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  • Ten Years After Tankers Return, Key Field is Thriving

    KEY FIELD AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, MS -- 2005 was a grim year in the history of the 186th Air Refueling Wing.  Key Field Air National Guard base in Meridian, Mississippi, had just found itself on the chopping block of the 2005 DOD-Base Closure and Realignment Report (BRAC) to the Defense Base

  • 186th Air Refueling Wing honored to host CODEL staff

    KEY FIELD AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Miss. -- The 186th Air Refueling Wing (ARW) hosted staff members of the Mississippi Congressional Delegation (CODEL) and the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) at the base, Aug. 24.The CODEL and SASC staff heard briefs from 186th ARW Commander Col. Cindy Smith

  • Mississippi National Guard supports community with COVID-19 testing

    KEY FIELD AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Miss. - Approximately 25 members of the Mississippi National Guard’s (MSNG), 186th Air Refueling Wing (ARW) and the 47th Civil Support Team (CST) assisted with COVID-19 testing, April 1, 2020, in Meridian, Mississippi, at the Bonita Lakes Mall COVID-19 mobile