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  • Puerto Rico Air National Guard Airmen support Cayey fire response

    Airmen with the Puerto Rico Air National Guard are keeping the communications flowing and monitoring the health and safety of every responder during a multi-agency effort to stabilize the vegetation debris fire that has been burning underground since November 28.

  • 156th "Port Dawgs"

    Despite the mission, despite the task or despite the natural disaster/emergency – one constant remains on the concrete plateau of Muniz Air National Guard Base, the “Port Dawgs.”

  • Single is a Status Too

    Being single does not mean you do not need communication skills to build better, or future, relationships. The 156th Chaplaincy hosted and taught a superhero themed “Got Your Back” Strong Bonds Seminar for more than 20 Airmen during a retreat Jul. 12-14 on the east side of the island.“Got Your Back”

  • Remembering 'Rican 68'

    Family members, friends and fellow Airmen came together May 2, 2019, in Port Wentworth, Georgia, to memorialize the lives of the nine Puerto Rican Air National Guard Airmen who lost their lives when their C-130 Hercules, assigned to the 156th Airlift Wing, crashed shortly after takeoff one year ago.

  • NY, Puerto Rico Airmen continue joint training operations

    Nearly two years after providing support in Puerto Rico following the devastation Hurricane Maria left, the relationship between the 109th Airlift Wing here and the 156th AW at Muñiz Air National Guard Base, Puerto Rico, has continued to grow. Airmen from the two Air Transportation Operation Centers

  • Puerto Rico's 156th Airlift Wing transitions to new mission

    WASHINGTON – The Air Force announced the transition of the 156th Airlift Wing, Puerto Rico Air National Guard, to the 156th Wing in conjunction with its newly assigned contingency response and combat communications missions, effective Wednesday.Gen. Joseph L. Lengyel, chief of the National Guard

  • Medical Airmen train in Puerto Rico during Vigilant Guard

    MIDDLETOWN, Pa. – Medical personnel Airmen from the Pennsylvania Air National Guard participated March 12-13 in the disaster relief exercise Vigilant Guard at Camp Santiago in Salinas, Puerto Rico.Vigilant Guard is a U.S. Northern Command and National Guard Bureau sponsored event. This year it was