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  • January's Excellent Airman

    This month’s Excellent Airman is Staff Sgt. Nicholas Faddis, the Unit Training Manager (UTM) and Unit Deployment Manager (UDM) for the 117th Logistics Readiness Squadron (LRS)!He began his career with the Alabama Air National Guard in October 2018 with the 117th Public Affairs office, where he

  • Unit Spotlight - Base Defense Operations Center

    The primary purpose of the BDOC mission is the safety of personnel and resources on base. Among BDOC’s responsibilities is the command and control operation, communication management and alarm and surveillance monitoring.The BDOC is multi-faceted and responds to incidents of fire, medical

  • Operation Iron Ruck: 151 Miles of Awareness

    Several members of the 117th ARW participated in the 4-day event Operation Iron Ruck, which is a 151-mile ruck hosted by the Auburn Student Veterans Association & the University of Alabama Campus Veterans Association, uniting local veterans & raising awareness & funds for veteran suicide education.

  • 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)!

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

  • June's Excellent Airman

    This month’s Excellent Airman is Capt. Charles “Chuck” O’Rourke, a KC-135R pilot with the 117th Operations Group!