1 killed, 2 injured in Kansas Air National Guard accident
June 9, 2021
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SALINA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas Air National Guard airman was killed and two others were injured Tuesday afternoon when their Humvee overturned during a training accident, authorities said.
The members of the Salina-based 284th Air Support Operations Squadron were training at the Smoky Hill Air National Guard Range near Salina, the Adjutant General s Department said Wednesday in a news release.
Two of the injured airmen were taken to a Salina hospital where they are being treated. One man who was unresponsive at the scene was evacuated by helicopter and died on the way to a Wichita hospital. His name, age and hometown were not immediately released.
By Master Sgt. Becky Vanshur, Idaho Army National Guard / Published May 24, 2021
The Idaho Army National Guard’s 2nd of the 116th Combined Arms Battalion and the Idaho Air National Guard’s 124th Air Support Operations Squadron and 190th Fighter Squadron joined forces from the ground to the sky in the large-scale joint training event on May 18 and 19, 2021.
The Idaho Army National Guard’s 2nd of the 116th Combined Arms Battalion and the Idaho Air National Guard’s 124th Air Support Operations Squadron and 190th Fighter Squadron joined forces from the ground to the sky in the large-scale joint training event on May 18 and 19, 2021. The joint live-fire integration exercise combined live 120-millimeter self-propelled mortar explosives from the ground with close air support from the A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft above, which included live 500-pound bombs, missiles and combined effects munitions at Idaho’s premier training location, the Orchard Combat Training
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13 A-10 Thunderbolt II pilots from the 190th Fighter Squadron and special warfare tactical air control party Airmen from the 124th Air Support Operations Squadron, Idaho Air National Guard made history when they dropped live 500-pound Mark 82, low-drag bombs from A-10 Thunderbolt IIs in the Orchard Combat Training Center, south of Boise, Idaho, May 18-19, 2021.
“We have never dropped live ordinance at the OCTC in the history of the Idaho Air National Guard,” said Lt. Col. Mike Hampton, director of operations with the 190th FS. “This opens up the doors between us and the other local units, and hopefully we can do it more down the road.”