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  • 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

  • Dannelly honors six fallen unit members during annual Memorial Ceremony

    In observance of Memorial Day, 187th Fighter Wing members, along with veterans and family, took a moment to pay respect to six unit members who died in the past year.  The ceremony was held in Memorial Park at Dannelly Field Air National Guard Base.During the memorial, several military customs were

  • 187th Fighter Wing heading to Nevada

    Less than five months after returning from the first-ever six-month combat deployment for an Air National Guard fighter wing, more than 100 members of the 187th Fighter Wing are now deploying to Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. This deployment will support the U. S. Air Force Weapons School and is an

  • Wingman Concept: helping each other anytime, any place

    Sirens and loud bangs are my trigger; something falls on the floor with a loud crash and my heart starts racing. My eyes scan around the room while my hands instinctively start to reach for the M-16 assault rifle that I carried with me for six months. Then I remember my M-16 was turned in months ago