The 102nd Rescue Squadron is a unit of the New York Air National Guard 106th Rescue Wing stationed at Francis S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base, Westhampton Beach, New York. The 102nd is equipped with the HC-130J Combat King II transport aircraft.
102nd Rescue Squadron HC-130 Hercules at Patrick AFB
A 1st Aero Company Gallaudet C-2 in 1915
102nd Aero Squadron, Second Air Instructional Center, Tours Aerodrome, France in November 1917.
102nd Observation Squadron Douglas O-38
The New York Air National Guard (NY ANG) is the aerial militia of the State of New York in the United States of America. It is an element of the New York National Guard as part of the larger Army National Guard, a reservist force under the command of the United States Army.
An HC-130 of the 106th Rescue Wing refueling an HH-60 Pave Hawk over Long Island, New York. The 102d is the oldest unit in the New York Air National Guard, having over 90 years of service to the state and nation.
Ski-equipped LC-130 in Greenland, from the 109th Airlift Wing, 2016