Accelerate Change: Empowered Airmen

We live in a world that is driven by rapidly changing technology and an environment that includes aggressive and capable global competitors. Airmen are key to cutting unnecessary bureaucracy, recognizing and understanding our competition, and thinking of creative ways we can reshape the design of our Air Force. The Air Force must accelerate, must change, and must prepare for the future!

This page is dedicated towards highlighting the accomplishments of our talented Airmen at all levels and to show the impact they can make when they are informed and empowered to problem solve and make smart recommendations and decisions.

 

 

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Video by Master Sgt. George Roach
Pennsylvania Air National Guardsmen support Iron Keystone 2024 with the MQ-9 aircraft and simulated combatant arms training
111th Attack Wing
June 9, 2024 | 4:27
Air Guardsmen from across Pennsylvania deployed for training to Ft. Drum, NY for Iron Keystone 2024. Utilizing most of the three wing's assets within the state and several of their aircraft to include the MQ-9 remotely-piloted aircraft, airman responded to several exercise scenarios to test their agile combat proficiencies.

Iron Keystone is an integrated large-scale exercise involving the Pennsylvania Air National Guard (PAANG) intended to increase tactical proficiency, develop a baseline knowledge in dissimilar operations, and combine capabilities and resources across three major commands to maximize operational success on the modern battlefield.

B-Roll includes MQ-9 ground footage at Ft. Drum NY.
Simulated close quarter combat drill day and night footage.

Interview 1: Major Owen Margeson, 148th Air Support Operation Squadron.
Interview 2: Tech. Sgt. Robert Custer, 111th Attack Wing, Security Forces
Interview 3. Staff Sgt. Christopher Kolosinsky, 111th Attack Wing, Security Forces
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