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  • Alabama Air National Guard Refuels Romanian Air Force

    BUCHAREST, ROMANIA – Airmen from the Alabama National Guard’s 117th Air Refueling Wing and 187th Fighter Wing conducted capability exercises in the Black Sea region with the Romanian Air Force as part of the State Partnership Program May 13- 21.The State Partnership Program links a state’s National

  • Alabama Air National Guard, Romania complete exercise

    BUCHAREST, ROMANIA - Alabama Air National Guard members from the 117th Air Refueling Wing conducted a week-long joint exercise with the Romanian Ministry of Defense and Romanian Air Force.U.S. Airmen and Romanian F-16 pilots completed multiple midair refueling exercises to ensure interoperability

  • Georgia, Alabama, Puerto Rico Airmen exercise communications

    SALINAS, Puerto Rico – Several combat communications squadrons across the Air National Guard converged on Puerto Rico for a 15-day exercise, Tropic Thunder, April 1-15.The Puerto Rico Air National Guard’s 156th CBCS hosted the exercise at Camp Santiago Joint Training Center, Salinas; Punta Salinas

  • Red Tails participate in ACE exercise

    MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The 187th Fighter Wing participated in a combat exercise Nov. 1-6 throughout the southeast United States.Southern Lightning Strike, designed around Agile Combat Employment, included over 20 Air National Guard and Army National Guard units, displaying their ability to mobilize

  • 6th ARW leaders visit ‘Black Knights’

    MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- The 6th Air Refueling Wing command team traveled to Sumpter Smith Joint National Guard Base, Ala. for an immersion tour with the 117th ARW and the 99th Air Refueling Squadron Mar. 30, 2021.The “Black Knights” of the 99th ARS is an active associate unit stationed at