Fort Indiantown Gap > About Us > News

Drone use highly regulated on, near military installations
July 2, 2020 — Two incidents in the last three years involving privately owned drones raised concerns at Fort Indiantown Gap’s Muir Army Airfield. “Both incidents created potential hazards which were fortunately avoided,” Ramsay said. ...

Fort Indiantown Gap increasing operations
June 12, 2020 — Now that Pennsylvania has begun a phased reopening from the COVID-19 crisis, Fort Indiantown Gap has begun gradually increasing operations...

55,000 Trees planted at Fort Indiantown Gap
May 20, 2020 — Visitors here may have noticed a bunch of white poles sticking out of the ground at several locations around the installation. The white poles are tree tubes that protect seedlings from being eaten by animals, and there are more than 55,000 of them protecting new trees that have been planted on the installation this year, said JD Lambrinos, forest program manager for the Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs...

Pa. Guard members receive medical training at Fort Indiantown Gap
April 28, 2020 — Pennsylvania National Guard members who were activated for COVID-19 support missions received medical training April 20 to 24 at Fort Indiantown Gap’s Medical Battalion Training Site...

PA Guard members certify in CPR
April 17, 2020 — Airmen and Soldiers from the Pennsylvania National Guard were put through multiple tests to become American Red Cross certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, at Fort Indiantown Gap on April 13, 2020...

Garrison Commander’s COVID-19 Guidance
March 26, 2020 — The Pennsylvania Army National Guard has had a long history of responding to many different types of emergencies. Whether being called upon to support the citizens of Pennsylvania after natural or man-made disasters, or national public health emergencies, such as the current COVID-19 pandemic, we as National Guard Soldiers, have always stepped up to provide the much needed support, comfort, and peace of mind, to the residents of the Commonwealth...

March 2020 live fire training at Fort Indiantown Gap
March 4, 2020 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – The installation is scheduled to host artillery and helicopter door gunnery training during the month of March between 8 a.m. and 11 p.m. Artillery training will be conducted March 29-31 and helicopter door gunnery training will be conducted March 23-28...

148th ASOS conducts night training
February 13, 2020 — Tactical Air Control Party specialists from the 148th Air Support Operations Squadron conducted night training Jan. 11, 2020, at Fort Indiantown Gap. ...

Warfighter exercise tests National Guard combat readiness
October 17, 2019 — More than 450 National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 29th Infantry Division from Virginia and Maryland and Soldiers from seven other states participated in a Warfighter exercise Sept. 25-Oct. 11.These Soldiers, and dozens more from the 28th Infantry Division in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) in Fort Campbell,...

Three Army Reservists Respond to Auto Accident
October 9, 2019 — Three Army Reservists with Phoenix, Arizona’s, 492 Civil Affairs Battalion, were participating in an exercise at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, when after the days training they came upon an auto accident...