Gabreski’s 106th Rescue Wing Completes Medical Supply Drop To Sailboat 1,200 Miles East Of Long Island

N.Y. Air National Guard 106th Rescue Wing Senior Airman Jocelyn Tapia-Puma, a 102nd Rescue Squadron aviation resource manager, looks toward the back of an HC-130J Combat King II search and rescue aircraft on Friday, May 20. Tapia-Puma was asked to join a search and rescue mission as a Spanish interpreter between members of the 102nd Rescue Squadron and passengers on-board a 32-foot vessel 1,200 miles off the coast of Long Island, who had a passenger severely burned. U.S. AIR NATIONAL GUARD PHOTO BY SSGT. DANIEL H. FARRELL

N.Y. Air National Guard 106th Rescue Wing Chief Master Sgt. Craig Connor, a 102nd Rescue Squadron loadmaster, adjusts communications on-board an HC-130J Combat King II search and rescue aircraft, participating in a search of a 32-foot sailing vessel on Friday, May 20. Connor participated in a loadmaster directed rescue drop of medical supplies to the vessel, which had a severely burned passenger on-board. U.S. AIR NATIONAL GUARD PHOTO BY SSGT. DANIEL H. FARRELL

N.Y. Air National Guard 106th Rescue Wing Master Sgt. Michael Torre, a 102nd Rescue Squadron loadmaster, searches for a 32-foot sailing vessel from an HC-130J Combat King II search and rescue aircraft 1,200 miles off the coast of Long Island on Friday, May 20. Torre participated in a loadmaster directed rescue drop of medical supplies to the vessel, which had a severely burned passenger on-board. U.S. AIR NATIONAL GUARD PHOTO BY SSGT. DANIEL H. FARRELL

N.Y. Air National Guard 106th Rescue Wing Master Sgt. Joseph Sexton, a 102nd Rescue Squadron loadmaster, sits on-board an HC-130J Combat King II search and rescue aircraft, participating in a search of a 32-foot vessel 1,200 miles off the coast of Long Island on Friday, May 20. U.S. AIR NATIONAL GUARD PHOTO BY SSGT. DANIEL H. FARRELL

Col. Shawn Fitzgerald, the commander of the 106th Rescue Wing. BRENDAN J. O'REILLY

Col. Shawn Fitzgerald, the commander of the 106th Rescue Wing. BRENDAN J. O'REILLY

Lt. Col. Sean Garell, commander of the aircraft used in the emergency medical supply drop. BRENDAN J. O'REILLY

Master Sergeant Joe Sexton speaks Monday about the medical resupply mission.

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