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  • 187th Fighter Wing Senior Enlisted Leader Says Farewell

    1/14/2016 - MONTGOMERY REGIONAL AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Ala. - The 187th Fighter Wing Command Chief Master Sergeant Lindsey McCall was recognized in a formal retirement ceremony held in the wing hangar January 10, 2016. Hundreds of friends, family and Airmen attended the event that marked the end

  • 187 Fighter Wing Airmen, F-16s return from Romania

    187th Fighter Wing F-16s, approximately 150 Airmen and nearly 40 tons of support equipment from the 187th Fighter Wing Airmen have returned from a training mission in Campia Turzii, Romania. As part of the deployment, the U.S. and Romanian air forces worked together to enhance interoperability and

  • 187th Fighter Wing hosts needed course for Intelligence personnel.

    The 187th Fighter Wing hosted the first ever Air National Guard (ANG) Intelligence Fighter Training Unit (IFTU) class at Montgomery Regional Air National Guard Base in Montgomery, Ala., Aug. 21, 2015. The 12 day course had 14 students from seven different ANG bases.IFTU training for intelligence

  • Tuskegee Legacy Flight Academy Students Visit 187th Fighter Wing

    Members of the Legacy Flight Academy (LFA) visited the 187th Fighter Wing on recently. The LFA is a non-profit organization, based out of Moton Field, in Tuskegee and dedicated to helping minority and at-risk youth who have shown an interest and proficiency in flying achieve a career in aviation.

  • 187th Fighter Wing Member Awarded Bronze Star for Meritorious Service

    187th Fighter Wing Lt. Col. Ryan Barker, 100th Fighter Squadron, commander, was awarded the Bronze Star Medal Dec. 8, 2014 at Montgomery Regional Air National Guard Base for meritorious achievement while assigned to the 100th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (EFS) at Bagram Air Field,

  • 187th Fighter Wing member bikes across U.S. to raise money for charity.

    Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu famously said "the journey of a thousand miles begins with one step". For Master Sgt. Jody Hershbine, 187th Maintenance Management Analysis, his journey began with a pedal.On July 6, 2015, Hershbine started his journey of bicycling across the United States. Leaving from

  • Members of the 187th Fighter Wing Return from Nellis Deployment

    More than 100 members of the 187th Fighter Wing are returning from Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., after spending more than a month providing training support as the U.S. Air Force Weapons School.  The 187th Fighter Wing responded to a nationwide solicitation for support from Air Combat Command (ACC),

  • 187th Fighter Wing Pilots Receive Outstanding Aircrew Award

    Two members of the 187th Fighter Wing, Maj. Richard Peace and 1st Lt. Jeffrey Witt, F-16 Fighting Falcon pilots assigned to the 100th Fighter Squadron, were awarded the Air Force Central Command Outstanding Aircrew Award while deployed to Bagram, Afghanistan in 2014.In early September, Peace and

  • Alabama's 187th Fighter Wing Doubles Size of Primary Airspace

    The training airspace utilized by the 187th Fighter Wing, technically referred as Military Operating Area (MOA), will nearly double in size on as of July 23, 2015.  The new Red Tail MOA will connect two existing fighter aircraft training areas-- the Camden Ridge/Pine Hill operating area in the