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  • Checkered Flag is a biannual joint force aerial exercise featuring over 60 fourth and fifth-generation fighter jets in large-force combat simulations to enhance joint domain combat airpower. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Andre Bordlee) Ready, Set, Fly! Checkered Flag 25-2
    Ready, Set, Fly! Checkered Flag 25-2

    A1C Andre Bordlee
  • The 187th Fighter Wing performed the first hot integrated combat turn with live munitions for the Weapon System Evaluation Program(WSEP). 187th Fighter Wing: F-35A Hot Integrated Combat Turn
    187th Fighter Wing: F-35A Hot Integrated Combat Turn

    A1C Andre Bordlee
  • The exercise allowed military personnel to connect unclassified, classified, and EVOIP services in a remote location. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Renee Crugnale) 226 CCG conducts annual Copperhead Beacon XCOMM Exercise
    226 CCG conducts annual Copperhead Beacon XCOMM Exercise

    Staff Sgt. Renee Crugnale
  • The 187th Fighter Wing participates in the annual NorthernLightning exercise, a large force readiness exercise at Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center, Wis. on Aug. 5-16, 2024. Alabama F-35s participate in Northern Lightning 2024
    Alabama F-35s participate in Northern Lightning 2024

    Capt. Michael Luangkhot
  • The first jet from Lockheed Martin with Technology Refresh 3 software arrives at the 187th Fighter Wing, home of the Red Tails. First TR-3 F-35 arrives in Alabama.
    First TR-3 F-35 arrives in Alabama.

    Capt. Michael Luangkhot
  • The 187th Fighter Wing participated in their first exercise with the newly acquired fifth-generation fighter aircraft. Red Tails participate in their first exercise with the F-35s
    Red Tails participate in their first exercise with the F-35s

    1st Lt Michael Luangkhot
  • The training ensures our maintainers and pilots remain prepared to effectively accomplish the mission regardless of the hour of operations. Night Flying at the 187th Fighter WIng
    Night Flying at the 187th Fighter WIng

    1st Lt Michael Luangkhot
  • The 187th Fighter Wing showcases F-35A Lightning II heritage tail flash The 187th Fighter Wing showcases F-35A Lightning II heritage tail flash
    The 187th Fighter Wing showcases F-35A Lightning II heritage tail flash

    1st Lt Michael Luangkhot
  • The Viper Sunset ceremony bids farewell to our F-16 has the 187th FW prepare to transition to the F-35 Lightning II. Farewell to over 35 years flying the Viper
    Farewell to over 35 years flying the Viper

    Sgt. Cody Muzio

Red tail news & feature stories

  • Checkered Flag is a biannual joint force aerial exercise featuring over 60 fourth and fifth-generation fighter jets in large-force combat simulations to enhance joint domain combat airpower. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Andre Bordlee)

    Ready, Set, Fly! Checkered Flag 25-2
  • The 187th Fighter Wing performed the first hot integrated combat turn with live munitions for the Weapon System Evaluation Program(WSEP).

    187th Fighter Wing: F-35A Hot Integrated Combat Turn
  • The exercise allowed military personnel to connect unclassified, classified, and EVOIP services in a remote location. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Renee Crugnale)

    226 CCG conducts annual Copperhead Beacon XCOMM Exercise
  • The 187th Fighter Wing participates in the annual NorthernLightning exercise, a large force readiness exercise at Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center, Wis. on Aug. 5-16, 2024.

    Alabama F-35s participate in Northern Lightning 2024
  • The first jet from Lockheed Martin with Technology Refresh 3 software arrives at the 187th Fighter Wing, home of the Red Tails.

    First TR-3 F-35 arrives in Alabama.

ANG News

  • U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 102nd and 130th Rescue Squadrons are shown a Japan Air Self-Defense Force Air Rescue Wing U-125A search-and-rescue coordination aircraft for a cross-unit static display and capability exchange during exercise Resolute Force Pacific (REFORPAC) at Misawa Air Base, July 15, 2025.

    Rescue Squadrons Unite and Strengthen Interoperability During REFORPAC
  • 169th CES firefighters complete the high angle technical rescue

    From South Carolina to Japan: Swamp Fox firefighters advance mission readiness through joint training
  • New York Air and Army National Guard medical personnel examine a “casualty’s ” triage tag before loading victim into the cargo bay of a 105th Airlift Wing Globemaster III airlifter at Stewart Air National Guard Base in Newburgh, New York, on June 6, 2025 during a medical evacuation training exercise.

    N.Y. Army, Air Guard Partner for Medical Evacuation Exercise
  • U.S. Air Force Air National Guardsmen of the 113th Wing park multiple F-16 Fighting Falcons at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, during exercise Resolute Force Pacific 2025, July 11, 2025. REFORPAC is part of the first-in-a-generation Department-Level Exercise series, designed to combat airpower to the Indo-Pacific region at speed and scale, and conduct operations in a contested, dynamic environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mark Sulaica)

    REFORPAC 2025: US Air Force executes unprecedented surge into Pacific theater

  • U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Blayne Flickinger, a medical technician assigned to the Ohio Air National Guard’s 180th medical group, takes the vitals of a local resident during the Innovative Readiness Training (IRT) Program: Operations Healthy Tennessee at Rhea County Middle School, Evensville, Tenn., July 10, 2025.

    Ohio Guard Participates in Operation Healthy Tennessee 2025
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