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March 15, 2018
18-030 Wildland fire update
Three Kansas Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters from the 1st Battalion, 108th Aviation have deployed to assist with two active fires north of the Northern Natural Gas Plant in Kiowa County.? One trooper from the Ka...
March 14, 2018
18-027 State continues response to wildland fires in central Kansas
The Kansas Division of Emergency Management is deploying a Communication On Wheels unit to rural Rice County to facilitate communication between first responders fighting the wildland fires in Rice, Reno and McPherson counties. The FAA has ...
18-025 Armed Forces Appreciation Day is March 22 at the Kansas Statehouse
The men and women who serve our state in the nation?s armed forces will be honored during the annual Armed Forces Appreciation Day Thursday, March 22, at the Kansas Statehouse in Topeka. ?No matter what branch they serve in, these people have one ...
March 13, 2018
18-024 Kansas National Guard to conduct orientation flight March 28
Community leaders from Topeka and the surrounding area will be flying out of Highland Community College, 606 W Main Street, Highland, on Wednesday, March 28, aboard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters flown by the Kansas National Guard?s 1st Battalion, 108t...
18-023 635th Regional Support Group will be welcomed home March 15
Soldiers of the 635th Regional Support Group march in to their welcome home ceremony at Forbes Field, Topeka, March 15.......
March 8, 2018
18-022 SEOC returns to normal operations following wildfire response
Since March 4, emergency responders in multiple Kansas counties battled more than 50 wildfires that burned more than 27,000 acres. Gov. Jeff Colyer, M.D., issued a State of Disaster Emergency proclamation for Barber, Clark, Ellis, Greenwood, Harpe...
March 7, 2018
18-021 KSARNG Black Hawks receive additional firefighting missions
As wildfires continue to crop up across the state, two Kansas Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, which had been at work in Greenwood County, have been pulled back to Salina to prepare for a possible deployment to Hamilton County on the...
18-020 Update to Kansas fires
Fires continue to burn in Kansas. Most are in some level of containment. Greenwood County is currently fighting a wildfire near the town of Hamilton. The Kansas Army National Guard is providing aerial firefighting support for local firefighters. A...
18-019 More Kansas Army National Guard Black Hawks heading to Greenwood County
Four Black Hawk helicopters from the 1st Battalion, 108th Aviation, Kansas Army National Guard, have been retasked to join two other Black Hawks en route from Topeka to assist ground crews battling a fire mile WNW of Hamilton in Greenwood County. The...
18-018 Kansas Army National Guard helicopters tasked for fire support mission in Greenwood County
Two Kansas Army National Guard Black Hawk helicopters and eight soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 108th Aviation, Topeka, are en route to Greenwood County in Southeast Kansas for a fire suppression mission near the town of Hamilton. The soldiers wi...