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  • AF Week in Photos

    Featured in this installment of AF Week in Photos is a 459th Air Refueling Wing KC-135 Stratotanker refueling an F-15E Strike Eagle assigned to the 335th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron in the U.S. Air Forces Central area of responsibility.

  • Takeoff Tuesday for July 5, 2022

    New 459th Air Refueling Wing recruits, Sabrina Gibbs from Brooklyn, N.Y., and Ronald Alston from Warsaw, Va. Both are heading off to Air Force Basic Military Training and both will be members of the 459th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron here.

  • Striker Leadership Library: June 2022

    In The Culture Code, Daniel Coyle goes inside some of the world's most successful organizations - including the U.S. Navy's SEAL Team Six, IDEO, and the San Antonio Spurs - and reveals what makes them tick.

  • 459th ARW exercise planners hold ROC drill for SPAM exercise

    Exercise planners with the 459th Air Refueling Wing hold “Rehearsal of Concept” drill (ROC drill) in preparation for the unit’s upcoming local South Pacific Air Force Multi-mission exercise. The ROC drill is a dry run that ensures all participants understand the plan.

  • 459th ARW Take off Tuesday for June 14, 2022

    New recruits, Tevon Dennis and Nina Gangbo head off to basic military training to come back to the 459th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and the 459th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, respectively.

  • 459th ARW Take off Tuesday for June 7, 2022

    Heading off to Basic Military Training today is Nhytavia Evans from Fredericksburg, VA, who will join 459th Maintenance Squadron! She is flanked by the new 459th ARW Development & Training Flight Program Manager, Staff Sgt. Ceru Smith and Master Sgt. Adam Dzurilla. Good Luck and see you soon!

  • 69th APS Airmen participate in memorial run

    Airmen from the 69th Aerial Port Squadron, 'Port Dawgs,' took part in the annual Port Dawg Memorial Run here, May 15, 2022. The concept for the run began at Kadena Air Base, Japan, in 2013, to honor Air Transportation Airmen who lost their lives over the previous year.

  • 459th ARW unveils new heritage displays

    The 459th Air Refueling Wing unveils its new heritage panels designed by Wing's AFRC award-winning historian, Julius Lacano. The panels features the Wing's rich history that began in 1943.