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  • Arizona and Pennsylvania Air Guard join forces in Montana to hone skills

    More than 110 security forces Airmen gathered for joint training from the 161st Air Refueling Wing, Phoenix; the 162nd Wing, Tucson, Ariz.; 171st Air Refueling Wing, Pittsburgh. The squadrons traveled to Ft. William Henry Harrison, Helena, Mont., for a week of field training. The training consisted

  • Arizona Airmen build, renovate Georgian orphanages

    More than 30 Arizona Air National Guard members from the Phoenix-based 161st Air Refueling Wing spent most of July in Galavani and Tsilkani, Georgia, remodeling and rebuilding two orphanages as part of a Humanitarian and Civic Assist mission coordinated through the Department of State.The

  • Top it off: US, Hellenic air forces practice in-flight refueling

    A KC-135 Stratotanker, from the Arizona Air National Guard’s 161st Air Refueling Wing, joined F-16 Fighting Falcons from Aviano Air Base, Italy, and the Hellenic air force to perform in-flight refueling operations during a flying training deployment, Jan. 20 to Feb. 3, 2017, at Souda Bay, Greece.

  • Arizona Air Force components collaborate

    The Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Command joined forces during a Joint Medical Operational Training Initiative exercise. The bench mark event took place here, Jan 7, at the home of the 161st Air Refueling Wing.The 161 ARW provided a KC-135 aircraft and crew along with transportation