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  • December's Excellent Airman

    This month’s Excellent Airman is Master Sgt. Stephanique Watkins, Operations Squadron, Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge (NCOIC) , Commander Support Squadron (CSS) and Unit Deployment Manager (UDM) for the 117th Operations Group (OG)!

  • November's Excellent Airman

    This month’s Excellent Airman is Technical Sgt. Brandon Jones, NCOIC of Travel within the 117th Air Refueling Wing (ARW) Comptroller Flight!

  • October's Excellent Airman

    This month’s Excellent Airman is 1st Lt. Adric Reed, a force support officer and the officer in charge of the Fatality, Search, and Recovery Program with the 117th Force Support Squadron (FSS)!

  • September's Excellent Airman

    This Excellent Airman story highlights Tech. Sgt. Franchestar Witherspoon, a dental technician with the 117th Medical Group. Witherspoon enjoys her career in the Alabama Air National Guard and places a high value on education. Over her 11 years in the Air National Guard, Witherspoon has acted as a

  • August's Excellent Airman

    U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. William Gilbert joined the Alabama Air National Guard as soon as he graduated high school 11 years ago. Gilbert has worn several hats since starting his military career to include SSO, unit fitness program manager, primary unit career advisor and has participated in over 12

  • Unit Spotlight - Current Operations

    Current Ops duties include daily scheduling, training missions, scheduling what training both pilots and boom operators need and how much fuel our receivers need. Current Ops is considered a special duty assignment, so there is no set technical training or special school. Aircrew attend their

  • July's Excellent Airman

    This month’s Excellent Airman is U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Brady Cochran, a member of the 117th Propulsion Shop, also known as the Engines Shop, within Maintenance. As an aerospace propulsion apprentice his duties include fixing aircraft engines, auxiliary power units, perform flight-hour

  • Meet the 117th Enlisted Advisory Council

    The Enlisted Advisory Council, or EAC, is an organization at the 117th Air Refueling Wing that allows members who are E-6 and below to make connections, find mentorship, career advice and insight into how things are being made better at the Wing. The current leadership for the EAC is Tech. Sgt.