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Jan. 15, 2023
Joint training in the skies over Westover

Rhode Island National Guard, both Army and Air practiced in the skies over Westover Air Reserve Base on Jan. 8. The 143rd Airlift Wing, Quonset Point provided the flying, 56th Troop Command, Greenwich provided the jumpers, and Westover provided the sometimes not-so-soft landing area. Joint services
March 21, 2022
Westover conducts joint training in March

The 42nd and 58th Aerial Port Squadron (APS) conducted joint training with the 103rd Airlift Wing, the 916th Air Refueling Wing and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on March 14, 2022.
Sept. 15, 2021
Rally in the Rockies 2021: Day 1

Personnel conducted a high altitude, low opening jump during Rally in the Rockies 2021 exercise, Sept. 13, 2021, Guernsey, Wyo. HALO jumps are typically employed when stealth is necessary to infiltrate enemy territory. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Ashley Walker)
Sept. 13, 2021
Air Force Reserve demonstrates strategic depth of combat airlift on Wyoming highway during training exercise

Air Force Reserve Command kicked off a week-long exercise, Rally in the Rockies 2021, by landing a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft on the highway near Rawlins, Wyoming, Sept. 13. The highway closed early in the morning to ensure the aircrew could safely practice recovering personnel without access

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