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  • 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

  • 186 ARW commander retires on top

    Colonel Franklin Chalk, wing commander, 186th Air Refueling Wing, retired from the Mississippi Air National Guard with family, fellow guard members, dignitaries and friends watching as he folded his wings for the final time at Key Field Air National Guard Base November 22, 2013.During his 35 year

  • 186 ARW Airmen recognized by Air Force Association

    The Meridian Chapter of the Air Force Association honored three members of the 186th Air Refueling Wing for earning Airman of the Year at its annual meeting May 31, 2013.The three honorees were nominated by their unit based on his or her exceptional performance in the following areas: leadership and

  • Tankers return to refueling roots

    The KC-135 Stratotankers return to the 186th Air Refueling Wing commences June 10, 2013 with one aircraft arriving at Key Field where in-flight refueling was born."There is a real buzz on the base right now and that will spill over into the general public once they start seeing the tankers

  • MS Air National Guard C-27J transports equipment to storm-ravaged NY

    A C-27J Spartan aircraft from the 186th Air Refueling Wing, Mississippi Air National Guard, transported ground equipment and personnel to New York supporting Hurricane Sandy relief efforts Saturday.Air crews from Mississippi, Maryland and Ohio coordinated to perform the very first domestic relief

  • Taps in Afghanistan

    As NATO coalition forces began their evening meal, a bugle sounded Taps over the public affairs system at a Forward Operating Base in Mazar-e Sharif. The bugler's first note pierced the evening air at 5:16 p.m. local time, the exact moment (8:46 a.m. EDT) that American Airlines Flight 11 flew into

  • Key Field Airman Recipient of NGB Award

    Master Sergeant Robert C. (Cole) Walker of the 248th Air Traffic Control Squadron, Mississippi Air National Guard, is the recipient of the 2011 Air National Guard Air Traffic Control Watch Supervisor of the Year Award presented by NGB/A3. This award recognizes the accomplishments of the Air Traffic

  • Bryant Joins Other Governors In Opposing Cuts To Air National Guard

    Gov. Phil Bryant, along with governors of 49 other states, signed a letter to Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta opposing cuts to the Air National Guard as recommended by the U.S. Air Force in its fiscal year 2013 budget request. Bryant signed the letter during a recent trip to Washington, D.C. to