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187th Fighter Wing 187th Fighter Wing

  • The training, held March 17-26, is designed to ensure pilots can execute combat missions in any lighting condition by mastering the challenges of night operations. The Red Tails: Owning the Night
    The Red Tails: Owning the Night

    Capt Michael Luangkhot
  • The wing is projecting airpower from home station while deploying a small, self-sufficient maintenance team to a forward location at the Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC) in Mississippi. The 187th Fighter Wing sharpens their combat edge during Sentry South 26-2
    The 187th Fighter Wing sharpens their combat edge during Sentry South 26-2

    Capt Michael Luangkhot
  • U.S. Airmen with the 187th Fighter Wing, Alabama Air National Guard, adjust cargo near a semi-truck during an agile logistics operation at Dannelly Field, Alabama, July 2, 2025. The operation is in support of the first-in-a-generation Department-Level Exercise series, a new way of conducting operations in a contested, dynamic environment to build capabilities making a stronger, more lethal deterrent force. The DLE series encompasses all branches of the Department of Defense, along with Allies and partners, employing more than 400 Joint and coalition aircraft and more than 12,000 members at more than 50 locations across 3,000 miles. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Andre Bordlee) Readiness Rolling Out: 187 FW prepares for DLE 2025
    Readiness Rolling Out: 187 FW prepares for DLE 2025

    Airman 1st Class Andre Bordlee
  • 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 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 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

Red tail news & feature stories

  • The training, held March 17-26, is designed to ensure pilots can execute combat missions in any lighting condition by mastering the challenges of night operations.

    The Red Tails: Owning the Night
  • The exercise validated the wing's ability to operate in contested environments and project air power with a lean, adaptable footprint. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Capt Michael Luangkhot)

    The 187th Fighter Wing sharpens their combat edge during Sentry South 26-2

  • U.S. Airmen with the 187th Fighter Wing, Alabama Air National Guard, adjust cargo near a semi-truck during an agile logistics operation at Dannelly Field, Alabama, July 2, 2025. The operation is in support of the first-in-a-generation Department-Level Exercise series, a new way of conducting operations in a contested, dynamic environment to build capabilities making a stronger, more lethal deterrent force. The DLE series encompasses all branches of the Department of Defense, along with Allies and partners, employing more than 400 Joint and coalition aircraft and more than 12,000 members at more than 50 locations across 3,000 miles. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Andre Bordlee)

    Readiness Rolling Out: 187 FW prepares for DLE 2025
  • 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

ANG News

  • U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Karen Mitchell, member of the Missouri Military Funeral Honors Program, Missouri Air National Guard, prepares to fold a ceremonial flag, March 26, 2026, in St. Louis. Mitchell has served 42 years in the Missouri Air National Guard. Photo by Master Sgt. Stephanie Mundwiller

    Missouri Guardsman Renders 6,500 Military Funeral Honors
  • Command Sgt. Maj. Michael R. Kelly, the senior enlisted leader of the Illinois Army National Guard, presents the Illinois Army National Guard’s 2026 Soldier of the Year award to Polish Territorial Defense Forces Soldier Mateusz. Competitors from the Illinois National Guard and the Polish Territorial Defense Force, partnered through the Department of War National Guard Bureau State Partnership Program, participated in the 2026 Illinois Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition held March 26-29, 2026, at the Marseilles Training Area. Photo by Sgt. Haesi Fanizzo.

    Polish Soldier Wins Illinois National Guard Best Warrior Competition
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    Colorado Air National Guard engineers fortify Indo-Pacific theater
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    169th Civil Engineer Squadron strengthens readiness through Wateree Recreation Area repairs
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    Kentucky Air National Guardsmen recognized for saving life
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