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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

Provide quality worldwide air refueling, airlift, support, logistics, intelligence, and medical services in support of our community, state, and nation.

 

117 ARW Vision

A world-class team of empowered men & women committed to continuous improvement and excellence, operating as the model Air National Guard unit into the twenty-first century.

    

117 ARW News

  • 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

  • U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Caleb Quinsey, a Client Systems Technician with the 117th Communications Squadron, smiles for a photo.

    February's Excellent Airman

  • HARM; Host Aviation Resource Management; Charlie Saddler;

    Unit Spotlight - Host Aviation Resource Management

  • Image of CMSgt Kevin Sargent and MSgt Ron Bohl.

    Mississippi Air Guard’s Kidney Donation Finds Unexpected Recipient

Air National Guard News

  • U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Maritza Garcia, 154th Medical Group Detachment 1 medic and Tactical Combat Casualty Care instructor, evaluates Armed Forces of the Philippines students during a medical field training exercise May 29, 2025, at Camp O’Donnell, Philippines.

    Hawaii Guard, Philippine Armed Forces Unite for Medical Exchange

  • an uniformed color guard performs at a ceremony

    WRANGB hosts arrival ceremony for OA-1K Skyraider II

  • Defenders from the 161st, 162nd, and 171st Security Forces Squadrons raise their weapons during a patrol field training exercise

    Arizona and Pennsylvania Air Guard join forces in Montana to hone skills

  • A combat controller from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Special Tactics Squadron parachutes into Barkley Regional Airport in Paducah, Ky., May 13, 2025, from a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft in support of Exercise Grindstone, a three-day earthquake-response scenario staged in the New Madrid Seismic Zone, the most active seismic area in the Eastern United States. The Airmen conducted an assessment of airfield operability and provided air traffic control for follow-on aircraft bringing troops, cargo and equipment needed to establish an aerial port for relief operations. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Dale Greer)

    Exercise Grindstone tests Kentucky Air Guard’s response to a major earthquake

  • Service members from the Maine National Guard, Vermont National Guard, Armed Forces of Montenegro, and the Army of the Republic of North Macedonia pose for a group photo before beginning a cyber training exercise during Immediate Response 25 at Golubovci Air Base, Montenegro, June 2, 2025.

    Guardsmen, Montenegro, North Macedonia Strengthen Cyber Capabilities at Immediate Response 25

Leadership

117 ARW Commander

Col. Mike Adams

 

117 ARW Command Chief

Chief Master Sgt.

Joseph Cook

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