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  • A group of Air National Guard medical personnel standing next to a high-fidelity training simulator. Tactical casualty care simulators boost Air National Guard medics readiness
    Tactical casualty care simulators boost Air National Guard medics readiness

    Mr. Paul Mann

  • Image of CMSgt Kevin Sargent and MSgt Ron Bohl. A Match Made in Service: Mississippi Air Guard’s Kidney Donation Finds Unexpected Recipient in Alabama Airman
    A Match Made in Service: Mississippi Air Guard’s Kidney Donation Finds Unexpected Recipient in Alabama Airman

    Article by Maj. Dusty Culpepper, Mississippi Air National Guard

  • Members of the 117th Air Refueling Wing pose for a group photo at Sumpter Smith Joint National Guard Base, Ala., April 1, 2023. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Nicholas Faddis) DAF announces 117 ARW one of seven candidate locations for KC-46A Pegasus MOB 7
    DAF announces 117 ARW one of seven candidate locations for KC-46A Pegasus MOB 7

    Joint Force Headquarters - Alabama National Guard

  • Members of the 117th Air Refueling Wing work to restore a static display RF-4C in Jasper, Alabama, September 18-22, 2023. This photo shows the RF-4C and after restoration was complete. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Courtesy Asset) 117th Maintenance Group restores RF-4C
    117th Maintenance Group restores RF-4C

    Staff Sgt. Nicholas Faddis

  • A U.S. Air Force B-52 is refueled by a U.S. Air Force KC-135 assigned to the 117th Air Refueling Wing, Alabama Air National Guard, located in Birmingham, Alabama on April 28, 2023. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Nicholas Faddis.) 117th ARW KC-135 Stratotanker performs in air refueling of B-52 Stratofortress
    117th ARW KC-135 Stratotanker performs in air refueling of B-52 Stratofortress

    Staff Sgt. Nicholas Faddis

  • A photo provided to the 117th Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs Office by the 117 ARW Historical Committee on February 7, 2024, at Sumpter Smith Joint National Guard Base, Birmingham, Alabama. The original date taken is unknown. (U.S. Air Force Courtesy Photo) Introducing the 117th Historical Committee
    Introducing the 117th Historical Committee

    Senior Airman Kasie Faddis

  • The Civil Air Patrol’s 117th Air National Guard Composite Squadron, Charter ALA 090 visits Sumpter Smith Joint National Guard Base, Alabama. Civil Air Patrol at the 117th ARW
    Civil Air Patrol at the 117th ARW

    Senior Airman Kasie Faddis

     

117 ARW Mission

Deliver worldwide aerial refueling, combat support and intelligence in support of national defense and state missions.

 

117 ARW Vision

We are a unified team committed to meeting our national defense strategic objectives, through defending the homeland with adaptable combat power, deterring aggression globally, developing ready airmen and defining our future at home as well as any battlespace.

    

117 ARW News

  • U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Abishesh Phuyal, an airmen with the 117th Communications Squadron, conducts maintenance on the intranet Sumpter Smith JNGB, Alabama, Jul. 31, 2025.

    Unit Spotlight - Infrastructure in the 117 Communication Squadron

  • Bioenvironmental engineering airmen perform safety checks.

    Unit Spotlight - Bioenvironmental Engineering Shop

  • U.S. Air Force personnel conduct a maintenance check on HVAC equipment.

    Unit Spotlight - Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Shop

  • U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Riley Hawkins, a member of the hydraulics shop at the 117th Air Refueling Wing, reassembles an aircraft part after repair.

    Unit Spotlight - Aircraft Maintenance Hydraulics Shop

  • A group of Air National Guard medical personnel standing next to a high-fidelity training simulator.

    MDG and tactical casualty care simulators

Air National Guard News

  • An MQ-9A Reaper assigned to the 163d Attack Wing, California Air National Guard, lands at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Hawaii, while en route to integrated coalition training with Indo-Pacific partners to practice and evaluate shared security objectives on July 16, 2025.

    California Air Guard Spearheads Joint MQ-9 Operations in Exercise Resolute Forces Pacific 2025

  • The first F-35A Lightning II aircraft permanently assigned to the Florida Air National Guard's 125th Fighter Wing taxi on the flight line after landing at Jacksonville Air National Guard Base, Florida, July 9, 2025.

    Florida Guard’s 125th Fighter Wing Receives First Permanently Assigned F-35

  • Virginia Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to the West Point-based 237th Engineer Company, 276th Engineer Battalion, 329th Regional Support Group train on multiple techniques for both the hasty and deliberate emplacement of anti-tank mines with trainers from the Finnish Army’s Karelia Brigade during Exercise Arctic Forge 25, Feb. 22, 2025, near Kouvola, Finland.

    National Guard State Partnership Program: A Cornerstone of Global Security

  • Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and three other civilian leaders stand among a large group of National Guardsmen in a stadium-style room.

    Hegseth, Senior DOD Officials Pay Visit to Guardsmen at D.C. Armory

  • U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Harry Siegel and Sgt. 1st Class Nikolay Bashko talk with Metropolitan Police Department officers near Nationals Park, Aug. 19, 2025.

    D.C. National Guard Supports Law Enforcement at Nationals Park

Leadership

117 ARW Commander

Col. Mike Adams

 

117 ARW Command Chief

Chief Master Sgt.

Joseph Cook

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