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Revolutionizing Refueling

With today's world rapidly evolving, the United States Air Force has embraced an operational concept known as Agile Combat Employment (ACE) which emphasizes flexibility, adaptability, and maximizing capability to enhance air power. During annual training, July 15-20, at the Combat Readiness Training Center, the Maintenance Group with the 186th Air Refueling Wing from Key Field Air National Guard Base employed the ACE toolkit.

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Revolutionizing Refueling

With today's world rapidly evolving, the United States Air Force has embraced an operational concept known as Agile Combat Employment (ACE) which emphasizes flexibility, adaptability, and maximizing capability to enhance air power. During annual training, July 15-20, at the Combat Readiness Training Center, the Maintenance Group with the 186th Air Refueling Wing from Key Field Air National Guard Base employed the ACE toolkit.

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Revolutionizing Refueling

With today's world rapidly evolving, the United States Air Force has embraced an operational concept known as Agile Combat Employment (ACE) which emphasizes flexibility, adaptability, and maximizing capability to enhance air power. During annual training, July 15-20, at the Combat Readiness Training Center, the Maintenance Group with the 186th Air Refueling Wing from Key Field Air National Guard Base employed the ACE toolkit.

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Revolutionizing Refueling

With today's world rapidly evolving, the United States Air Force has embraced an operational concept known as Agile Combat Employment (ACE) which emphasizes flexibility, adaptability, and maximizing capability to enhance air power. During annual training, July 15-20, at the Combat Readiness Training Center, the Maintenance Group with the 186th Air Refueling Wing from Key Field Air National Guard Base employed the ACE toolkit.

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Col. Laurie Rodriguez Bio Photo

Col. Laurie Rodriguez Bio Photo

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Uithoven Leaves a Legacy in Airfield Management

On a day marked by camaraderie and farewells, Chief Master Sgt. Will Uithoven stepped into the Airfield Management Advisory Council meeting on April 15, 2024, in Gulfport. His purpose was twofold: to reconnect with old friends and to impart wisdom gleaned from his 20-year tenure in airfield management as he prepared to embrace his new role as the senior enlisted leader of the 186th Operations Group.

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Uithoven Leaves a Legacy in Airfield Management

On a day marked by camaraderie and farewells, Chief Master Sgt. Will Uithoven stepped into the Airfield Management Advisory Council meeting on April 15, 2024, in Gulfport. His purpose was twofold: to reconnect with old friends and to impart wisdom gleaned from his 20-year tenure in airfield management as he prepared to embrace his new role as the senior enlisted leader of the 186th Operations Group.

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186th ARW Participates in Sentry Aloha Joint Exercise

The 186th Air Refueling Wing (ARW) wrapped up participation in a fighter exercise, Sentry Aloha 24-2 June 12 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.

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186th ARW Participates in Sentry Aloha Joint Exercise

The 186th Air Refueling Wing (ARW) wrapped up participation in a fighter exercise, Sentry Aloha 24-2 June 12 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.

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Road to Recovery: A Story or Resiliency

In October 2022, Air National Guard 2nd Lt. Emily Mackey was injured in an accident while riding on a side-by-side that flipped over, severely injuring her right arm, and causing a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). Her husband, 2nd Lt. Matthew Mackey, who was also a passenger, and had recently undergone Tactical Combat Casualty training, rushed to find tourniquet to apply to her arm as they awaited the arrival of emergency services.

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186th ARW KC135 aircraft lands safely

While performing a routine air refueling mission, a KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft belonging to the 186th Air Refueling Wing made an emergency landing, today, a Key Field.

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Servicemen load an injured role-play victim to a UH-72 Lakota helicopter for transport during a PATRIOT 24 search and rescue exercise, Camp Shelby, Mississippi, Feb. 19, 2024. PATRIOT is a Domestic Operations disaster-response training exercise conducted by National Guard units working with federal, state and local emergency management agencies and first responders. (Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Shardae McAfee)

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240219-Z-XN843-1149

Air National Guard Security Forces Airmen transport a role-play injured victim during a PATRIOT 24 search and rescue exercise, Camp Shelby, Mississippi, Feb. 19, 2024. PATRIOT is a Domestic Operations disaster-response training exercise conducted by National Guard units working with federal, state and local emergency management agencies and first responders. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Shardae McAfee)

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240219-Z-XN843-1136

Airmen place an injured role-play victim on a gurney from aeromedical evacuation via helicopter during a PATRIOT 24 search and rescue exercise, Camp Shelby, Mississippi, Feb. 19, 2024. PATRIOT is a Domestic Operations disaster-response training exercise conducted by National Guard units working with federal, state and local emergency management agencies and first responders. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Shardae McAfee)

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240219-Z-DU192-1054

Air National Guard Security Forces members participate in a mass casualty role play exercise at PATRIOT 24 exercise at Combined Arms Collective Training Facility, Camp Shelby, Mississippi Feb. 19, 2024. PATRIOT is a Domestic Operations disaster-response training exercise conducted by National Guard units working with federal, state and local emergency management agencies and first responders. (Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Jessica Hulbert)

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Air National Guard Security Forces members participate in a mass casualty event at PATRIOT 24 exercise at Combined Arms Collective Training Facility, Camp Shelby, Mississippi, Feb. 19, 2024. PATRIOT is a Domestic Operations disaster-response training exercise conducted by National Guard units working with federal, state and local emergency management agencies and first responders. (Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Michelle Brooks)

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240219-Z-XN843-1236

Airmen participating in PATRIOT 24 survey an area for radiological hazards and notify a role-play homeowner on proper precautions to take during PATRIOT 24, Camp Shelby, Mississippi, Feb. 19, 2024. PATRIOT is a Domestic Operations disaster-response training exercise conducted by National Guard units working with federal, state and local emergency management agencies and first responders. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Shardae McAfee)

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Airmen participating in PATRIOT 24 survey an area for radiological hazards during PATRIOT 24, Camp Shelby, Mississippi, Feb. 19, 2024. PATRIOT is a Domestic Operations disaster-response training exercise conducted by National Guard units working with federal, state and local emergency management agencies and first responders. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Shardae McAfee)

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U.S. Army Sgt. Kevin Grace operates a hoist to lower Sgt. James Spence, both of the D Co 2/151, Mississippi Army National Guard, from a UH-72 Lakota helicopter during Exercise PATRIOT 21 at Volk Filed Air National Guard Base, Wis., June 13, 2021. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Chief Master Sgt. David H. Lipp)

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These airmen with the 186th Air Refueling Wing (ARW) in Meridian, Mississippi, were announced as the 2024 Outstanding Airmen of the Year (OAY) Award winners for the Mississippi Air National Guard.

Airman of the Year- Senior Airmen Tyler Fant of the 186th Civil Engineering Squadron. Fant, Electrical Power Production journeyman, serves as an electrical power production journeyman and ensures readiness and proper capabilities of facility power requirements and power generation equipment.

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