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Members of the California Air National Guard will\u00a0are scheduled to <\/span>train with Ukraine’s air force frombetween<\/span> April to and <\/span>June, Guard officials tell Air Force Times.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The scheduled deployments\u00a0which<\/span> will only <\/span>send “<\/span>a dozen or so airmen to mentor their counterparts in \u00a0,” will provide mentorship and instruction on basic battlefield medical procedures\u00a0for the country’s\u00a0counterparts <\/span>in KievKyiv<\/span>, the capital of Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Airmen with the The various deployments will include members from the\u00a0<\/span>144th Fighter Wing out of Fresno\u00a0will provide “<\/span>air–<\/span>space defense and alert training,“<\/span> according to the Guard. ,\u00a0and\u00a0p<\/span>Pararescuemen from the 129th Rescue Wing at \u00a0Moffett Federal Airfield in Mountain View will provide instruction on basic battlefield medical procedures and conduct\u00a0. The fighter wing will provide “air-space defense and alert training and…the pararescue unit [members]\u00a0will do a lot of<\/span> air-medical“<\/span> coaching, the official said<\/span>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ukraine will be leading the training events; it is unlikely that aircraft from the fighter wing will participate, the official said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“A lot of the Air Guard’s focus in Ukraine is on domestic missions and internal security,” said\u00a0Capt.\u00a0Will Martin, spokesman for the California ANG. “Our Cal Guard personnel work alongside Ukraine’s search-and-rescue teams and exchange best practices on defending their nation’s airspace.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The California National Guard has a longstanding relationship with the Ukrainian military, and has been paired with the Eastern European\u00a0country since its state partnership program<\/a>, or SPP,<\/span> united the two in 1993.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In December, Maj. Gen. David Baldwin, California Air National Guard commander, and some of his guardsmen\u00a0and air Guardsmen <\/span>traveled to Kiev Kyiv <\/span>to\u00a0donate\u00a0helmets, masks and other gear to Ukraine’s forces.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We have delivered to them 100 helmets, and these helmets are current helmets that we use in our Air National Guard,” Baldwin told reporters. “We have also delivered harnesses that are used to help the pilot sit and fit in the ejection seat of his aircraft. So the purpose of this equipment is to allow the pilots of the Ukrainian air force to operate their aircraft more safely and effectively.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We\u00a0have\u00a0delivered\u00a0to\u00a0them\u00a0100\u00a0helmets,\u00a0and\u00a0these\u00a0helmets\u00a0are\u00a0current\u00a0helmets\u00a0that\u00a0we\u00a0use\u00a0in\u00a0our\u00a0Air\u00a0National\u00a0Guard,”\u00a0Baldwin, commander of the California National Guard,\u00a0told reporters<\/a>. “We have also delivered harnesses that are used to help the pilot sit and fit in the ejection seat of his aircraft. So the purpose of this equipment is to allow the pilots of the Ukrainian air force to operate their aircraft more safely and effectively.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The visit came one month after troops from the 173rd Airborne Brigade began the\u00a0second phase of exercise Fearless Guardian. The\u00a0training, which has been taken over by soldiers from the California National Guard, simulates ground training under “increasingly complex conditions” for Ukraine’s security forces,\u00a0Lt. Col. Michael Kloepper, commander of 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, told Army Times last fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

On Wednesday, the Pentagon announced its plan to\u00a0deploy\u00a0an armored brigade combat team to Eastern Europe next February as part of the ongoing effort to rotate troops through the region. The goal of the increase is to\u00a0reassure allies like Estonia and Lithuania, feeling uneasy due to heightened Russian aggression in the region.the pressures from a resurgent Russia.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

“This is bigger than Ukraine and the Cal Guard. It’s about contributing to the security of the Black Sea region and Europe as a whole,” Martin said of the upcoming deployments. “A stronger, democratic Ukraine makes for a more stable, peaceful Europe.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oriana Pawlyk covers\u00a0deployments, cyber,\u00a0Guard\/Reserve, uniforms,\u00a0physical training,\u00a0crime and operations in the Middle East, Europe and Pacific for Air Force Times. She was the Early Bird Brief editor in 2015. Email her at\u00a0opawlyk@airforcetimes.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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