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  • 459th ARW announces 2022 Annual Awards winners

    The 459th Air Refueling Wing announces the 2023 Annual Awards winners. The wing held its annual awards banquet to announce the winners on March 4, 2023, at The Club at Andrews.

  • Liberators hold South Pacific Air Force Multi-mission exercise

    The 459th Air Refueling Wing holds first ever South Pacific Air Force Multi-mission exercise planned to assess capabilities to deploy Airmen, and their ability to survive and operate in a challenging, degraded, and operationally limited environment.

  • Takeoff Tuesday for August 23, 2022

    The wing's newest recruit, Jaeyeong Lee of Fairfax, Va., takes off for basic military training today. Upon completion of BMT, Lee will join the 459th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron!

  • Is Your DEERS Information Up to Date?

    When is the last time you checked to see if your information in the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System, or DEERS, is up to date? If it’s been a while, take time to log in to DEERS and review your information. Keeping information on you and your family current in DEERS is important.

  • Why today’s ‘Gen Z’ is at risk for boot camp injuries

    For today's generation of 18-to-25-year-olds, making it through recruit training and successfully transitioning from civilian life into the military is not easy.Today's recruits are coming from a far more sedentary lifestyle compared to previous generations, making their skeletons more prone to

  • The Arctic in an Age of Strategic Competition

    The new Arctic has already changed the dynamics of international commerce, the search for raw materials, access to the Far North, and military presence. History has shown that when America is slow to react to global challenges, the nation may find itself in a game of catch-up with the nations that

  • Rally in the Rockies 2021: Day 1

    Personnel conducted a high altitude, low opening jump during Rally in the Rockies 2021 exercise, Sept. 13, 2021, Guernsey, Wyo. HALO jumps are typically employed when stealth is necessary to infiltrate enemy territory. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Ashley Walker)