Colonel Theisen joined the New York Air National Guard’s 106th Rescue Wing in 1999 and currently is commander of the Maintenance Group. He earned a doctor of education degree from Walden University and holds an aeronautical rating as an HC-130P/N navigator.

Articles by Neil M. Theisen

An MH-60T Jayhawk on the runway in Great Inagua, Bahamas. The Coast Guard plans to grow its fleet of MH-60Ts from 48 to 127, but the first phase of that growth is expected to include just 36 aircraft.

Make Jayhawks from Pave Hawks

By Captain Dave Cooper, U.S. Coast Guard (Retired); and Lieutenant Colonel Jesse Fritz and Colonels Andrew J. Wineberger and Neil M. Theisen, New York Air National Guard
August 2024
Converting 21 retiring Air National Guard HH-60Gs would provide needed capability.