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  • AMC Commander Discusses Tanker Mission at Key Field

    U. S. Air Force General Carlton Everhart II sat down with Rep. Greg Harper (R - MS, 3rd District) and key leaders from the Mississippi National Guard and Key Field Air National Guard Base to discuss the continued evolution of the mission conversion back to the KC-135R tankers here Feb. 5.Everhart,

  • Key Field Honors Former Leaders

    Former wing commanders and command chiefs gathered as honored guests to remember the past and learn about the future of the 186th Air Refueling Wing here Jan. 29, 2016.Col. Mike Nabors, 186 ARW commander, briefed the former leaders on Key Field's history, which each guest influenced, and explained

  • ESGR educates, informs local business leaders

    COMBAT READINESS TRAINING CENTER, Miss. - The Mississippi Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) and 186th Air Refueling Wing (ARW) invited 21 bosses, employers and supervisors to participate in a "Boss Lift" here 15-17 July 2015.The ESGR, a Department of Defense office, strives to develop

  • Key Field 2015 annual training sharpens skills and builds camaraderie

    Key Field service members convened at the Gulfport-based training center July 11 - 25 for Annual Training to better prepare for rapid global mobility and agile combat support.Annual training prepares service members in the case that they are called on for deployments and to fulfill other mission

  • Women of Key Field Celebrated

    Key Field recognized and celebrated past and present female members of the 186th Air Refueling Wing as part of Women's History Month here Saturday. Fourteen female retirees of Key Field were honored as special guests at the program.  Cumulatively, their years of service at Key Field exceed 100 years

  • Key Field Airmen Recognized by Coast Guard

    Forty Airmen with the 186th Civil Engineer Squadron received the Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendation here for their participation in a deployment for training at Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater in Clearwater, Florida from May 17 to June 30, 2014.   Why would the Coast Guard be awarding

  • Key Field supports local, national interests

    The unique missions of the Mississippi Air National Guard provide Key Field's 1,200+ personnel an opportunity to assist local communities in need and support our nation's homeland defense efforts both locally and abroad.Ever since our nation came into existence, Citizen Soldiers and Airmen have been

  • Key Field celebrates holidays with Family Day

    Mississippi Air National Guard service members and their families enjoyed spending time together and participating in various activities during the Key Field Air National Guard Base's family day celebration December 6.Several hundred people gathered in the base maintenance hangar where they

  • Barrier-breaking Miss. National Guard officer dies at 58

    The first female general officer in the history of the Mississippi National Guard died Thursday after an extended illness.Maj. Gen. Catherine S. Lutz passed away at home in Flora after battling the disease for more than a year, said Mississippi National Guard spokesman Lt. Col. (Retired) Timothy J.

  • Nabors takes command of the 186th ARW

    The first thing Col. Mike Nabors did when he took over command of the 186th Air Refueling Wing at Key Field was walk over to a large window in his office and gaze out over the tarmac where several KC-135 tankers sat silently awaiting their next mission.Nabors, a 30-year veteran of the U.S. Air Force