, Feb. 12, at the Edward Cross Training Complex in Pembroke, N.H. (Photo by Sgt. Sean Ferry, 114th Public Affairs Detachment)

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Competitors in the New Hampshire Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition board a UH-60 Blackhawk after a day of marksmanship evaluations, Feb. 11, at the training site in Center Strafford, N.H. (Photo by Sgt. Sean Ferry, 114th Public Affairs Detachment)

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Tech. Sgt. Connor Cunio, a maintenance noncommissioned officer in the 157th Air Refueling Wing, New Hampshire Air National Guard, shoots a round from an M17 pistol 15 meters away from the target during the marksmanship portion of the New Hampshire Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition, Feb. 11, at the training site in Center Strafford, N.H. (Photo by Sgt. Sean Ferry, 114th Public Affairs Detachment)

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Chief Master Sgt. Kevin Reiter

Chief Master Sgt. Kevin C. Reiter is the Command Chief, 157th Air Refueling Wing, Pease Air National Guard Base, New Hampshire. He advises the Commander on all matters concerning readiness and proper utilization, morale and welfare of over 1,100 enlisted Airmen while they navigate the fielding of the Air Force’s newest weapons system, the KC-46 Pegasus. Chief Reiter is the 9th Command Chief of the 157th Air Refueling Wing.

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U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Nolan Taylor, 87th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels service center controller, right, is instructed on how to perform a hot-pit refuel of an F-16C+ Fighting Falcon by Tech. Sgt. Charles A. Zingrone, Jr., 177th Logistics Readiness Squadron Fuels Management Flight fuels information service center section chief, during Integrated Combat Turnaround training Feb. 17, 2023, at the 177th Fighter Wing, Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey. The ICT training included simultaneous refueling, loading of munitions, reconfiguration and inspection of an aircraft in a single landing, before returning to flight. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Hunter Hires)

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Johnathan King, 375th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels management flight training non-commissioned officer in charge, right, is instructed how to perform a hot-pit refuel of an F-16C+ Fighting Falcon by Tech. Sgt. Charles A. Zingrone, Jr., 177th Logistics Readiness Squadron Fuels Management Flight fuels information service center section chief, during Integrated Combat Turnaround training Feb. 10, 2023, at the 177th Fighter Wing, Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey. King refueled the New Jersey Air National Guard fighter jet during the ICT training, hosted by the 177th FW, which included simultaneous refueling, loading of munitions, reconfiguration and inspection of an aircraft in a single landing, before returning to flight. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Hunter Hires)

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Dalbert Cruzado, 177th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, refuels an F-16C+ Fighting Falcon during Integrated Combat Turnaround training Feb. 10, 2023, at the 177th Fighter Wing, Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey. Cruzado refueled the New Jersey Air National Guard fighter jet during the ICT training, hosted by the 177th FW, which included simultaneous refueling, loading of munitions, reconfiguration and inspection of an aircraft in a single landing, before returning to flight. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Hunter Hires)

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